You might recall that sometime last year I declared independence from feeling obligated to watch every single Netflix movie we get in its entirety. (I've yet to assert myself so boldly in the realm of books; I still insist on finishing every book I start, regardless of how lousy it turns out to be.) Now I've become downright ruthless. Just last week I clicked off the TV halfway during three different movies:
Aborted movie the first: "Batman Begins" begins (you knew I'd do that, right?) OK, kind of dark and ninja-y. But then it gets boring, and Christian Bale does nothing for me. Click!
Aborted movie the second: Christian Bale continues to underwhelm in "The Prestige," which should have been great because we love magic, and Ricky Jay is even in it! Well, great it was surely not—rather, boring and hard to follow. Click!
Aborted movie the third: I really thought I'd be able to take "The Woodsman." And, you know what? I might have been able to, but I didn't want to. Nothing horrible actually happened (well, at least as far as I watched), but I didn't want to wait to see if something horrible would happen later. And, as Andy pointed out, even if nothing horrible did happen, that might suggest that Kevin Bacon's character is absolved, and I didn't want that either. Click!
I liked Batman Begins, and Christian Bale does nothing for me either - it's something about his mouth or the way he talks that's the big turn-off.
Posted by: Kirsty | March 17, 2007 at 06:14 PM
Funny about Christian Bale. We sat down to watch "The Prestige" last night and we were thinking "OK, that's Hugh Jackman, and the other guy is.... who is that?" He makes very little impression.
I love movies about magic and thoroughly enjoyed "The Illusionist", but friends had told us "Prestige" was better. Not. I thought that "Illusionist" created a better atmosphere, underscored the wonder of magic without going so deeply into the mechanics and told a much better story. If you have to retell the entire story in the last five minutes to tie it all together, something is really wrong.
On the plus side, great to see Michael Caine and, especially, David Bowie as Nikola Tesla.
Posted by: Joel | March 18, 2007 at 10:49 AM
BOWIE is in it???? When does he show up? I haven't returned the disc yet, so I plan to fast-forward to that part. Thanks for the tip.
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