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Brokeback Mountain
With all the hubbub about this movie, I was kinda disappointed. All the actors gave stellar performances, and I was okay with the excessive guy-on-guy face sucking. The problem arose during the second half of the movie - it just sort of fizzled out. We follow both men through their lives and it never really goes anywhere. If I read the novel and this happened I would have been pissed. I’m glad I saw it, just to say I saw it and I can give my opinion about it - I’m just disappointed that it wasn’t better.
Enchanted
This was a fun movie (especially following a downer movie like Brokeback). I dug the perfomances by all actors, and I liked Patrick Dempsey’s character. It’s hard to believe he’s the same guy from “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Loverboy”. Even when I watch Grey’s Anatomy, my brain can’t really make the connection. I’m glad Disney made this movie instead of, say, Warner Brothers. It’s basically Disney making fun of Disney - which nobody else can do without getting the snot sued out of them. I wish they had more DVD features, like a commentary track - even though they have a long commercial saying tons of features are included in the Blu-Ray disc. I don’t HAVE a Blu-Ray player (yet) - so why rub it in?
Play Misty for Me
Every single man should watch this movie, much like every married man should watch Fatal Attraction. The movie is sorta dated from the early 70’s with its songs and clothing choices. This was Clint Eastwood’s first commercial movie directorial debut and bits and pieces show of some bad directorial decisions such as a long unnecessary love song montage of the main character (Clint) and his girlfriend (Donna Mills) - during the latter half of the movie - when both should be hiding in a bunker from the psycho stalker. Remember guys, don’t sleep with an Evelyn - it’s REALLY not worth it. The most frightening thing about the DVD is the “Making Of” featurette - Donna Mills hasn’t aged! Really.
Next up: Final Fantasy VII, Steamboy, and Capote.