Sunday, February 27, 2005

Night and Day or The Ultimate Soul Crush

I've seen two movies in the past two days and they couldn't have been more different. One was soul crushingly bad while the other was super terrific! By giving you the titles of said films can you determine which one was which? Elektra and Sideways. Erin and I had a 2 for 1$ coupon for Cinema City and saw the uber-stinkfest that is Elektra. At 50 cents, admission was still way too high. The movie was so bad I was literally checking my watch every few seconds. Longest hour and a half of my life. Seriously, who in the hell thought that having ninjas turn into green smoke when killed, FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON, was a good idea? And what was with the way Jennifer Garner was swiveling her hips. It was super-exaggerated and seemed to be occupying her mind 100%. In conclusion, she is a terrible actress and looks like a man in Elektra.
Sideways, on the other hand, was great. Despite being essentially a high brow retelling of Swingers, it was funny and interesting. I even learned something about wine tasting, which should come in handy should I ever decide to like wine. It's too bad that Paul Giamatti was shut out of an Oscar nod, cuz he was great. Very nuanced and believable. If you haven't seen it yet, do so!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Awesome movie, sideways that is. I love Paul Giomatti. Have you seen...that other movie he was in that I can't think of the name of? Based on a guy who writes comics...I can't for the life of me think of the name. But it's good!

February 27, 2005 at 5:37 p.m.  

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