Airplane Films [Movie Reviews]

I've been flying around a lot and consequently have been force fed a series of films. Unfortunately, I'm sad to say that none of them were terribly inspiring. I did, however, get to see Milk in the Castro last week. To watch a film and then spill into the street where it all took place was both emotional and inspirational.

Here are a couple reviews:

Milk
Harvey Milk's journey
film story crescendoes, arcs
Sean and Josh connect
[4/5]

Burn after Reading
Cohens take DC
web of intrigue, spooks, ego
Ridiculous quirk
[2.5/5]

Sixty Six
Boy vies for a nod
Bar Mitzvah on World Cup Day
Bit Cheesy, Stirring
[2.2/5]

Flash of Genius
Ford steals invention
Author draws line, fights machine
standard biopic
[2.1/5]

The Day The Earth Stood Still
Is man destructive?
Keanu decides man's fate
So predictable
[2.0/5]

The Long Shot
Cube coaches football
Girl inspires team as QB
Too many cliches
[1/5]

[Movie Reviews]

Movie Reviews:
Son of Rambow: [4 of 5]

boys watch rambo film

make believe epic movie

boys find family

Planet B-Boy: [3.5 of 5]

break dancing indie

kinetic, motion, street art

doc, great story arc

Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: [3 of 5]

old Indy, back again

same bits, even a son!

but somehow, bit stale

I was really looking forward to this film. Having grown up with the films in this franchise, I expected the action from my younger days. To be fair, I think it's a straight-line production of the traditional Indie series. But in the modern context, it lacks the kinetic energy as the series did before. I gave it a rating for ole time's sake.

Haiku (俳句) [Haiku Reviews]

I was rereading a lot of my reviews and realized that I'm one wordy kid. While I am moved to write about a book or a movie, I want to find a succinct way of getting my way across. I've settled on writing a Haiku (俳句).

According to Wikipedia, Haiku is:

a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 Japanese on (a phonetic unit identical to the mora), in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 on respectively, and typically containing a kigo, or seasonal reference. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines, to equate to the Japanese haiku's three metrical phrases.

I was telling K, yesterday, about this great new idea. However, after a quick search, the law of the Internets prevailed. The one that says that any idea that you may have is already in the Internets. You can find how unoriginal my idea is here, here, and here.

A Slum O'Kay Rags to Raj-ah Tale [Slumdog Millionaire Review]

There's been a lot of buzz about the film. However, this is no typically bollywood film. Slumdog is a heart-warming crossover directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and the underrated Sunshine).

Typical bollywood films have the following characteristics and themes:

• Love and betrayal (on a scale of 1 to 10 in melodrama, they're typically as high as south korean soaps
• Exploration of family dynamics
  
• And always always always... a dance sequence

To be honest, I liked the film, but didn't love the film. You can see Danny's hand through the entire film. Maybe I walked in with expectations too high, but I found the film a little predictable.

However, maybe the best films are predictable. K loves watching Love Actually around this time of year. There is something clever about how the film is constructed and warm about how the main character's (Jamal) journey to be with his destined that will make this a repeat film watched on a movie night between a couple.

[3 of 5]

I want to try something new, i wrote a haiku for the movie:

boyle in bollywood

boy seeks girl melodrama

rags to raj-ah tale