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Signs: A Warning? - The Real Story Behind Crop Circles (2002)
Bunk
If you're going to make a crop circle documentary in 2002, how do you not mention that Bower and Chorley took credit for making them in 1993? Instead of addressing them, they just make blanket statements that nobody could have done it.
Then they run out of things to talk about so they talk about pyramids.
Movers & Shakers (1985)
A miss on many levels
I caught this on TCM the other night. I'm not a big fan of Grodin, but the other stars and the fact that I've never heard of it caught my attention.
I think I understand what Grodin was trying to do. This main plot of the movie involved a bunch of movie-makers trying to make an "upbeat, romantic tribute to love" using the title of a sex book. The twist lies in the sub-text of the film as Grodin tries to showcase many different forms of love. But the problem lies in Grodin's insistence that love is a sad, horrible thing.
Every relationship in the movie causes the characters to be miserable. Walter Matthau's love for his dying friend causes him to lose the respect of his peers. Charles Grodin's character can't communicate with his wife and is told by his doctor to masturbate. Macy & Radner marry, but their jealousy causes them to shoot each other. Martin & Marshall awkwardly bicker... etc..
Grodin goes out of his way to mock traditional romance scenes (eg. beaches) and he seems to chastised them for being fake. He may have a point, but where is the comedy in revealing that love is full of fights, anger, violence, and only the occasional reconciliation? This movie is supposed to be a comedy, right? This movie would probably be a lot better if Grodin added a little more biting social commentary and billed the movie as a drama.