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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain Broke My Heart
I saw this movie Friday. It is now Sunday, and I am still consumed with thoughts and feelings about the story, the acting, the directing, the cinematography. So much is going on here that perhaps may have gone unnoticed by a younger audience (I'm 56)...the poverty from childhood on (even for Jack as evidenced by his sparse bedroom), Ennis's lack of education, the terrible parenting (particularly by Ennis's father), dying young without realizing your dreams, living on with the regret and loneliness, the trap that these men were in, and the hurt/heartbreak of the women who loved them.
Heath was astounding, but Jake's Jack was so terribly wonderful as well. And the two of them playing off each other..incredible. Also, Michelle...the three blew me away, and if each doesn't win their respective Oscars, they will have been robbed.
I have been a movie buff for 35 years. This was a movie as affecting it its own right as a "doomed" love story as any I've ever seen, including Gone with the Wind. It broke my heart, but it will go down as one of my very favorites for the rest of my life.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
well, here's my take on the ending...
will was extremely skillful at what he did. he killed the malcom mcdowall character at night. we hear a car outside the ex-lover's house where the irish assassin awaits. flash to the next morning when will is watching the person drive balls into the sea. i surmised that the waiting assassin absolutely no problem for will, such a minute problem that we don't even have to know how it was resolved; it just was with will alive at dawn. moreover, his ex-lover is waiting for him in the car as he says his last good-byes to his brother. they then drive off to a peaceful world.
does anyone agree or have evidence to suggest otherwise. i don't get the threads that say he left his ex-lover to the irish assassin. did i miss something?
Perpetrators of the Crime (1999)
the worst film i've ever seen
i bought this rental return for $1.99 at hollywood and overpaid. i didn't expect much, but thought it would be something to fall asleep by at least. i quickly noted the very weak storyline, the gross overacting by everyone (no one talks like that except in cartoons), and the seemingly let's-make-it-up-as-we-go-along direction. i know that the participants in this mess must be very embarrassed by it, and i feel certain that it did not help any careers. as for this movie buff of 35 years, it has now provided a ready answer for the worst-film-you've-ever-seen question.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
an afternoon delight!
i enjoyed this film so much! decaprio, hanks, walken, sheen (with the buck teeth), the direction, the sets, the costumes, the music, the opening title sequence, the 'feel'...so very cool, a wonderful way to while away a chilly saturday afternoon. and so very funny...a perfect little piece of art. go see this movie!