Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Alex · 02-24-2008, 02:50 PM

I noticed the In the Valley of Elah was available through On Demand so I swallowed my pride and watched in pan and scan.

Paul Haggis took a pretty good murder mystery movie and tried to make it a bit too socially significant at the end but then Haggis is all about slapping you about the shoulders with message.

It is a good performance from Jones, though maybe a bit too similar to his role in No Country For Old Men. Really, I can easily envision both characters as the same person. And the events of this movie feeding into how he responded to the events in No Country.

Charlize Theron was good too, but sadly just a bit too pretty for the environment she was in so it was kind of distracting.

02-24-2008, 02:50 PM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I noticed the In the Valley of Elah was available through On Demand so I swallowed my pride and watched in pan and scan. Paul Haggis took a pretty good murder mystery movie and tried to make it a bit too socially significant at the end but then Haggis is all about slapping you about the shoulders with message. It is a good performance from Jones, though maybe a bit too similar to his role in No Country For Old Men. Really, I can easily envision both characters as the same person. And the events of this movie feeding into how he responded to the events in No Country. Charlize Theron was good too, but sadly just a bit too pretty for the environment she was in so it was kind of distracting.
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