We saw a bunch of movies on our so-called vacation: Star Wars; Delovely; The Incredibles; Gladiator (I didn't watch much of that); The Terminal. The Terminal is a cute movie even if Tom Hanks' character's rationale for coming to the US turns out to be somewhat trivial and his accent is pretty ridiculous. It really got me thinking about nationality and how that is defined and enforced and to what extent a kind character can bend the rules a little by spreading goodwill around.
Star Wars: minority opinion here, but I was bored. Ho-hum, another light sabre battle. Wooden dialog, delivered woodenly. Predictable plot. Now you may object to the last - "gee, Sno Cones, of course you know what will happen; it's a PREQUEL for heaven's sake!" But I think that prequels need to be a little creative within the confines of what we know will happen - introduce a subplot just for this film, with some short-term characters. Or SOMETHING. I didn't really care about any of the characters and Skywalker's instantaneous shift to the Dark Side didn't really ring true, even with the setup of his motivation to protect his wife.
But as I say: a minority report.
Delovely: a wonderful movie and characters really brought to life - although I am not sure about Mrs. Porter's motivations for putting up with Cole's wanderings. The cynical surely said "association with fame and fortune" but I think he wasn't so famous when she first met him and perhaps she helped push him towards some fame he perhaps didn't want. That's the way the film seems to show it, anyway.
We bought a couple of cheap videos to watch later too - something about a jury and something about matchsticks. I am thinking we might do classic movies again this summer.
Still haven't seen Sideways - Mega Movie Rental Place didn't have it on tape and my parents don't have a DVD player. A possible Christmas present! Will I remember that in December? Probably not.
Posted by otto0114 at June 3, 2005 04:37 PMI'm with you on the Star Wars thing. As are the four other people with whom I went. But, as you state, we are in the minority.
Posted by: danielle at June 8, 2005 07:37 AM