January 20, 2006
January Movies
Too lazy to do "full" reviews for all of these:
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - Cute, sweet, and a little crazy (not necessarily in a good way), which reminds me of San Francisco. The DVD extras took away from the "magical" tone the movie tried to set, which added some depth but took away some of the charm.
Brokeback Mountain - beautiful, sad, and made me feel sorry for the rodeo cowboys. Not as quite as emotional as I expected, but maybe that was because of the talkers in the theater. It was nice to see that Heath Ledger can actually act after sitting through Casanova.
Syriana - Another slight disappointment - lots of intriguing build up, discussion of things I don't usually think about, and then some arbitrary movie drama at the end.
Shaolin Soccer - Fun, I think I had forgotten how enjoyable it is to watch a comedy that I actually like. I only wish there was more actual soccer instead of all the 1 on 1 battles during a soccer game! I don't think it rises to the level of a comedy classic, but it is entertaining.