I'm not against movies where the good guys die. For example, Braveheart was very good and he both lost his girl and his life, but for a reason.
I agree that not knowing the ending is a good thing, and in that regard modern movies do have an edge on old ones.
Movies that disturb me, and which I refuse to see, are those that attempt to reeducate me and change my core values and beliefs. I came by them profoundly, and I do not need the likes of Michael Moore telling me what to believe and how to think.
I don't like movies where the bad guys are glorified or made to seem rich, powerful, but otherwise just like the rest of us. I've never seen The Godfather, for example. Maybe that's not a good example, but I just don't go to those movies.
In order for a movie to appeal to me, the hero or heroine must have a strong sense of honor even if he is not necessarily a good guy. For example, The Road to Perdition was excellent. Tom Hanks played a very bad guy, but he redeemed himself by his devotion to his family and son.
I haven't decided whether to see Brokeback Mountain. It's pushing the limit. I don't trust a movie wherein sheepherders are called cowboys. Also, not to say it never happened, I just don't relish the idea of two guys on horseback riding away from a passionate kiss. That's all I know about the movie from reviews.
Sometimes I like a movie with an ambiguous ending. When I lived in Juneau, they filmed "Limbo" with David Strathairn and Kris Kristofferson and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. I loved the movie because of its dark mood and subplots, not to mention the frustratingly inconclusive ending from which it got its name, Limbo. thezreview.co.uk Other people I've recommended it to did not like it. Perhaps I appreciated that it accurately reflected the landscape and issues I dealt with every day, without creating a travelogue out of the film. |
