Hang ‘Em High (1968): this movie had so much potential going for it at the start. of course it was just another western about revenge, which we have all seen a million times before, but that doesn’t stop us from loving them. eastwood plays the same character as in all his westerns and i was thrilled at first to find another western jewel. however, it started getting real cheesy, real fast. being his first american western, they had to go and throw in some stupid love story with him. right off the bat, no one wants to see clint eastwood making out with some chick during a love scene. its just not natural. then the ending just blew because they wanted to make you think by leaving the story hanging. we want the traditional western ending where the good guy and bad guy have the long stand off and the good guy wins. that’s all i’m asking for. the music was excellent and the whole movie really reminded me of kill bill volume 2. over all it was good, but there is no comparison to his other work. don’t see.
The Last Emperor (1987): the good news: having seen this movie, i have now seen every academy award best picture winner back to 1966. pretty cool huh? well i think so. the movie is very beautiful in its settings and the characters all played out very well. its hard to really figure out the true nature of the emperor though. one scene he could be the worst person in the world and the next he is somewhat normal. the movie really drags and it feels like there is never any huge climactic events that go on. as far as the plot goes, think of the truman show in early 20th century china. weird mix i know, but worth seeing i guess. but just barely.
Network (1976): this is such an odd movie. i had so many feelings throughout the movie that i don’t even know how to rate this. the acting by each individual character was spectacular. very stage-like acting. but then again, some of the acting was so unbelievable. the different techniques they used for storytelling was perfect, however, i found it hard to care about something as trivial in my life as the bureaucracy of network television. i just didn’t seem to find any interest in the business, despite their best efforts to make the television industry seem interesting. movie wise, this is as good as it gets, but the subject matter stank. this is about as subjective as my little reviews can get, so just a friendly reminder, this blog is not the word of god speaking. just little old ethan giving his thoughts. so you may all like this movie and you should probably see it, but for me, its not worth seeing again.
you get 25 extra credit points for figuring out what the link o’ the day is and how it works. its not there now, but i'll put it on later today. not sure how practical this is and i don’t think i’ll be using it on a daily basis, but its still cool. and don’t ask how i found this.
i’m pissed off that i left my movie at home today so i have nothing to do at work now. tomorrow i have a feeling it is going to be a great day. i want to go see a matinee tomorrow and just relax. we’ll see though. usually plans like that never work out.
quote of the day on
me: they are gonna do the castle all pink like a birthday cake
you: well it should be done by now so i guess ill go check that out. i just want to see what they did to space mountain but thats not open till summer. so pretty much i will check out the castle then go to the other park and drink my 8 dollar beer and eat corn dogs in the smoking area while i think about how much i hate my life.
i couldn’t have said it better.
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