movie reviews, Volume 2 number 11, November 2000, © 2000 by Thela Clayton Video Dreamland Hey guys, since politics and weather are being covered, I finally found something I know tons about: movies. I love movies. Loved them as a child, and since my teenage years they are still my favorite thing to do on a date. Yes, Mardy still takes me on dates. With the long white season in front of us, we need some good passive entertainment. A video rental costs $2.00. If you disagree with my opinions we can have a great $2.00 discussion at the next art show or Christmas caroling party. Here goes! Shanghai Noon, PG-13 Saw this at the theater, paid full price and loved it! It was fun to see a western featuring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson (who looks just like a young Robert Redford.) It’s the story of the loyal subject who comes to the rescue of his fair princess. Lots of laughs when the Far East meets the Old West on horseback. The story of German U-boats in WWII. A cat-and-mouse tale of the allied forces trying to capture the code book of the Germans. It was OK. For high drama, I recommend the old movie Das Boot. Do not let the German subtitles scare you away from this excellent movie. You can always use the rewind button to catch the fast script. Rules of Engagement, R This movie stars Tommy Lee Jones, and I love Tommy Lee. He was his sexiest in Under Siege...back to the original thought. This movie is a military court drama. Tommy Lee defends Samuel Jackson in a case involving excessive force in combat. My military friend hated this movie, but we never discussed why. We were at a party and having a lot of laughs. I figure the month of January is a good time for this discussion about combat as I will have tired of diet talk. Drowning Mona, PG-13 This so-so farce has Danny De Vito as the sheriff and Jamie Lee Curtis as a funny paranoid waitress. (How does she keep that hard body?) The $.50 goes for the 1st half of the movie- it was slow. I was at the point of not caring how the wicked witch, Bette Midler, got offed. Then things sped up and the second half was funny. Well, it's worth $2 if you’re a teenage girl. For the over-forty crowd, it’s a bad remake of Love Story. So rent this for your daughter’s slumber party and rent the real one for you and your squeeze. Then cuddle up in bed, share a bottle of wine, and cry your eyes out together. I still remember seeing this on a date and he cried five times more than me! A Story of Us How could Bruce Willis do this to me? It sucked! Story of a married couple that fights continuously through the whole movie. I recommend this movie to the video landfill. If my life was as miserable as those people’s, I would move to Alaska! That’s right, I moved here to get away from people like this couple. If you really want to watch a married couple fight, rent Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. I think it is X-rated. Otherwise save that $2 for a couple of drafts at the Ester bar! Since I’ll be in Cairo for Thanksgiving and will only have the Great Pyramid to stare at after my big dinner (Oh woe is me!) I recommend the following when the only thing you can do is lay on the floor and lament about too huge of an intake of food: Time to find the old sweatpants and get out of that constricting bra. Smoke Signals. Born in East LA. Next Month—Tee’s favorite Christmas movies of all time, and they do not include It’s A Wonderful Life. | ||
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