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One might think that after a stellar Presidential debate last night that it would be all I can talk about today. While that is tempting, I try to stay fairly apolitical in public venues. It has been my experience that what begins as cordial, political discourse usually will quickly transform into otherwise rational folks becoming somewhat belligerent. Frankly, it is simply too early in the morning for that.
Therefore, today I intend to return to discussing movies. (I swear I will not talk about movies all the time.) However, after my ranting about lack of new ideas in Hollywood I began to think about the last good movies that I did watch in the theater. The most recent movies that I went to see are: "Looper," "Trouble With the Curve," and "Argo." I have to admit that overall I was pleased with all 3 movies.
Looper: here's the feel good movie of the year! I confess that I find movies that include time travel interesting. I like to see how the writer handles the conflict and trouble that time travel can create. My initial thought about the movie was: "huh, now here's a job I'm sure I could do." Now don't call the authorities just yet; I have no intention of shooting people sent back in time by the mob. The application process is a bit too onerous for me. My second thought while watching the movie was: Joseph Gordon-Levitt looked like he should be in a rock-a-billy band rather than shooting people in a corn field, but then I've never really met anyone that shoots people in a corn field so what do i know. I was surprised that I enjoyed this movie as much as I did as it had great potential to be a clunker. The ending was a bit of a surprise, and frankly I would have had a different ending. Maybe that is why I fix teeth and don't write screenplays.
Trouble With the Curve: Amy Adams is in it need I say more? Predictable ending, but I'm a sucker for these kind of movies for some reason. Anything that deals with the relationship between a father and daughter gets me a little choked up. Don't be fooled by the gruff exterior, I'm a softie at heart. Not sure I would spend the dinero to see this movie at the theater (oh wait, i already have.), but it's worth watching at some point in your life. Apparently, I did feel the need to say more, but seriously...Amy Adams I would watch her sit and drink coffee.
Argo: SPOILER ALERT- I am not convinced that the 6 hostages really listened to Led Zeppelin in the Canadian Ambassadors home, but then I was not there. I was surprised at how tense I was during the movie. I know how the story ends, heck I watched it on tv when I was much younger, but for some reason I found myself tense and unsure if they would make it or not. Which I suppose means that it was a good movie.
Maybe there is some hope for Hollywood. MAYBE
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Deleteinterested in Looper here too, because of JGL! and time travel and that other guy that's in it ... not sure who Amy Adams is, though after checking her resume, i can say that i've seen one of her movies: "PSYCHO Beach Party," which i highly recommend, and which you should probably watch unsupervised ... and had to skip your review of Argo because it's on our list to see, thanks for the spoiler alert. of course we won't see it or any of these for 6-12 months as we always wait til it's available to stream on netflix.
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