@ the movies

January 8th, 2008

This weekend I was able to catch a couple movies I’ve been wanting to see for a while. One just came out but I’ve been excited to see it and the other was just released on DVD and I had missed it in the theaters.

My wife and I went and saw “Sweeney Todd” in the theater. And I was really kind of let down. It seemed like a typical Tim Burton film. There was little to know creative license taken with this musical. For me the bar was set with “Moulin Rouge” and few have even come close to that status. There was so much potential for this film to exceed my expectations, but none of the opportunities were capitalized on. Burton teased with some of those ideas in the opening credits but nothing seemed fully realized. I think that a much more stylized look and approach would have added greatly to the movie. I feel this is needed because the movie is rather long and the music isn’t all that great. The performances were well done and their voices were pretty good but the songs/music were just so so. I lost interest very soon into the film and without any visual interest I was just bored by the end.

We also rented the film “Eastern Promises” this weekend and all I have to say is WOW! This film was great. This is a mafia movie but not like any other Mafia movie I’ve ever seen. It was shot well, the acting was phenomenal and the gritty realism made you think that this could have really happened. I hate it when a movie is so over the top or the dialogue is so bad that you can’t imagine the story actually happening. The movie is rated R and for good reason but I do still recommend this film to any adults that like good movies.

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