August 31, 2004

Triple Feature

Rented 3 movies for the 3 day weekend. Mystic River was out, so I opted for:

Cold Mountain – had too high expectations for this one. At first I found Renee Zwelleger’s take-charge character funny and endearing, but the charm quickly wore off as it was completely over-done. Why do Hollywood movies do that? I can only imagine that it is what sells best. And the likelihood of the enduring love between the two main characters after only a few brief meetings…well, I just couldn’t relate to any of the characters. To its credit, it was well acted and the cinematography made the Blue Ridge Mountains look worth a visit. I’m sure the book is much better.

Black Hawk Down - almost as bad as ponchos. I naively thought I would learn something about Somalia, Sucad’s home. It got two Oscars? For what?!! Give this one a miss unless you want it for the fighting scenes.


Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – now this is my kind of a movie! An excellent humorous twist on Hamlet. I could even overlook the fact that Richard Dreyfuss is in it.