Movies I’ve Seen Lately
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 at 11:06 pmIn (reverse?) chronological order of viewing, for the past month or so.
John Waters: This Filthy World - A I’ve only seen Desperate Living and A Dirty Shame, so I’m not a Waters purist, but I couldn’t believe how entertaining he was in an hour and a half of monologue.
Once - B Equally touching and entertaining, and I loved the music. Still don’t know how I feel about the ending, but I liked it. Might be showing at a local Landmark or other indie theater.
Hang ‘Em High - D Georgetown Film Festival is hosting a series of Clint Eastwood films in a couple parks nearby. Schmitty and I went to see it, and the best part was the entirely random scaffold-dancing before hand - the movie was slow, and it seems I’m not an Eastwood fan.
Diggers - B Less chick-flicky than I expected, and actually pretty entertaining. I might have a little man-crush on Paul Rudd.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - C Everyone says it just sets up for the third one and re-uses jokes from the first, and they’re right. Kind of funny, though.
Night Watch - D Didn’t like the end, but I’ve never seen subtitles that were well-done in themselves. That may have been the best part, but the middle bit was OK.
Waking Ned Devine - C I really didn’t like this as much as I’d hoped I would - seems like it’s a modern classic - but it WAS entertaining.
School for Scoundrels - C Slightly entertaining, mostly bad.
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning - D The first Dukes movie was a poor representative of the series, and this movie was an abomination of that. It was a little bit entertaining - a LITTLE bit - but had no bearing whatsoever on the original series.
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale - B Goddamn that guy is hilarious. I’ve listened to the album like three times through, and there were some extra bits in the DVD.
Tags: Movies

June 20th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Hang em high is not a good representitive of the Eastwood western. Watch the Sergio Leoni ones. They are mostly adaptations of Akira Kurasawa films. (posted on LiveJournal)
June 20th, 2007 at 11:07 am
totally agree with this. Do not stop at Hang em High.
Two Mules for Sister Sara, not one of the Sergio ones but HILARIOUS! (posted on LiveJournal)
June 20th, 2007 at 11:15 am
I might have a little man-crush on Paul Rudd.
not that this is the same, but I’ve had a crush on him since
Clueless
.
He is good in
200 Cigarettes
too. I always like him. He plays great characters. Even as Pheobe’s husband on
Friends
. (posted on LiveJournal)
July 5th, 2007 at 4:57 am
I enjoyed Night Watch, but you should know that they changed the ending of the movie from the book. Can’t wait to see Day Watch later this year…