MOVIE REVIEWS
It’s not that I’ve not been seeing any films lately; it’s that I haven’t gotten all that excited about what I’ve seen.
I was desperate for a movie last Friday so I went to Blockbuster and rented three DVD’s hoping at least one of them would be OK. I watched all three Friday night; all three were interesting, worth the time to watch them, but none of them great! Saturday night I went to the Pelican Cinema and watched The Last King of Scotland, it too was OK but not great.
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
This film, adapted from Giles Foden’s novel of the same title, tells a story of a short segment of the life of the Despot Dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, through the eyes of his personal Physician, Nicholas Garrigan.
This film does offer a moral message: Evil does exist in this world, in and of its self; and evil does corrupt the idealistic, egocentric, and those with less than a full measure of character.
NOWHERE IN AFRICA
The story of a Jewish family fleeing anti Semitism in 1938 Germany settles into the rural country side of Kenya Africa.
They have to come to grips with the fate of their loss of prosperity, and life style, as well as the death of their family members left behind. Also adapting to the both the African native, and white Gentile cultures, as well as the managing of a farm, and the coming of age of their daughter, task them to their limits, and beyond.
This story comes full circle with a realistically mundane, bittersweet ending.
HARSH TIMES
A morally challenged Gulf War veteran returns home to Los Angles and tries to integrate himself back into American society.
Due to his moral challenge and total lack of character he suffers one failure after another ultimately destroying the lives of himself, several other characters of similar virtue, and his best friend. The friend is the sad irony of the film: not being morally challenged, but of minimal character, he is not able to resist the temptations of his friend and follows him down the pathway of destruction.
The story starts out dingy and gray and steadily turns totally black; it offers no moral, or character redemption, or insight. This is, in my opinion, just a random isolation, from society, of a few abject people going nowhere.
It’s not that I’ve not been seeing any films lately; it’s that I haven’t gotten all that excited about what I’ve seen.
I was desperate for a movie last Friday so I went to Blockbuster and rented three DVD’s hoping at least one of them would be OK. I watched all three Friday night; all three were interesting, worth the time to watch them, but none of them great! Saturday night I went to the Pelican Cinema and watched The Last King of Scotland, it too was OK but not great.
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
This film, adapted from Giles Foden’s novel of the same title, tells a story of a short segment of the life of the Despot Dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, through the eyes of his personal Physician, Nicholas Garrigan.
This film does offer a moral message: Evil does exist in this world, in and of its self; and evil does corrupt the idealistic, egocentric, and those with less than a full measure of character.
NOWHERE IN AFRICA
The story of a Jewish family fleeing anti Semitism in 1938 Germany settles into the rural country side of Kenya Africa.
They have to come to grips with the fate of their loss of prosperity, and life style, as well as the death of their family members left behind. Also adapting to the both the African native, and white Gentile cultures, as well as the managing of a farm, and the coming of age of their daughter, task them to their limits, and beyond.
This story comes full circle with a realistically mundane, bittersweet ending.
HARSH TIMES
A morally challenged Gulf War veteran returns home to Los Angles and tries to integrate himself back into American society.
Due to his moral challenge and total lack of character he suffers one failure after another ultimately destroying the lives of himself, several other characters of similar virtue, and his best friend. The friend is the sad irony of the film: not being morally challenged, but of minimal character, he is not able to resist the temptations of his friend and follows him down the pathway of destruction.
The story starts out dingy and gray and steadily turns totally black; it offers no moral, or character redemption, or insight. This is, in my opinion, just a random isolation, from society, of a few abject people going nowhere.
CROSSOVER
Another story of African American inner city youth with idealistic dreams trying to overcome the temptations and pitfalls of their environment to make their way into mainstream society, and do the right thing.
The film/story does have a Basketball theme, but any other theme would suit this story as well.
Another story of African American inner city youth with idealistic dreams trying to overcome the temptations and pitfalls of their environment to make their way into mainstream society, and do the right thing.
The film/story does have a Basketball theme, but any other theme would suit this story as well.
This story does have a positive, and moralistic, message for disadvantaged and economically deprived youngsters of the inner city: live up to ones dreams and aspirations, and all ways do the right thing, according to your own conscience.
posted by Rex at 8:30 PM
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