Coffee and Cigarettes ***
Fans of Bill Murray can see him in
one of the vignettes. If a person
is not put off by excessive vulgarity,
the filthy critic reviews The Life Aquatic here:
bigempire.com
I'll be skipping Life Aquatic based on that
review. Filthy is an excellent critic, I go
by his picks a lot and do well.
Anyway, a couple of the chapters are done
very well--fans of Cate Blanchett will
like her playing against herself, although
that is not one of the better scenes. The best
one I will not spoil--but it is very touching
and makes the DVD worth renting.
Trial at Nuremburg ***
Richard Widmark is a third cousin of Renee's,
so I watched this and was glued to the teevee.
And watched again, this time on the big garage
screen:
Edward Scissorhands and a Nightmare Before Christmas,
both four stars. These are wonderful movies, and
I'm not sure I should have showed them to my
nearly five year old--although I did skip several
scenes in Scissorhands, only showing the kid
the wonderful sweet fantastical stuff. Edward
should have been reworked somehow without the
Anthony Michael Hall character, though I don't
know how you would do it. I also skipped the
death of Price's character which of course is
the second most important scene in the movie.
She can see the whole thing when she turns 10.
Advice if you have five year olds...
Nighmare is tricky--I don't think this caused
any real nightmares, but I may have showed this
a few years too soon. I suspect five year olds
are more innocent than, say, an eight year old,
and so can brush off some of the scary imagery.
The rag doll is very sweet. The boogieman is
actually damn scary. Nuff said, skip til ten. |
