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Inherit the Wind (1960)
An inaccurate Courtroom Drama that Borders on the Ridiculous
I know that many people have commented on this movie giving it rave reviews, but I really must disagree. I won't comment on the acting- It's personal opinion whether it's over the top, or realistic, or whatever- the court scenes are my main issue with the film. Throughout the movie, I found myself wondering how the two lawyers managed to get so high up in the business; they neglected to research their cases at all, and seemed to believe that the only measure of a good lawyer was how loud they could yell. In fact, they seemed to feel that they didn't even have to make a decent point as long as they were yelling. At one point, the lawyer played by Tracy tries to make a point, and sees that the jury does not understand... and then does not explain it. The lawyers also took to arguing between themselves in the middle of the courtroom- and the judge let them. Furthermore I felt that I could have done a better job defending the teacher, and I am not even close to being a lawyer. I'm sure this is a very well made movie, and the actors are certainly excellent... but to call it thought provoking and almost perfect is going too far.
Edgeplay (2004)
Interesting band, not so interesting documentary
The Runaways are my favorite band. So I was very excited when I found that there was a documentary about them. However, I thought that the documentary was disappointing. While the information and people were very interesting, I thought it was badly made. It wasn't unified at all- it was just a random collection of interviews. Also, many of the interviews went on for far too long and really should have been edited. To top it off, there was all this weird slo-mo footage interspersed with the interviews of Sandy West running, or of some random girl being tied up, that seemed way too melodramatic, and just made me want to laugh. Despite all this, I still enjoyed this movie to some extent. The story of the band is fascinating, and it was interesting to hear about it directly from the mouths of the original members (except for Joan Jett, who wasn't in the movie at all). I've heard some people complain about this movie because of the people involved- "Lita Ford's 'tell it like it is' attitude is so lame and boring... Sandy West is so bitter and pathetic, I mean come on! suck it up" What these people forget is that Sandy and Lita and all of them are real people. They aren't characters. They can't help acting the way they are. They aren't unbiased storytellers, they are still products of what happened to them when they were in the runaways and later. That is the most interesting part of the movie. I almost cried when Sandy started talking about how she wished the band would just get back together. Sure it was a bit pathetic. But it was completely honest, and just showed how horrible her life has been.