Please don't talk to him, he's my nemesis
Wow. I know I promised another installment of "The History of Middle-Earth" that I have yet to deliver, and I am very sorry for that, but I was dutifully reviewing films, so I have something (barely) resembling an excuse. I'm really tired right now, so I'll make this very quick (and you know that this will be fleshed out in the Comments section, anyway), so please forgive how cursory these are going to be:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou- On the whole, I liked this movie, but I found it to be far sadder than Wes Anderson's other work; if I'm not mistaken, however, the film's emotional payoff comes at the very end. I do rather like how many of his characters seem like children acting like adults and having to face the fact that the world views them as adults nevertheless. I also love the Portuguese David Bowie songs, and the ending credits are a hoot. I'd probably have to see it again to fully appreciate it, though.
White Noise- I really wanted to like this movie since I like both Michael Keaton and am interested in Electronic Voice Phenomena, but the film lacked exposition and internal logic. Certainly it had a few genuinely startling moments, but also had several cliche scares and rote dialogue. It scared Melissa, but that doesn't really mean much of anything.
Okay, I'm really very sorry to cut this short, but I'm hitting the hay. I promise that tomorrow or the next day will deliver a new installment of HoME, so do your best to prepare yourselves.
Love, Ian
posted by Ian @ 1:02 AM
4 Comments:
There's something somewhat endearing about Micheal Keaton (or simply "The Keat") although I'm not quite sure what it is. He's not really in a whole lot of good movies, and in fact he's in several pretty crappy ones (Mr. Mom).
Also, he's not the best Batman (Kilmer retains those bragging rights... for now) although he is in the best Batman movies. After all, the soundtrack is by Prince. You can't go wrong with Burton and Prince, it's like Lucas and Williams. Or Spielberg and Williams. Or pretty much any other director and Williams.
Anyhow, Micheal Keaton is still sort of cool in that Dennis Quaid "I'm in a lot of sucky movies but I'm still a cool guy (although not really one of The Men)" way.
I think you hit the nail on the proverbial head there, Brad; The Keat seems to be a cool dude who feels bad turning down a role so he accepts everything that comes his way. However, I have to take issue with "Mr. Mom" being a crappy movie... well, I guess I'd have to see it again, but maybe I'm wrong. After all, I recalled "Tentacles" being a terrifying movie which subsequent viewings proved otherwise.
I don't think I've ever seen Mr. Mom. At least not anywhere outside of Wal-Mart's $5.99 DVD bin.
And multiplicity sucks. As does Andy McDowell, outside of Groundhog Day.
"I'd probably have to see it again to fully appreciate it, though."
I'm with you 100% on that one, pal. I really think I have to see that again to give it a fair chance. But I'll wait 'til it comes out on video.
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