1 post tagged “oldboy”
so it has been a while since i wrote about the movies we have rented form netflix.
i think i have to write about:
- kiss kiss bang bang - this movie will not change your life, but it should entertain you. it's the bumbling leading hte bumbling. wonderful performances by robert downey, jr.. and val kilmer. i can't remember who the girl is, but she was great as well. it is a murder mystery set amongst actresses and actors and private detectives. everyone has an angle. it was very cute the way it was narrated as well. the choppy cuts and camera angles were gimmicky, but tolerable. if the movie was any longer or trying to be serious, the choppy camera and weird filters would have been annoying. i would watch this movie again. one of my highest compliments.
- neverwhere - this was a bbc miniseries. neil gaiman wrote a novel that he based off of this series where he fleshed out some back story and changed things that he felt didn't work inthe miniseries. all in all a good show for a small budget. quite a dark cautionary tale. be careful what you wish for, and sometimes things are exactly how they sound. i recommend reading hte book. boy didn't know the story, and was a bit lost and got tired of me explaining it to him. if you read the book first, it's kind of nice to see how they made it. the little bits where neil gaiman does commentary are nice as well.
- oldboy - this was a very dark, violent, and disturbing sexually, Korean movie. i didn't really like it. i think i didn't like it because i don't know the culture. i've seen many Japanese and Chinese movies, but this was my first Korean i think. the strong culture divide made some of the character's choices very confusing to me. the violence was fairly graphic. i can see why people liked it and gave it good reviews, i just had trouble stomaching the subject matter and identifing with the main guy. i'll give this a "i didn't hate it" vote.
- the concert for george - george harrison. boy loves george. i'm ok with george, but not a fangirl. it was a neat concert and the filmography was nice, but it is really a long music video with a lot of sitar action. again, i didn't hate it, but i don't need to see it for a long while. we watched it twice. the music is nice, but i get bored watching concerts. i have trouble paying attention to all of austin city limits. i generall have to break it into 2 sittings.
- dune 1984 version - the spice must flow. seriously, this movie wigged me out when i was little. it hasn't aged well at all. it's still entertaining in a "this is baaaaaaaad" way. that and i love kyle, so i'll watch it for him. the sci-fi channel treatment from a few years ago was pretty good.
- my neighbor totoro - i love the damn catbus. this movie is great. i have added all of hayao miyazaki's movies to my netflix queue. this story is a bit strange, a family moves to a country house and has some tree spirits as neighbors. the damn totoro is cute, but the catbus is awesome. if you ever see a catbus plush somewhere, buy it for me, PLEASE!!! i really want to find the music to this movie, it's quite excellent
