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The Air I Breathe - Loved it, loved it, loved it! The premise is original, the actors were incredibly good (especially Sarah Michelle Gellar) and it's wonderfully shot. I'm not sure why critics panned it. It was like Crash with the inter-related characters but rather than dealing with race, it tackles the basic human emotions. There are some cliches but they don't detract from the picture. I'll probably buy this one.
Lords of Dogtown - Loved it so much! I've been meaning to see this for a while and it just kept getting bumped down in the queue. Having seen Peralta's documentary "Dogtown and the Z-boys" a few times with Shawn, I have to say Catherine Hardwicke did a really good job with this fictionalization (which makes me happy because she's directing "Twilight"). The casting was impeccable!
P.S. I Love You - I was expecting a sappy romcom. And to be honest I'm not a Hillary Swank fan. So I popped it into the DVD player with a little prejudice. Fortunately it proved me wrong. It had heart and intelligence. There were emotional parts but you can't deal with the death of a spouse without that. I enjoyed how the story unfolded between the present and flashbacks. Ireland was beautiful!
Jumper - Interesting, entertaining and yet it felt very incomplete to me. I get the sense that too much of it ended up on the cutting room floor. But it was actiony and fun, if not thoroughly explained. I wanted to see more so that's a good sign.
Get Smart - Funny! There were a few slow parts but it was relatively entertaining. Steve is a comedic genius. It's been a few days and I still giggle when I think of the airplane bathroom scene. Like Pavlov's dog though I couldn't stop myself from chair dancing during "4 Minutes". Damn I bloody love Madonna's Hard Candy CD.
The Other Boleyn Girl - Ugh I hated it! Is it a bodice ripper? Is it a historical drama? No one knows, least of all it. Nevermind the historical inaccuracies (I can live with them, I mean I love The Tudors and they "modernize" and combine real life people into single characters to further the story) but I never bought the chemistry by either of the Boleyn girls and King Henry. Isn't that the point of telling this story? Eric Bana is sadly underused in this film. Scarlett goes against her typecast and that was interesting but still not worth sitting through the entire movie.
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