Okay finally.
Time for the update i've been putting off for too long.
I think it was last saturday that I re-joined Netflix to try their watch instantly. Unfortunately my internet connection is only good enough for the basic quality that looks like the movies you download illegally. I used it to watch The People Vs. Larry Flynt. I had it on my list because it's directed by Milos Foreman and has Ed Norton in it. What a prick that guy is. The movie just didn't do it for me. ***.
Sunday I went to the Vista to see Across the Universe. The concept is brilliant, the execution was week. There was barely a story, and most of the songs were barely integrated into the story at all. Some of the musical numbers I thought were pretty good though. I loved the bowling number, because it was out there, but it wasn't impossible. I also like both of the military precision numbers, but they didn't really do justice to the songs. Evan Rachel Wood was really beautiful in it, especially the underwater love scene, just a beautiful image. I guess that's Julie Taymor for you. She makes really beautiful films, but beatiful alone doesn't make a movie good. It's sad because now that Beatles Musical concept has more or less been done and the concept has the potential to be a much better film. ***.
In the evening I watched The Verdict. I love how it's the story of this lame lawyer, but ultimately decides that he has to do what's right instead of just taking the offer and of course it looks like he's going to fail, especially when his key witness is dismissed, but then the jury comes back and Wow!***..
Monday was my last day on the show that I still can't talk about.
And once again I'm running out of time to update since I want to watch a movie before I go to work tonight.
I think it was last saturday that I re-joined Netflix to try their watch instantly. Unfortunately my internet connection is only good enough for the basic quality that looks like the movies you download illegally. I used it to watch The People Vs. Larry Flynt. I had it on my list because it's directed by Milos Foreman and has Ed Norton in it. What a prick that guy is. The movie just didn't do it for me. ***.
Sunday I went to the Vista to see Across the Universe. The concept is brilliant, the execution was week. There was barely a story, and most of the songs were barely integrated into the story at all. Some of the musical numbers I thought were pretty good though. I loved the bowling number, because it was out there, but it wasn't impossible. I also like both of the military precision numbers, but they didn't really do justice to the songs. Evan Rachel Wood was really beautiful in it, especially the underwater love scene, just a beautiful image. I guess that's Julie Taymor for you. She makes really beautiful films, but beatiful alone doesn't make a movie good. It's sad because now that Beatles Musical concept has more or less been done and the concept has the potential to be a much better film. ***.
In the evening I watched The Verdict. I love how it's the story of this lame lawyer, but ultimately decides that he has to do what's right instead of just taking the offer and of course it looks like he's going to fail, especially when his key witness is dismissed, but then the jury comes back and Wow!***..
Monday was my last day on the show that I still can't talk about.
And once again I'm running out of time to update since I want to watch a movie before I go to work tonight.