The Jacket and
The Princess and the Warrior (rentals)
No matinee this weekend. We had planned to try and see War of the Worlds, but just didn't make it. Instead it was a weekend of Netflix movies. Unfortunately it was a weekend of "hmmmm...ok...well, it wasn't a bad movie...not good, but not bad" movies
The Jacket
The synopsis according to Netflix: John Maybury's masterful thriller stars Adrien Brody as Jack Starks, a Persian Gulf War veteran who has lost his memories to amnesia. When Jack is accused of a heinous killing, he realizes he must find a way to prove his innocence. Desperate to unearth clues about his past, he seeks a controversial treatment that allows him to go back in time -- which turns out to be a heart-wrenching decision when he realizes he's destined for tragedy.
It wasn't a bad movie, it was ok. At first it wasn't entirely clear that he was traveling to and interacting in the future. At times it seemed to drag a little
The Princess and the Warrior (German)
The synopsis according to Netflix: Sissi (Potente) is a nurse in a mental ward who gets run over in the street by a truck. Quick-thinking Bodo (Benno Furmann), a bank robber by trade, saves her life -- not knowing that, in gratitude, Sissi would haunt his every move like a lovesick puppy!
I love people watching, but what's even better than people watching can sometimes be chldren...particularly children on amusement park rides. So, a month or so ago we went to the Santa Cruz boardwalk. There's a race car ride there for the little ones. Basically it's an oval track that the cars go around. When the cars would round the corners they would go into a controled skid in which they would move a little faster than the rest of the ride. Kids would get lulled into a state of near boredom for a short period of time, then startled by the skid, then lulled back to boredom, then again startled and so on for the duration of the 2 minute ride.
So why did I tell you all that? Well, this movie reminded me a lot of that race car ride. It starts off a little slow, then you go into the skid, then slow, then skid again...for 2 HOURS and 8 minutes. I think the only thing that keeps me from calling this a good movie is that the slow times could get really, really slow. It was certainly different, slightly disturbing.
I can't give a high recommendation for either movie, but I wouldn't say don't see them either. Boy, how's that for noncommital?
The Jacket
The synopsis according to Netflix: John Maybury's masterful thriller stars Adrien Brody as Jack Starks, a Persian Gulf War veteran who has lost his memories to amnesia. When Jack is accused of a heinous killing, he realizes he must find a way to prove his innocence. Desperate to unearth clues about his past, he seeks a controversial treatment that allows him to go back in time -- which turns out to be a heart-wrenching decision when he realizes he's destined for tragedy.
It wasn't a bad movie, it was ok. At first it wasn't entirely clear that he was traveling to and interacting in the future. At times it seemed to drag a little
The Princess and the Warrior (German)
The synopsis according to Netflix: Sissi (Potente) is a nurse in a mental ward who gets run over in the street by a truck. Quick-thinking Bodo (Benno Furmann), a bank robber by trade, saves her life -- not knowing that, in gratitude, Sissi would haunt his every move like a lovesick puppy!
I love people watching, but what's even better than people watching can sometimes be chldren...particularly children on amusement park rides. So, a month or so ago we went to the Santa Cruz boardwalk. There's a race car ride there for the little ones. Basically it's an oval track that the cars go around. When the cars would round the corners they would go into a controled skid in which they would move a little faster than the rest of the ride. Kids would get lulled into a state of near boredom for a short period of time, then startled by the skid, then lulled back to boredom, then again startled and so on for the duration of the 2 minute ride.
So why did I tell you all that? Well, this movie reminded me a lot of that race car ride. It starts off a little slow, then you go into the skid, then slow, then skid again...for 2 HOURS and 8 minutes. I think the only thing that keeps me from calling this a good movie is that the slow times could get really, really slow. It was certainly different, slightly disturbing.
I can't give a high recommendation for either movie, but I wouldn't say don't see them either. Boy, how's that for noncommital?
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