Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Movie Log 2007: #25-28

The Departed and Gangs of New York - Both very similar films, in that DiCaprio infiltrates a rival in both. I think I liked the former a shade better, but maybe that's because Nicholson hasn't had to act in anything since Prizzi's Honor. When did Scorsese start casting such blah female leads? even the scenery-chewing of Sharon Stone would have been preferable to Diaz or this Vera Farmiga person.

Ray - Continuing the Oscar catchup. I was happy to see so many veterans of The Wire. Much has been made of Jamie Foxx's performance, but the real revelation for us was Curtis Armstrong as Ahmet Ertegun.

Lost Horizon - No, the 1937 Capra, not the trainwreck 70's musical. I think its reputation stems from the reconstructed footage and from it being Capra, not from being any sort of masterpiece. As Pauline Kael noted about the remake, the material is dated past any redemption. Edward Everett Horton is good for a few laughs, as usual. Of course, now I want to see the apparently-horrible musical.

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