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A Dark Plan (2012)
Shallow plot
I watched this movie because it was the only movie accessible where I was. The plot was very shallow, acting very wooden, and the script stilted. Predictable story. The characters were all as bad as each other, and the car chase scenes were rubbish. It seemed far too easy to take the patient home from the hospital---no papers signed, and a paid-off ambulance escort, I realize it's a "work" of fiction, but there was no believable basis, made worse by the poor acting and production. I do recommend that you waste your time, as I did.I don't know whether it had a release into a theatre, but it should have been a straight to TV movie.
Courageous (2011)
Preachy movie--awful!!
I started watching this movie because I thought it had a good premise--- however, there was too much preaching involved. I believe it to be aimed at a Christian audience, and they probably really like it. I found it tedious and every character was too good to be true!!! I'm betting not too many non believers watch it right through!! The solutions to large traumatic happening were very trite. The acting is stilted, without real warmth. Do people actually talk like that to each other? The soundtrack is very obtrusive---signaling high points and low points in a very amateurish manner. If the aim of this movie was to show non Christian people the advantages of believing in god, then for this viewer it has been a failure.
Proof of Life (2000)
Good movie on the whole
Apart from the character played by Meg Ryan the movie was quite good. Meg Ryan's character came across as shallow and ever so slightly spoiled---it was all about her. Her husband's sister was also a weak character.She seemed to be more concerned about the hostage's safety then his wife. Having said that, the story was a good one, and apparently based on a true event which happened in Colombia. The scenes of the captives during their ordeal were a little harrowing. I would not have chosen this movie to see at the cinema, but it provided a nice evening's entertainment in the comfort of our lounge on television. Russell Crowe played his part well, as did the actor playing the hostage. I did not like David Caruso in his part---he seems to have the same acting technique in everything he appears in---wooden, and sounds as if he is reading his lines.
The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
Greatly moving story.
I watched this movie this weekend (Easter 2011) and it has left indelible images. It shows what life under the rule of the Mullahs can be like, and the sexism displayed by the men in the story was truly difficult to watch for this woman raised in the liberal South Pacific. The scenery was fabulous in its starkness. The acting was intense. More movies like this please---they encourage us to think! This movie gives the viewer a greater understanding of the difficulties undergone by women under the strict laws of Islam, as interpreted by Iranian religious leaders. The difficulty I have with watching a movie like this one is that it is portraying events that have actually happened, and are still happening today, with the religious leaders' blessing. Many of the actors in this movie I had never heard of before, and it has encouraged me to look for other movies of theirs.