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Shock and Awe (2017)
I never watched more condescending movie!
"Shock and Awe" presents a crucial perspective, highlighting the deception surrounding nuclear weapons in Iraq. I agree with every point being made. However, the delivery was heavy-handed and overly simplistic, massively condescending. So even though I, too, would like to scream to Americans that we were lied to, I would have wanted a much better movie to make my argument. Only my desire to be as fair as I could made me give the 5 stars. I felt like giving only 1. It seemed to me the cast (and writers) were trying to duplicate "All the President's Men". They didn't even come close. Rob Reiner doesn't have much talent.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
I got sidetracked early on
Evolution has made us what we are. We get excited by the opposite sex. We instinctively chase beauty and perfection but at the same time have a sense of what is obtainable and what isn't. What I'm trying to say is that we have a tendency to love and marry within our circle. A plain looking man knows better than to chase a raving beauty and vice versa. It's possible these two opposites could fall in love after having known each other for a long time and learned to appreciate hidden virtues and beauty not readily visible to the naked eye. But attraction at a first glance by a beauty for an ordinary looking "bookworm" type? Not a chance in hell! So that's how early the movie lost me. And in the subsequent scenes I saw nothing that made me think Jane could fall in love for deeper reasons than physical attraction. Had this movie been made with a "plain Jane" heroine it would have been a lot more believable. I have not seen pictures of the real Jane Hawking but I'd bet a lot of money she's not a raving beauty like Felicity Jones. I don't know why the dramatic contrast between these two bothered me enough to write this feeble tract but it did. I apologize.
Chocolat (1988)
Pointillism
I think this movie would be more enjoyable if everyone thought of it as a picture of colonial Africa in the 50's and 60's rather than as a story. Because there is no real story here. Just one vignette on top of another like little points of light that don't mean much until you have enough to paint a picture. The first time I saw Chocolat I didn't really "get it" until having thought about it for a few days. Then I realized there were lots of things to "get", including the end of colonialism which was but around the corner, just no plot. Anyway, it's one of my all-time favorite movies. The scene at the airport with the brief shower and beautiful music was sheer poetry. If you like "exciting" movies, don't watch this--you'll be bored to tears. But, for some of you..., you can thank me later for recommending it to you.
À la folie... pas du tout (2002)
I love Audrey but...
I've seen most of Audrey Tautou's movies and always enjoy them just because she's so special. But this movie was too "ordinary" and had too many faults for me to think highly of it. I am fully capable of suspending belief and just enjoying a movie, e.g., I much enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean. But when a movie purports to be reflecting "real life", albeit that of someone mentally sick, then I expect THAT movie to be "realistic". The doctor did too many things in the movie that a rational person wouldn't have done in my opinion. Once he found out who his "admirer" was, he had many chances to STOP everything by going to the police and telling them everything he knew. Instead he kept "taking things into his own hands", just drifting along until the movie was over. So I was pretty much bored except when I could watch Audrey's beautiful face. Hey, maybe I'm the one who's obsessed!? Anyway, you might enjoy the movie--just don't have any high expectations of it being a great movie. It ain't.