Movie Reviews.
Someone sent me a great resource after reading my big media manifesto earlier in the week. Check out Movie Guide when you're looking for Christian-based movie reviews and suggestions. Here are their "Ten Best 2005 Films for Mature Audiences" with a couple comments from yours truly about ones I've seen.
1. PRIDE & PREJUDICE: I have to confess that I'm a HUGE fan of the BBC 5-hour version with Colin Firth, so I'm not the most unbiased commenter. I did see this newest version and it was pretty good.
2. BATMAN BEGINS: I thought this was an excellent superhero movie. Lots of probing about good and evil and what one man can do.
3. MILLIONS: didn't see it.
4. THE INTERPRETER: I didn't choose to see this movie as I can't stomach Sean Penn after the last couple years, but I saw it at the request of a friend and wasn't too impressed. Again, I'm not the most unbiased on this one, but I thought the whole thing was basically a sermon about how the United Nations, and only the United Nations, can save our souls.
5. THE GREAT RAID: didn't see it.
6. THE ISLAND: This was a really good movie in my opinion. Well done and entertaining, but also great for spurring conversation. Deals with some none-too-futuristic health issues, as well as pre-Fall man.
7. THE NINTH DAY: didn't see it.
8. CINDERELLA MAN: As long as you can stomach fairly graphic boxing scenes, this is an excellent movie about the Depression and the power of hope.
9. HITCH: Some friends of mine found this funnier than I did. I thought it was pretty funny, don't get me wrong, but I disliked the main character and his love interest so that goes along way toward knocking it down a few notches. However, it's also a good conversational piece about how we should or should not package ourselves in our quest for a mate.
10.DOWNFALL: didn't see it
Comments
You know, I'm surprised but I've only seen 3 of those.
Batman rocked. Redeemed the franchise for me.
The Island was really good too. In fact I have to say it kind of scared me because the one screen play I've written was rather similar. I was like, did they steal it? But I'm sure I'm not the only one who dreams such things and I had elements from other movies/sci-fi as well.
My experience with Hitch is pretty much the same as yours. I didn't find it as funny as some of my friends. Though I did like the main character. But then I'm fond of Will Smith to a degree.
Posted by: Hal | May 18, 2007 07:21 PM