Bunch O' Good Movies
I've rented and gone to good some movies lately. Here they are...
Borat: A
Have you heard of it? Yah, not much to say other than that I too found it very very funny. In particular his intro at the rodeo show and his appearance on the local TV news.
Queen: A-
I was not super-psyched on this movie, being one who doesn't really care that much about the British royal family, but it was really quite good. The plot: right after Blair gets elected, Princess Di dies. As the country mourns, the Queen says nothing, and the country is not too happy about it. Lots of interesting aspects: like the weird traditions even the prime minister has to follow, and the power play between Blair and The Queen. Overall, a well-done movie definitely worth seeing.
Shakespeare Behind Bars: A
Kind of a feel-good feel-bad movie. It's about a jail where an outside director has inmates put on a Shakespeare play. They seem to really get into it. For instance, one past cast member puts off his parole hearing to after the performance because it was going to be the first thing he ever finished in his life. A year after his release he killed himself. So yah a feel-good feel-bad movie.
49-Up: A
This is the seventh and, I believe, last documentary where the director updates us on a group of people's lives every 7 years. The first one was when they were 7, then 14, then... I've read about them for a whiloe and have always meant to see one of them. Well, do. It's like time-lapse photography of the personality.
Oh, and I just realized all 4 movies have something major in common. First one to figure it out gets a full on Chuckdaddy shout-out.
Borat: A
Have you heard of it? Yah, not much to say other than that I too found it very very funny. In particular his intro at the rodeo show and his appearance on the local TV news.
Queen: A-I was not super-psyched on this movie, being one who doesn't really care that much about the British royal family, but it was really quite good. The plot: right after Blair gets elected, Princess Di dies. As the country mourns, the Queen says nothing, and the country is not too happy about it. Lots of interesting aspects: like the weird traditions even the prime minister has to follow, and the power play between Blair and The Queen. Overall, a well-done movie definitely worth seeing.
Shakespeare Behind Bars: A
Kind of a feel-good feel-bad movie. It's about a jail where an outside director has inmates put on a Shakespeare play. They seem to really get into it. For instance, one past cast member puts off his parole hearing to after the performance because it was going to be the first thing he ever finished in his life. A year after his release he killed himself. So yah a feel-good feel-bad movie.
49-Up: A This is the seventh and, I believe, last documentary where the director updates us on a group of people's lives every 7 years. The first one was when they were 7, then 14, then... I've read about them for a whiloe and have always meant to see one of them. Well, do. It's like time-lapse photography of the personality.
Oh, and I just realized all 4 movies have something major in common. First one to figure it out gets a full on Chuckdaddy shout-out.
Labels: Movies
posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 6:06 pm
3 Comments:
I'm a bit surprised about the high rating for Shakespeare Behind Bars - I was a little bored with it and didn't feel like it really delved into some of the criminal minds enough or something - I don't know - it just wasn't a well crafted doc I felt.
The 7 up series is great, and I just put 49 up on hold at the library.
I'll see the Queen on dvd - I'm looking foward to it.
So what's the common thread? British?
Chuckdaddy gave 'em all A's?
Guess I'm feeling like an easy grader coming off relaxing Thanksgiving...
I can see what you're saying Senor Friguilito, but I think for me it was more the subject matter than the way it was put together. I just really did find it fascinating. The only thing I wanted more of was what the other non-acting prisoners thought of the play. Like, were these guys just the drama geeks of the prison or actually kind of respected?
But to prove I'm not a total pushover grader, here are some recent ones I saw with Mr. Petrovich.
Fantastic 4: C-
Pet Sematary 2: C
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