Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - 4/5
Humorous and sad and everything in btwn.
Besides the historical view (which a Jewish friend of mine said is fairly accurate), this is just a great story done well.
One thread I focused on was the idea of being flexible versus breaking. Tevye flexed w/ his oldest daughter wanting to marry for love. He flexed w/ the dancing at the wedding. He even flexed a lot w/ the marriage of his second daughter. However, he knew where to draw the line.
Not that I agree w/ it or disagree w/ it, but he knew where the line was and wasn't going to cross it. (SPOILER) What I mean is, he wasn't going to bless their marriage. He ultimately opened up to communicate w/ his youngest daughter, but didn't bless it.
I felt there was a some comparison to the "exiling" of daughter and the exiling of the Jews from their village. Are they both right? wrong? different?
Great stuff.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
District 9 (2009) - 4/5
District 9 (2009) - 4/5
Fairly disturbing for the first half, but well done. Biological stuff messes w/ me.
The second half is mostly action and focuses a bit more on the main characters (which are at the heart of the big story so it's kinda both).
SPOILERS
I kinda expected/hoped this wd be a broader scoped movie possibly taking place over time and larger field. Not that it wd have been better, but it mostly focuses on the core people over a few days.
I think they way they did it was probably better, but I kept waiting for the "big fight" and such. The more I think about it, the happier I am they did NOT do that. If they had, it wd have been ID4, GIJoe or Transformers w/ the 'over the top' action that you can't even tell what's going on or invest yourself into.
Fairly disturbing for the first half, but well done. Biological stuff messes w/ me.
The second half is mostly action and focuses a bit more on the main characters (which are at the heart of the big story so it's kinda both).
SPOILERS
I kinda expected/hoped this wd be a broader scoped movie possibly taking place over time and larger field. Not that it wd have been better, but it mostly focuses on the core people over a few days.
I think they way they did it was probably better, but I kept waiting for the "big fight" and such. The more I think about it, the happier I am they did NOT do that. If they had, it wd have been ID4, GIJoe or Transformers w/ the 'over the top' action that you can't even tell what's going on or invest yourself into.
Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 4/5
Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 4/5
Tarantino is proving his abilities and skills can not only last, but grow.
Great all around from the acting to the scope, but also amazing dialog as usual (my heart was beating so hard for some of those conversations and he maintained that intensity for SO long - awesome!).
SPOILERS
The only thing that I thought he cd have left out was the "Chatper 1" titles. No biggie.
Tarantino is proving his abilities and skills can not only last, but grow.
Great all around from the acting to the scope, but also amazing dialog as usual (my heart was beating so hard for some of those conversations and he maintained that intensity for SO long - awesome!).
SPOILERS
The only thing that I thought he cd have left out was the "Chatper 1" titles. No biggie.
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