Finally saw a decent movie today - 3:10 to Yuma. Although it had some silly moments (e.g., Crowe's character having to wear the handcuffs almost the entire movie), overall thought it was a good film that nicely showed what it meant to be a man in the ol' west and the respect he gained from a train robber for his pride and convictions. Before today, don't think I've seen a movie I really liked since Sicko and that's hard to compare to a fictional drama of course. Didn't like many movies that were hyped - e.g., Golden Age, Valley to Elah, etc. Valley started well, but pretty much disintegrated about halfway through after a hollywood chase scene, and Golden Age never really had a chance - just an opportunity for the studio to make more money after the great original movie - Elizabeth. Probably only really looking forward to Gangster of NY although Gone, Baby, Gone may be decent since it's based on a novel by the same author as Mystic River which of course should have won the Best Movie Oscar that year, but for the undeserving hero worship for Peter Jackson and his adventure movies. And then made the mistake of hooking Eastwood up the next year by giving the movie, him, and his cast probably undeserving awards for Million Dollar Baby (with the exception of Hilary Swank).
2 comments:
Was Sicko a good movie I haven't seen it yet? Sounds like my kind of movie though.
It was great - nice mix of humor and seriousness. You'll love his trans-atlantic adventures in Paris and England :-) Don't want to give away too much.
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