August 24, 2008
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Movies I've seen recently...
American Teen (2008) BSet in a small city of middle white America,
"American Teen" focuses on certain real teenagers that fit those
stereotypical High School social classes from the jock, nerd, popular
girls, etc... Depending on your own life experience, there's bound to
be some things in the movie that you can relate with. Peer pressure,
love life, social drama, parents, and the looming scary yet exciting
next step that is adult life, which starts with what college you go to,
are all present in this movie and just adds to the drama of it all. I'm
not entirely sure how much of what is shown in this documentary is real
or staged, but it's easy to get caught up with what's going to happen
to the "characters" of this "story" anyway. "American Teen" is
entertaining, insightful, and touching, and while I could have lived
without some of the animated "dream sequences," I did enjoy watching
the movie.
The Rocker (2008) B-For those people, young or old, who ever wished
to be in a band and be a rock star, "The Rocker" is the movie for you. Rainn Wilson wondefully plays a "could have been famous drummer" who
gets a second chance at the rock and roll lifestyle, when he joins his
nephew's garage band; lead by real life music artist Teddy Geiger in a decent
performance as an actor. Besides following the story of the band's
progression in the music industry, the interaction between the aging
musician who acts immature, and the teenage musicians who are more
mature than him works well in the film. The movie does move along as
expected, and there are some outlandish moments that defies
explanation, however what we have here is an amusing, touching, and
overall entertaining movie to see.
Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008) B+Woody Allen directed and wrote this engaging
tale about whether a person could be happy with either a conventional
or an unconventional relationship. "Vicky Christina Barcelona" follows
best friends Vicki and Christina on their stay in Barcelona. When it
comes to relationships, Vicki is the realistic one, and Christina is
more of the romantic, and that difference will become an important
factor when they meet Juan Antonio. Watching Juan Antonio be all
charming to both women was very enjoyable to watch, making him quite
the ladies man but still being the man's man. That's just one aspect of
the story however, as things get even more fascinating when Juan
Antonio's ex-wife Maria Elena arrives on the scene, played with
unpredicatable force by Penélope Cruz. With Barcelona as the backdrop
and some really good looking actors, visually this movie is easy on the
eyes, although it looks like Woody Allen likes looking at Scarlett Johansson a little too much. What the characters talk about is the true
appeal to watching this film, so I really could have gone without the
narrator. Despite some minor flaws, "Vicky Christina Barcelona" is
another great addition to Woody Allen's long running career.
Comments (1)
the last one sort of reminds me of a korean movie, "everybody has a little secret," but only because there's a guy charming 3 sisters in it.
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