In a past life, I was a movie reviewer. Now I wait for them to come out on On Demand and fall asleep. Tis the season for one-line reviews. I'm challenging myself to do this in 20 minutes. See how far into the season I get.
Pirate Radio: I'd do 'em, just for the fashions.
Precious: Got to break the one-line rule on this one. One of my fave Jezebel commentators offers pre-viewing must-reading. But for those concerned that it's just a voyeuristic immersion in one community's pathology, I can offer that there is no lack of depictions of appalling human misery from every corner and culture from anyone who's been able to pick up a camera and try to show the world. If someone uses it as "proof" that [these people] are all [like this], that's a viewer problem, not a filmmaker problem. I hate the idea of self-censoring to create a "proper" impression, precisely because that is at the root of most of the suffering (and gifts) in my own life. I'm of the more-talk-not-less-is-better school, except when it comes to these reviews, so I better cut this--
2012: Slam-dunk on Vatican City!
Bad Lieutenant, New Orleans: Nic Cage does frontal; spoiler alert: He gets eaten by a grizzly at the end. Who then staggers off to get more coke and bet on the Phillies. Oops, broke protocol again!
Fantastic Mr. Fox: Isn't this the Lars Von Trier sequel?
Twilight New Moon: Holding out for Part III, with sea monsters: "Cthulhu, Where Are You?"
The Road: Foraging for food and outrunning cannibals is a typical day in the Cougar household.
Everybody's Fine: Can't deal with DeNiro when he gets all twinkly around the edges.
Serious Moonlight: Will give Hines a chance.
Invictus: "Get off my rugby field, you kids!"
Me and Orson Welles: Awwwwww.
The Lovely Bones: Would like to say something funny about "Heavenly Creatures" and Orson Welles, but truthfully, I just can't even deal with the concept of this picture.
We Live In Public: When it comes to commentary on contemporary social phenomena, I'm waiting for the doc on the Human Carpet.
Avatar: "You write dialogue for a guy and then change the name."
Young Victoria: I'd be the only one in the audience.
Broken Embraces: Such a crush, such a crush.
It's Complicated: Please stop twinkling, please, please.
Nine: Yeah, nine big crushes!
Sherlock Holmes: The slash will write itself.
Up in the Air: Want.
Hey, I made it thru xmas!
Update: Dag, in my haste I messed up formatting. Fixed.
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