A beautiful film. For much of the first half, I wasn’t sure if I liked it… but by the end, I did. It made me wonder if I was sane… perhaps every waking moment of my life is a delusion, perhaps these aren’t really words I’m typing. Perhaps the commies have brainwashed me into thinking the cold war has ended and are simply using me as a puppet to transmit secret messages diguised as movie reviews to an armada of robotic aliens hiding behind the moon. Perhaps I’m not really living in an underwater tube city populated with glimmering gelatinous super-jellies. Perhaps if I just ignore reality, it will all just go away.
Tag Archives: Russell Crowe
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
It’s a Man’s movie, dammit. Men, ships, guns, rogues, botany… botany? Well, they are British after all. It’s filled with a lot of predicable action and acting, but still a lot of fun to watch.
L.A. Confidental
Interesting, but kind of a shoulder shrugger for me.
Gladiator
Based on the one-line reviews I’d read and the previews I’d seen, I thought this would be your typical hack & slash, overblown, poorly acted thriller. It was much better than I expected. The plot was intelligently thought-out and executed. In the end it was much like “Bravehart goes to Rome”. That’s not a bad thing though – if you liked Bravehart, you’ll probably like this movie.