I have been seeing a lot of movies lately – I saw 5 in the last week. that's highly unusual. the other two nights I was in class. I'll post about that later. for now, here's my reviews:
- Walk the Line: this movie just excellent, full of really great performances. Joaquin Pheonix is one intense guy. Reese Witherspoon is all sunshine. They were a perfect binary duo in this film, which showed the early life and career of Johnny Cash and how he came to fame and falling in love with June Carter. Both actors did their own singing, and did a fine job. I think we'll see both of them nominated for the very fast approaching Oscars (which I found out today is going to be hosted by none other than my TV boyfriend, Jon Stewart!!!!). Angel says Joaquin is creepy. I prefer to call it intense. You be the judge.
- Munich: Steven Spielberg's latest ode to the Jewish people is a fantastic picture. He has hardly done any publicity for the film – one interview – and yet the buzz around it has sold the movie. I'm sure it will be the biggest draw this weekend. At my small neighborhood theatre, the one showing at 8:00 was nearly sold out. The movie was a nice 2 hours 40 minutes, and it really didn't seem to drag on to me at all. Eric Bana was a revelation as the tortured leader of a team of assassins out to kill the Palestinians responsible for the mass killing of the Israeli Olympic team in 1972 in Munich. The wrath of the Israeli people for crimes committed against their countrymen is swift and fierce – witness Nazi war criminals who were kidnapped from South America and tried and executed for war crimes in Europe during the Holocaust. The slaughter of the Olympic athletes was not much different. A very interesting political movie told at an interesting time.
ok, that's it. maybe I'll stop going to the movies for a while, Capote just closed in Halifax so I'm SOL on seeing that one. But, I'm not sure what opens next week…. 😛
I picked up the soundtrack to Walk the Line, it’s great. Long live Johnny Cash.