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The Informant (1997)
Remember Clint Eastwood ?
I liked this movie for what it was , not for what it wasn't . I thought Timothy Daltons acting was tight . He looked well within his element as the badass cop with revenge on his mind or a vendetta he knows is right . To me Dalton seemed like Clint Eastwoods Harry Callahan but with a certain fury and not so many moments of levity and friendship . I liked that Dalton seemed to impart that certain fury without it letting it dominate the characters life . I remember the scene where Daltons character explains the reason for his fury and it seemed like both he and the character felt comfortable with whatever drove Dalton to be where he was at and the character he portrayed was imparting that calm to the audience . The Harry Callahan character was always set good guy / bad guy style . Clint has always had a wry smile in his shoot em ups , Truer smiles where he looks truly happy in so many other great movies . Dalton has been funny in Hot Fuzz but it seemed to me he was decidedly comfortable and content as a baddass cop in The Informant . Maybe I witnessed actors nirvana or I just saw the actor the way he felt when he auditioned for James Bond .
Casamento Proibido (2001)
Had me shooting my wall a bit.
I loved this documentary.It got my blood way past up but let me know and feel solid that it was the subjects business not mine.This movie is truly a story of love and hard faith.Try not to have your gun too ready.I had a big backyard at the time I was shooting through my wall you might not.I like some movies with church and faith quite present (The Mission) .However , Forbidden Marriage,if I am reviewing the correct film,is a much more immediate example of making your faith your own and your Gods'. Now at my hosts' insistence I am supposed to write more about a great movie that will get to your bones without blood and make you feel comfortable about having or not having what may not be the comfort of faith.I would recommend caution for yourself if you have trouble with people that yap forever about belief.Take some small comfort in knowing that if you can sit through this movie or any other true horrible paradox that life throws your way that your faith or lack of it is your own for true.