The Hunt For Red October — I’ve been wanting to watch this for years. Despite being out for so long, it was extremely well done. You really can’t go wrong with Sean Connery too often, but Alec Baldwin impressed me in this one. This is probably my favorite Clancy-inspired movie to date. The only complaint is the horrendous green screen / blue tint garbage that is the last 5 minutes. Unbelievably bad.
Good Morning Vietnam — Another movie that was lost at the bottom of my to-do list for years. I must admit, the first hour about put me to sleep. I really had to fight through boredom to finish this movie. I enjoyed the story eventually and Robin Williams is always great. I’m happy to have finally watched it, but definitely not something I’d see again just for fun.
Blood Diamond — The stand out movie of the batch. Edward Zwick. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou — all contributed to make this an outstanding movie. Not only was is thourghouly entertaining, but it was built around a real life sociopolitical context that people should be made aware of. Most of the critics wish that they had gone in one direction instead of combining the two. I actually loved the fact that they were combined. Smash mouth entertainment and a little conviction at the same time. Good stuff.
The Shining — I don’t prefer these types of movies. I’m not a horror movie kind of guy. But this was high on my culture deficiency radar, so I had to sit through it. I’m happy to say I wasn’t spooked silly, but I’m sad to report that this movie was a chore to sit through. Not until the last 35 minutes did I perk up and feel blood moving through my veins. Jack Nicholson makes a great nut job, but this movie wasn’t worth my time. By the way, did you know redrum spelled backwards is murder?
Boondock Saints — Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way now, Willem Dafoe makes for an ugly woman. And if you can get by with the steady barrage of a certain word that rhymes with stuck (once every .5 seconds, I counted) this movie isn’t half bad. I really enjoyed the story after it got rolling. It just took about 20 minutes to get rolling though. If you enjoy vigilantly justice, this movie might just be for you!
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