Movie sunday
It is a pleasure watching so many good movies in such a short time span. Today I watched 'Paradise Now' at the newly refurbished Rialto cinemas. It was a really powerful movie and I would say that it is a companion piece to 'Munich' but more gritty and powerful. While 'Munich' shows the israeli side of things, 'Paradise Now' shows the palestinian side of things and the best thing is that it never steps into the territory of propoganda or political posturing. It is the most amazing call for peace that I have seen. The cast in the movie are top notch and so is the cinematography and pacing of the movie. The movie has recently won the Best Foreign Feature award at Golden Gobe and hopefully that should draw more people to see the movie. It is such a simple presentation of such a complex matter that it really gets under your skin. It will make you think - it really will. And to have achieved such a movie with a budget of a mere US$ 2 million is remarkable {compare it to US$ 70 million budget for Munich}. Highly recommended watch.The next movie that I watched was 'In Good Company'. No I did not watch it in the theatre but at home on DVD. The movie is definitely not a romantic comedy. It is totally unpredictable and is more a slice of life in corporate america mixed together with some family and romance elements to it. The ending wasn't satisfying because they lost focus on which character's story to tell. If only they had a more grounded ending it would have been a real good one. It is still an enjoyable movie.
Thats pretty much what I did for the day. Some more thinking and some more contemplation. Life still amazes me by its simplicity and the humans by their complexities. I don't think I will share my self analysis session here but I must say that I am happy to a small extent but also angry over myself.
Adios for now,
Amit
posted by Amit @ 3:39 PM
2 Comments:
It's interesting that you liked both PARADISE NOW and CRASH, two well-praised and loved movies that I really didn't like. My problem with PARADISE NOW is that I felt like the screenplay was over-heavy on exposition and that the characters kept changing motivation just to make the screenplay more twisty. But there were moments I loved (the martyr statement that keeps getting screwed up) and everyone else I know who's seen it is a huge fan, pretty much, so maybe I should give it another go.
Movies are a personal thing and everyones tastes differ. So if you like something that I don't like (or vice-versa) there is nothing interesting or surprising.
What I am writing is my personal experience of the movie.
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