Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[€uroMeinke]

Finally saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona last night and loved it - okay, I could have done without the voice over, but I still think nobody captures the complexity of love and desire like Woody Allen does. Loved Penelope Cruz in this.

[Alex]

I liked everything about except for the parts with Johansson. Unfortunately that doesn't leave enough for me to say I liked it overall.

[Not Afraid]

I just want to have a 3-some with Penelope and Salma.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I just want to have a 3-some with Penelope and Salma.

If he could watch, I'm thinking Chris would be all for it.

[Not Afraid]

DUH!

[Not Afraid]

Scratch the threesome - I'd rather just have Clive Owen.

Really, I DO enjoy films for more than the eye candy.....really.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Scratch the threesome - I'd rather just have Clive Owen.

Well, DUH right back at ya.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Finally saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona last night and loved it - okay, I could have done without the voice over, but I still think nobody captures the complexity of love and desire like Woody Allen does. Loved Penelope Cruz in this.

This is next up in the Netflix queue. I can do without Scarlett, but Javier Bardem rowr....

Bottle Shock was fun, I caught that over the weekend. Alan Rickman, I had to.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Saw Slumdog Millionaire tonight. Loved it!
Really enjoyed the shenanigans during the credits.

Waitaminute.

I've been thinking about this movie and I think I have a couple of problems with it.

Spoiler:

The moral of the movie: life is better if you have money? Unless I'm missing something. Yes he guessed at the last question implying he didn't care about the money, but he did in fact win the money. If he had donated the money to, oh I don't know, homeless children in Mumbai, wouldn't that have been a better message? AND did she only stay with him because of his notoriety and money? Not only that, but the lead actor pretty much had one expression on his face throughout the entire film. A sort of duh expression. I mean, yeah, he's adorable but there could have been more to him... Don't get me wrong, the film was shot beautifully on a meager budget and I'm addicted to the soundtrack I purchased on iTunes (I loves MIA) but I'm feeling that there's much ado about nothing with this film. I mean, Latika went from one rich guy to another essentially. AND with that kind of dough, isn't it possible that he'll just end up being the next gangster godfather? And I don't get the money in the tub scene. Why did he do that? And now that Jamal has the dough, aren't the surviving gangsters (both the godfather's cronies and the orphanage guys) going to be after him? Hmmm. Me likes the film still, I guess. But I don't know if it's Best Pic worthy despite cleaning up at the BAFTAs.

[Alex]

The moral of the movie as I saw it:

Poor people will be content with their lot (while being absolute ****s to each other) so long as there is a (almost literally) one shot in a billion of becoming suddenly wealthy. Also, love makes misery ok.

The movie is well made and not bad at all. But it didn't work for me and I don't think it a great movie. There was an article at Slate a couple weeks back that perfectly captured my feelings about the movie. My answer to the question in the subtitle of the article is D.