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Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991)
Typical "made for TV" movie
After hearing Quint talk about his experience on the Indianapolis during "Jaws", I was more than eager to see the movie about the incident. These men died in ways no one would want to experience, and yet the government showed its appreciation by finger pointing and a court marshall.
However, this movie was nothing I had hoped for. The shark sequences, by today's standards, are rated G. You could also tell they were busting their butts trying to get this story into a 2 hour time slot ... and that is where it suffers the most. This is an utterly fascinating story; yet trying to impress upon us what happened in the 5 days those men were lost at sea, and trying to do this in 2 hours (including commercials) is impossible! The movie was muddled, choppy, and had no educational value whatsoever.
This is a story that Hollywood should take and turn it into something that kids could watch and appreciate ... and understand what these men gave up to protect and serve their country.
High Art (1998)
When the curtain came down, and the lights went up, I sat there ... disappointed.
I was very excited about seeing this movie. I had heard many good things about it. The movie itself is a fantastic work of art ... quite literally. Ally Sheedy gives us her best performance to date. What was so weird about Ally in this movie is how much she reminded me of a young Sigourney Weaver.
However, after seeing "Gia", I was more than ready for a lesbian movie that didn't end in tragedy. Anyway, this movie was moving up that hill towards a fantastic ending, and then 15 minutes before the end, took a major nose dive into one of the most depressing endings I've seen in a long time. Why is this always the ending of lesbian themed movies? Lesbians' lives or relationships do not always end in tragedy. Anyhow, this is the reason I would probably never own this movie ... it's too depressing.
Like I said, the movie is otherwise fantastic. If you don't get your hopes up about a fairy tale ending, then you will love it.