Recent Movies
Posted January 19, 2008 
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Comments(0) - Juno – 16 year old gets pregnant, decides she’ll be giving it away, and many funny things happen. The first half of this film had me convinced this was going to be another over earnest American indie film (like Garden State, Crash, Little Children etc), but they managed to pull it off in the end. Not perfect, and the second half is a lot better than the first half, but pretty good nonetheless.
- Proof – pretty good film with Gwyneth Paltro, who I’ve usually enjoyed in films. The premise ends up being “did she write the proof” which just seems a little contrived, but the interactions between her, Anthony Hopkins and Jake G were good, even if the plot let it down a little.
- The Graduate
- The Great Gatsby
- Last Days – rambling and irrelevant.
- Disco Pigs - pretty decent Irish film starring Cillian Murphy. Has a wierd rastafarian-irish accent thing happening though, which was super confusing.
- Curse of the Golden Flowers – visually spectacular as with Hero etc. The CGI effects of large crowds were pretty obvious though, which was a little disappointing, and the end of the story was a bit anti-climactic.
- I Think I Love My Wife – I thought this was semi-funny, but Inez hated it. Oh well.
- Into The Wild – great, and Emile Hirsch is superb. The actual character was inspiring, but foolhardy.
- Ice Storm – a little depressing but great styling and engaging characterisations in this film of suburban family life in the 70s.
- Glengarry GlenRoss – good adaptation of a play, with Ed Harris and Al Pacino in particular delivering strong performances. Who broke into the dodgy real-estate hawkers office and stole the good leads?
- In America – touching story of a young Irish family moving to New York and the heat of one particular summer. Samantha Morton is great as usual, and the two little girls (I think real life sisters) were amazingly adorable.
- The Bourne Ultimatum – good modern action film, but a bit too intense. The first two were better, with their more spacious and interspersed action scenes.