I actually enjoyed the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (whew, what a mouthful) movie. That said, you’ve got to read this abridged movie script. It’s very funny, a little bitter, and full of spoilers, so don’t read it if you haven’t seen the movie.
I went to see the new U2 3D movie at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. It’s not a traditional movie with a storyline and a plot; but full songs from a concert (in Buenos Aires) recorded in 3d IMAX glory. The sound is fantastic and way louder than your average movie, and the visuals are amazing. The music you already know it.
I recommend you check this one out, if only for the audio/visual experience. To my surprise, even my mom liked it, and she hates “loud music with drums“.
I finally saw the controversial movie Paradise Now. I even wrote a lengthy (unfinished) post about it. However, due to the highly explosive (pun intended? I can’t help myself!) topic, the review needs to be very carefully written and that’s a lot of work. So I won’t finish it. I’ll summarize it though:
It’s a good movie. It’s very well done. It’s well acted. It’s entertaining and it’s educational. It is also very careful about what it shows and what it leaves out. This is not a documentary, so it’s unfair to expect a balanced viewpoint. In reality, this movie is by design anything but balanced (and that’s completely valid): It shows the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as seen from the eyes of two young guys from Nablus that get recruited to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel-Aviv. As such, the movie depicts an important part of the whole picture. But only a part.
What worries me (as seen through the ancient all encompasing prism) about this is that a lot of viewers don’t really know enough about the topic and will draw conclusions based on this incomplete picture. Even more worrisome is that many of the viewers that tend to watch this type of films, international artsy non-Hollywood foreign films, love to feel wise and knowledgeable even when they aren’t; so they are extra quick to form their own, strong, final, knowledgeable-sounding conclusions. And they’ll be happy to spread them, you know, in order to feel wise and knowledgeable.
As a side note, the tagline used in the poster is “From the most unexpected place, comes a bold call for peace.“. It makes no sense to me how it relates to the movie. Can someone explain that?
What do you think?
“Trabajo de Mierda” (Shitty Job)
A Play by Thelma Sandler
November 29th – 7 and 9 PM
Teatro de la Ciudad
As my faithful readers know, I’ve been something of a Spider-Man fan since I was two or three. I used to watch the cartoons (from the 60’s and from the 90’s) and I read the comic books for many years. I saw the previous two movies at midnight when they opened and did the same for the third one. (I must clarify that none of this makes me a nerd, and if you think it does… well you’re racist or something). So here’s my take, in an easy-to-write Good/Bad/Ugly format.
Good
Bad
Ugly
Conclusion: Not as good as the previous two movies, but it’s fun to watch. Go see it.
I kid you not.
The super-powered dog (a.k.a. Supercan in Mexico) from the beloved (by me) sixties cartoon is coming to the movie theater in a live action film. Jason Lee is doing the voice (good choice). I wonder who’s going to play Polly Purebread Top Reporter.
Here are some photos:
For the very few who don’t remember Underdog… watch him:
My name Marcos. Tonight, I see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. I laugh very hard. I also make urine inside the underwear… Great success.. NOT! Also, tonight I learn that I speak the Kazakh. Like me, Borat have the website for the internet.
Dzienkuje.
John Williams music: check
Marlon Brando as Jor-El’s voice: check
Superman looking younger than me: wait a minute…
Sooooo much better than any of the previous Batman movies, even the one with Jack Nicholson. I just hope hope hope they don’t screw up Superman next year.
PS: I want a Batmobile.
