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Sideways (2004)
A Lush Film!
Do You Like To Drink? I want you to take a ride with me on the Sideways version of four lushes. I said it. They are all fall down drunks who fall in love, or think so. I found their performances outstanding. Sandra Oh is excellent as a single mother who falls for Thomas Hayden Church. (You do see his white butt bouncing in the air which is more acting than he did on Wings.) She works for a winery and she goes out with Virginia Madsen and Giamatti to a place called the Hitching Post. The Oh and Church relationship on screen outshines any other love story in the movie. However, the film maker forgets people hate movies that are pretty scenery with just music playing. Much of this film is like a travelogue for California Wineries. You have no window into what they are saying as nothing is said in many scenes, just gad music. *******************SPOILER ALERT************************* Giamatti and Madsen fall in love, she reads his book and in the end she leaves him a very nice message. He goes to her house and the movie ends. **********************SPOILER ALERT******************************* I wanted to here more and was left angry about a lazy scriptwriter and director.
Lace (1984)
I disliked it!
I found it to be a bit soapy. Lather up the baby and wait for the water. Wait, Wait, Wait, three hours into it and Cates has no idea who gave her life. You don't either. Nope, wait, and wait , and wait, it drags you along on this life of excess where no one washes the baby, takes care of the child or shows their hand. Wait, and wait and wait some more. The only saving grace is the women are pretty enough to look at for awhile. You will need a bag of nachos, four bags of popcorn, three cans of coke, two dogs on your lap and plenty of cut up sausage and cheese. It will suck you in. Remember the time your mom told you not touch a fire, this is it, you begin watching this and it will suck you in.