stormhav Reviews

Never Again (2001)

Real Love

[10/10 · 31 October 2003]

For once a real love story that involves real people. Middle aged, overweight and wringled. Great writing and great acting. Everyone over the age of 49 ought to be required to watch this film. Jill is great.

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Less is very much more!

[12 December 2002]

After watching this film you should ask yourself just how did they do it so well without the aid of high tech gimmics. Not the heist but the film itself. A wonderful example of understated pace and great wit. The script, the scenes, the acting are all perfectly matched. This is also one of those rare examples of the British sense of humor on full display. Watch it if you can catch it.

Deterrence (1999)

Today's headlines in a movie made in 1999

[10/10 · 2 August 2002]

Allowing for the liberties of one man's vision this is a thoughtful movie. The concept of Iraq violating the peace of the world is a very real idea. The brinkmanship displayed is extreme but how different is it from the threats of invasion the are so commonly reported in todays headlines. The ending of this movie like Fail Safe is very hard to digest as a real option but like Fail Safe it causes us to think about the seriousness of war in our times. In both cases the role of instant communication is a contributor to the resolution that saves the world but at a price. The cast is adequate. The President is calm and very profession in his detachment from the emotions of the situation. Another shared value with Fail Safe. The sum of this movie is a contempory reminder of the danger of believing that we have progressed with technology as our protector when in fact the critical decisions are still human and the consequences are of those decisions are human. I recommend this movie to all serious thinking views.

One Touch of Venus (1948)

A romantics dream.

[10/10 · 3 February 2000]

If you don't fall in love with Ava Gardner after seeing the movie you don't have a chance of falling in love. Harmless entertainment, the dialog is classy and represents a time when people listened to words. The music and words for "Speak Low. darling speak low" are the kind that makes you hum all day. But this movie is all Ava Gardner. No wonder Frank Sinatra only had one love, Ava.