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Oh! Sûpâ Miruku-chan (1998)
So weird, you can't stop watching.
I have no real idea how to explain this show, but I think I like it. It totally defies description. I can't even explain how this show might have been conceived or written. There are definitely some strange people somewhere in Japan (not unlike here). But, it's so bizarre, I'm thinking of buying one of the DVD's. I wonder if the translation is a part of the charm, or if this show was equally obscure in Japanese. It's doesn't really matter. I just keep watching it thinking I'll figure it out eventually, but I kinda hope I never do. Perhaps it's best that I don't. I can't even figure out if the cultural references are real or not. Should rice cakes be chewy or crunchy? I think I'm going to go get some sushi or something.
Unfaithful (2002)
Contrived, Heavy Handed, and a real romance killer.
It's hard to believe this movie was only two hours long. It felt like so much more as every possible but improbable plot device is painstakingly delivered so that no one, but no one, can possibly miss them. Each scene is thoroughly telegraphed in the first few seconds, but yet the director makes us watch as the rest of the scene is oh so slowly delivered exactly as expected. The end credit were SO welcome. Some directors can make great use of dramatic pauses to emphasize the most subtle expressions or to build awkward tension. This movie, which seems like at least four movies, is one big continuous but failed attempt at this technique. I feel sorriest for young Mr Sullivan, who is brilliant in "Malcolm", but is given a story that can't decide if he's supposed to be 8 years or 8 months old. Mr. Gere and Ms. Lane should have known better, but knowing how movies are made it's hard to blame them. DO NOT take your special someone to this file. It offers all the romance of, say, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf". I could go into more depth, but ugh, enough.
Heartbreakers (2001)
This film makes The Avengers look good.
This film makes The Avengers look good. Like Fiennes, Connery and Thurman, it seems that Hackman and Weaver have found themselves in ...let's just say a BAD film. Even miss Hewitt's skimpy dresses can't make up for the ongoing cliche's and improbable plot solutions.