Movie Reviews
This was a banner year for movies. As I watched the Oscar presentations, I felt sad that only one picture and only one actor and actress would win an award. Several films, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Walk the Line, and Crash were all deserving; several actors and actresses, Felicity Huffman, Reese Weatherspoon, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Pheonix, were deserving. In addition to the movies mentioned above, March of the Penguins, Chronicles of Narnia, were also great.
This month we will be reviewing movies. You can write about a current movie, one of last years, or even go back and review a classic like Shane if you wish. The other day someone recommended to my wife an Australian film, Muriel's Wedding(which I understand is considered a dark comedy) and we found it to be interesting.
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posted by don at 6:58 PM
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"Munich"
Generally, Munich was a well executed film. Eric Bana did extremely well as the film's main character, and given his performance in both this and the overrated Troy (in which his acting was the only saving grace), I believe him to be one of the must underrated actors of the day.
Munich was rather long at times, obviously trying to include as much of the story as possible, but sacrificing the important element of editing content for the purposes of message. There were some very visually poetic moments, and the use of contemporary footage was well done. However, the movie dragged at times, throwing in too much detail. The main theme of the movie--the place of the individuals in question in relation to the violent acts they commit--only gets presented about mid-way to three quarters of the way through and is rather lost amid the action. Bana's performance, however, does save this theme from being entirely lost.
All in all, it gets a B from me. Most of Spielberg's stuff, in my opinion, is B-level--very consistently Ok-sorta-good.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
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