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miasma -> RE: I Just Saw... (4/25/2005 11:27:34 AM)
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Sahara - I don't even know how to begin, or where to begin, in describing how horrible this movie is. I've read a few Clive Cussler books, so I was familiar with the scenario, but it is just flat-out dumb. Preposterous. I enjoy a good action flick, but as my dad said, "Indiana Jones, this is not." More holes than Day After Tomorrow, I'd summarize the plot, but there's about 20 of them, none of which work, much less cohese in any believable way. It was just embarrassingly awful. Dumb dumb dumb.
I also watched the sequel to Meet the Parents, the title of which I refuse to say, the name joke was tired before the first movie even ended. It wasn't a funny movie, I didn't laugh once - the bit after the truth syrum, where he's talking about his wife, made me smile. I didn't think I would find it all that funny, but I didn't expect it to be so unfunny. Excellent performances by the cast, but it only shows the greatness of the actors, and what they can do with a bland, insipid script/plot line. DeNiro, anytime more than one person on SNL can imitate you, it's time to call it quits. And the male nurse joke, tired. Oh, and the part where Babs spits into her glass was funny, but only because it was Barbara Streisand spitting. Not a bad movie, per se, a lot of "heart," but nowhere near as funny as it was touted to be (and nowhere near funny at all, if'n you ask me).
I watched Gangs of New York. I didn't bother previously because I don't like Cameron Diaz or Leonardi DiCaprio (and this movie only bolstered that feeling), and nothing that I saw in trailers or read in reviews piqued my interest. It was an unfocused movie, Scorcese needed to stick to one or two story lines, and let us get drawn into those. I won't comment on the technical faults - except for the accents. Seriously, people, if you can't carry an accent throughout the entire film, DON'T BOTHER. DiCaprio and Diaz's accents were just a joke - when they remembered to have one. I was drawn in for the first 30-50 minutes, but by the end had lost interest.
Dark Days, however, saved me (Documentarian Marc Singer focuses his camera on a group of homeless people who live deep underground in an abandoned New York City railroad tunnel. By day, they scavenge for food on the mean streets of Manhattan. At night, they retreat to the tunnel, where they've built huts out of scrap metal, plastic and plywood. Amazingly, they have electricity, furniture, working kitchens and a sense of community many surface dwellers would envy.) I had to stop watching after about 30 minutes, it was emotionally draining. I finished it yesterday, and it was very rewarding. I feel vested in the characters. It highlighted a struggle to make light in a dark place, the triumph of the proverbial "human spirit." I even watched the making of doc and the film with commentary, both just as satisfying - even more so, as it shed further light on the subject matter.
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