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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: High school drama with some great performances, and a good script. In a similar vein and quality as A Fault in Our Stars.
Re-watched Tomorrowland with my girls. When I saw it in the theater, I thought it was better than the mediocre reviews I'd read, but on a second viewing the flaws did seem more apparent. It's a bit disjointed and unsure of its tone, ranging from Spielbergian wonder to Men in Black goofiness. And my 13 year-old daughter complained about some of the dialogue, so that should tell you something. Still, I think it's interesting in many ways and more of a 'well, they tried for something big but didn't quite get there' kind of thing. I can respect that, but I had previously thought this might catch on better with rentals, and now I don't think it will.
Spy: I'd heard good things, and it is really really funny at times. Kind of doesn't keep up its pace as far as the humor... there's a point when plot gets in the way a bit. I also wonder if the decision to have Melissa McCarthy's character actually be a competent spy (with real fighting ability) served the comedy as well. I suppose it could have been cheesy if she bumbled her way through everything, and it was really funny at first to see her kicking ass, but I think I'd have liked just a hint more of a Leslie Nielson or Inspector Clouseau. Regardless, I hope this did well enough for a sequel, because I'd like to see more of her in the role.
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craniac wrote: I took my college son to see Bridge of Spies . I wish it was directed by someone besides Spielberg. He took the Cold War and stripped away all the confusion, betrayal and noir-ish heaviness, creating a patriotic feel-good movie. It was good, but more of a $2.50 2nd run experience, not worth the $7.00 matinee price. Just so heavy handed and obvious. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ruined me.
So, it wasn't Twilight Struggle in movie form?
One excellent book to read about the Cold War is The Company: a Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell. I picked it up at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., and then read it from cover to cover.
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It's a fun, if unremarkable movie. The premise is that a rich guy and his friends organize "dinners for idiots" in which each member brings invites an idiot to dinner and whoever brings the biggest idiot wins. Unfortunately for our protagonist he brings home a really good idiot and as he hurts his back and gets dumped by his girlfriend he is forced to rely more and more on him creating all sort of funny situations.
What makes the movie enjoyable is that the characters are all very well balanced. The idiot is both annoying and incredibly hard to get rid of, sure, but he's good natured and hard to dislike, while the rich guy is a douchebag but it's hard not to share his frustration with the idiot.
I'm told that there's an American remake called "Dinner for schmucks" which heavily tones down the main characters and was poorly received.
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You're learning French, Erik? That's awesome! Can I recommend my favourite French movie of all time to you? It's STUNNINGLY good
THE CLASS. - it's sooooooo good. It's from 2008.
See it and let me know what you think.
btw, speaking of foreign film, I'm so mad they're making an American version of El Secreto de Sus Ojos with Julia Roberts. I saw the trailer this week and it looks awful. The original was amazing.
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Colin Farrell (who usually unimpresses) was fun as the a-hole neighbor/vampire. Tenant was goofy fun as well.
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