Angela Law

Brian wouldn’t watch this movie with me last night, but he still got to drink a Margarita. I’m not sure why he didn’t want to watch it. There really wasn’t that much man-on-man action going on in the movie (especially if you compare it to something like Six Feet Under or Oz, both of which we’ve watched). Maybe a “cowboy love story” just didn’t sound appealing to him.

An hour into the movie, I couldn’t figure out why anyone liked it–I just didn’t find the story believable. The relationship between the two seemingly came out of nowhere and I just found it hard to believe. But, by the end of the movie, I did believe it and that redeemed the movie for me.

I saw Signs from M. Night Shyamalan a while back and totally did not like it. I knew Sixth Sense was immensely popular, but I was hesitant to watch it after seeing Signs. Well, I finally decided to add it to my list, so we watched it tonight. I was not disappointed–it was a great movie. As old as the film is (1999), I don’t know how I managed to avoid hearing about the “twist” of the film, unlike Brian, but I’m glad I was able to watch it without knowing that. This will definitely be one of the best films I watch this year.

This was an interesting film. Very different. It was basically a crime drama about this kidnapping that went awry, but it had enough ridiculousness in it that you could call it a dramedy. Everyone in the film talked with a mid-west (aka Minnesota) accent. I don’t know why, but those accents always crack me up. I thought the one person’s accent was a little over the top, so I looked her up on IMDb, only to find out she’s a native Minnesotan. I guess that means the other actors didn’t go far enough with their accents.

But, enough about accents. Overall, the movie was good. We both enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t call it one of my top 100 movies, either.

We caught this classic over the weekend and both really liked it. It was a pretty interesting story. In it, Pacino played a Cuban drug lord. This time, he was surrounded by an Italian cast (who were all playing Cubans) so the Hispanic thing was a little more believable than in Carlito’s Way (but only because all of the Cubans looked Italian. Hollywood is weird.). Plus, his accent was impeccable. It was quite impressive. Interestingly enough, this screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and the movie featured Michelle Pfeiffer in her first major role. Some movie trivia for you…