June 5, 2005

• I haven't done my recap of the movies I saw for May 2005, so here it
  is. Despite the fact that I hardly saw any movies for May, there are
  some very big notable things here.  Firstly and obviously, Star
  Wars was one of the movies I saw.  Secondly, out of all the YEARS
  that my friends have joked about how I never saw Gladiator, I finally
  saw it.  But yeah, slow month.

  - On the big screen -
  
  Star Wars episode 3: Revenge of the Sith  = B+

  Madagascar = C

  - On the small screen -
  Blade Trinity = C
  Gladiator = A-

  It hasn't been a full first week of June, but I already started to try
  and make up for the lack of movies I saw in May.  Here are a
  couple...

  

  Kinsey was a movie
  I've been meaning to watch for quite some time now. 
  Unfortunately, because of it's limited release, I never got a
  chance.  Now that I have, I'm glad I did, because it's actually a
  pretty engaging biographical story and Liam Neeson
  did an excellent job in the main title role. I've heard some
  controversy about how involving this film is in the subject of sex, and
  I can see why.  Some scenes and images can be pretty shocking to
  see in a Rated R film, but for the majority of adults, you shouldn't be
  too surprised now. The character of Kinsey and his relationship with
  his wife, family, and friends is really the most captivating part of
  the film.  His quest to study the behaviors of sex becomes like a
  religion to him, and you start seeing how this affects the people
  around him.  My only complaint was that the movie didn't cap off
  the end of the film to explain how the rest of his story goes in
  reality.  I know that it's a little too common for movies of this
  kind to do that, but I was really curious and had to go online to find
  out. Great movie though.  B+

  

  After watching SW ep.3, I've had the urge to see Star Wars episode 4: A New Hope
  once again. If anything else, I wanted to see how the transition
  between movies would feel.  Keep in mind that the last time I saw
  this movie was
  almost a decade ago, so I feel somewhat fresh going into it
  again.  I've got to say, immediately from the first scene you can
  tell that the feel and look of it was greatly affected by the limited
  budget George Lucas had to make this movie. Sure he was able to add
  some extra effects and scenes to liven some things up in the special
  editions, and I'll be one
  of the few (among fans) who don't mind them at all.  But as for
  the movie, compared to the prequels, there are a lot more quiet
  moments, and a slower feel to it.  But in doing so, you get a lot
  of memorable scenes and characters that have lasted for a long time in
  the collective
  consciousness of movie fans.  You also get a more personal feel to
  the world of Star Wars, that makes the story more epic to it's
  credit, despite the lack of large outdoor battles. 
  Heck, this is the movie that introduced the world to Han-Solo, who is
  one of the best characters in movie history. His banter with Princess
  Leia is the classic love/hate relationship that draws people in. Yes,
  George Lucas' dialouge still isn't the best written work out there, but
  he was able to get away with that more in the sequels here. Watching
  this
  after the prequels though, the sudden shift of Anakin's presence to a
  more secondary character is a little disappointing, but also expected.
  It just gave us the feeling of leaving the old, and meeting the new.
  Truly this movie was quite revolutionary for it's time, and it's still
  one of the best sci-fi / fantasy films around.  A+

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