Comments on: Films to Make You Believe in Films Again

By: George Booker

George Booker — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:08:34 +0000

so tonight, 1 am or so, on our second beer trying to tap out a welcome page (still incomplete, but it’s gonna rawk) for sound, jerome made a very good case for “bullet”. i need to see that one. as a bonus, i always like watching tupac, the best part of “poetic justice”. to get even more tangential, i would like to point out that the career-defining-tupac-vehicle turned john-singleton-career-best-starring-tyrese “baby boy” certainly maintained my belief in film. check it, ving rhames is fantastic.

By: Jerome Spencer

Jerome Spencer — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:01:59 +0000

I never stopped believing in films. What’s with all this redemption talk with Mickey Rourke these days. I know the guy was the golden god of film and he went away and fought demons and drugs and all that, but why are we supposed to be surprised that he’s brilliant in this movie? He’s always brilliant. have you seen Bullet? Where was all the Oscar buzz around that one? The Wrestler is great, but I’m not sure why anyone is surprised.
Gran Torino was a little overbearing. Eastwood is consistently brilliant and the story is honest and inspiring, but everyone who isn’t Eastwood in this film is so over-the-top that their well-thought out characters become stereotypes of themselves and take something away from what this film could have been. Perhaps I wouldn’t be so critical if Eastwood hadn’t made Unforgiven, but he did.
Benjamin Button and Redemption Road… I got kids, man, I’l have to wait for Netfilx.

By: Being There | 24SevenCities.com

Being There | 24SevenCities.com — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:58:55 +0000

[...] on the DVD shelves this week is a fancified new edition of a film that, as Jesse brought up in his last post, has made me believe in film again a few times. Being There tells the satirical fable of Chance, the [...]

By: George Booker

George Booker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:41:09 +0000

have to agree with you on “the wrestler”…mickey rourke’s performance is kind of a miracle of talent, redemption, and the perfect role for a battered life…but beyond that, its really moving in a way that doesn’t feel manipulative or unearned in any way.