Anyways, I thought I'd give some quick reviews of the late summer entertainment for any of your looking to kill some time.
Movies:
Garden State - If you like Scrubs, go see this movie. If you don't like Scrubs go see this movie. Not to exaggerate but this is the best movie I've seen this summer. Zach Braff (J.D. from Scrubs) wrote, directed and stars in the movie about a young man returning home for his mother's funeral after years of being estranged from his family and confronting not only his father but the detachment and confusion of life. And yet with such serious content matter Braff does an absolutely phenomenal job of making the movie not only bearable but outright hysterical at times. And apparently Natalie Portman can act. Who knew? The acting, the look of the movie, everything was just terrific making me have high hopes for the future of Mr. Braff (one more week til the season premiere of Scrubs! Woo hoo!). And is it just me or has Ian Holm been in a hundred movies since playing Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings movies? And Peter Sarsgaard as Braff's old high school grave-digging, grave-robbing, stoner buddy with a heart of something that might be gold (yeah, just see the movie for this), he also puts in a great performance. The writing is top notch, ranging from being funny as hell to remarkably insightful. (For some great reading see Braff's blog on the movie's site here. Also if you're looking for some good summer music the movie's soundtrack is also fantastic.) Yeah, so if you didn't notice, I really loved this movie. Go see it.
Maria Full of Grace - Ok, so still working with the independent film category but taking away all the humor, this is still a very well done movie. A dark and brutal look at the life of Colombian women working as drug mules, it's harsh but still quite good. The movie is completely in Spanish with subtitles so keep that in mind in case you're not fluent in Espanol and aren't looking for a lot of reading. Also I have in on good word that Bogota doesn't really look quite like that as they only show the slums. Those crazy Columbian filmmakers.
The Village - If you hate the movies of M. Night Shyamalan, you're probably not going to enjoy this one either. Or maybe you'll enjoy the first two thirds of it. But once he throws in his trademark plot twist, you'll probably be back to hating him. Personally I've enjoyed all his movies but this one is definitely my least favorite. Which is a shame because cinematically this is by far his best looking one. It really is a very pretty movie but that doesn't really help I suppose if you don't like the plot. The twist in this one (no I won't spoil anything) but it's definitely a twist that once it's known it changes the whole movie in a way where you care much less about it. I really hope for his next film, he can do a movie without the requisite twist. On the plus side, Bryce Howard puts in an excellent performance in the lead female role and I think you're gonna see her growing to be a big star in the future.
I also caught Dodgeball the other day and yes the movie is hysterical if you like the current frat pack movies. Also containing of the best closing lines of a movie ever... just a shade under Casablanca. But as it is one of those comedies, there's not much to say about it. I enjoyed it. If you liked Zoolander, Old School, etc then you'll like this movie, if you hated them, you'll hate this movie. Nuff said.
I hope to catch a screening of Open Water and the Asian import Hero soon.
And this is day and age we live in folks, I actually just saw a commercial on TV stating that now that Shrek 2 has come and gone it's time for the next big movie: Superbabies - Baby Geniuses 2. Wow. Sign of the apocalypse? Just might be. The mere fact they actually made a Baby Geniuses 2 makes me fear for humanity's future.
Alright you wild and crazy people, until next time adios y gracias for todos los pescados.
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