I know I watch a lot of movies. But really....books and movies are my only hobbies right now. Personally, I think they are pretty damn good ones. At least I won't be saddling my kids with some ginormous (and completely useless) rock collection when I die.
The other night I watched a movie called Chloe....
Basically, it's a tamer, lesbian version of Fatal Attraction.
It was good. Julianne Moore's character has an extremely flirtatious husband (played by Liam Neeson) and she comes across reasons to believe that he is cheating on her.....soooo, she does what any sane woman would do. Hire a prostitute to come onto him to see if he is willing to sleep with her...then sleep with said prostitute to get back at him. What could possibly go wrong in this scenario?
"You are so lucky that you don't have a rabbit I can boil."
I also watched "Brothers" with Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey Maguire. It was an excellent, and very heartbreaking,story about a Marine and his family. He goes to Afghanistan, where his helicopter is shot down. The military tells his family that he is dead, but he actually was taken prisoner, tortured, starved and made to do incredibly horrible things until he is rescued. When he comes home, reintegrating with his family that he thinks has moved on from him proves to be more than he can handle. It's a seriously heartbreaking movie.
Both of these movies are on Netflix Instant Streaming, if you are interested.
Today I snuck out for a while to see Red Riding Hood.
I thought it might be good, with some slightly cheesy lines and I had my doubts about getting my hopes up for another Catherine Hardwicke film after she screwed up Twilight so horribly. But it had Gary Oldman....who I don't think I've ever seen do a bad movie.....and Amanda Seyfried and Billy Burke, who've both take part in some questionable movies but generally shined in their roles regardless.
Seriously, Amanda Seyfried was the only redeeming quality in this crapfest.
So I gave it a shot. I'm so glad I did.
It was very good! It was a good story, with a decent amount of suspense, and a nice twist at the end. And aesthetically is was probably the most beautiful film I've watched since House of Flying Daggers or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
So, I guess what I should take away from this is: one horrible, blue tinted adaptation of a beloved book into film should not blacklist a director forever (especially since she probably had Stephanie Meyers breathing down her neck through the whole thing).
