Sunday, May 31, 2009

harold & kumar escape from guantanamo bay

Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg - 2008

Not as good as the first one, but still pretty damn funny. Lots of smart stuff mixed with really stupid stuff. And you don't even have to be stoned to enjoy it.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

up

Pete Docter & Bob Peterson - 2009

The montage in the very beginning is amazing. I want to go see it again, just for that. A whole life without words.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

almost famous

Cameron Crowe - 2000

Just can't help myself. 

p.s. i love you

Richard LaGravenese - 2007

Hilary Swank trying to show she can play the girly-girl. Why do I watch romantic comedies obsessively? 

Monday, May 25, 2009

meet the parents

Jay Roach - 2000

Ben Stiller rules.

rachel getting married

Jonathan Demme - 2008

I will often cry at movies the first time I see them, but it's quite rare that I cry the second time - and perhaps cry even more. This was the second time I've seen this movie and I just couldn't stop myself. It's really amazing.

The movie is really about acceptance. The father accepts his daughter even though she did something horrible. Races are mixed and not talked about - it is a post-modern utopian world of acceptance, love and tragedy. And once again, Roger Ebert is right - that is a wedding I would like to go to.

In my mind this movie kicks Slumdog's ass. And Anne Hathaway rocks. 

Saturday, May 23, 2009

pocahontas

Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg - 1995

White-washed version - watch this and then watch Terrence Malick's "The New World" - Americans are great at cartoonizing tragedy. Bella was transfixed, though, as usual. She will be like her Daddy - a movie lover.