JUNE FLICKS

Remember when I said I was burnt out on movies? Well, it was the truth and the following list of movies that I managed to watch in June reflects that. The good news, however, is that, the burn out is starting to wear off and I'm really hoping to make a boom in July, as far as the amount of cinema I take in. So here is the list of what I managed to watch in the month of June.

-The Jacket 2005 - John Mayberry
-The Happening 2008 - M. Night Shyamalan
-Shallow Hal 2001 - Bobby & Peter Farrelly
-Pulp Fiction 1994 - Quentin Tarantino *
-Dragonfly 2002 - Tom Shadyac
-The Lost Boys 1987 - Joel Schumacher
-The Number 23 2007 - Joel Schumacher
-The Machinist 2004 - Brad Anderson
-Identity 2003 - James Mangold

And just in case you don't know (which there is no way you possibly could, since I haven't mentioned it on here, as of yet) I made a pact with myself this year to only watch movies that I've seen once or never. Any movie that I've seen more than twice has been banned for the entire year...

...UNLESS...

...It is on the IMDB Top 250 list, which me and my wife started knocking our way through before the year started and when I made this pact, I didn't want to interfere with our project to take in the 250 greatest movies, as voted by the users of the IMDB website. So if you'll notice the asterisk beside Pulp Fiction, on the list above, that indicates that I have seen that movie more than twice (way more than twice) and only watched it for Top 250 list purposes.

And on a side note, July is starting out with a bang, as I already have one movie in the books for this mont...Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

Not a bad flick, but somewhat disapointing. Did you ever go to the store, pick up a DVD that you've never seen, see who's in it and shake your head with a very approving nod. You then read the back of the case to see exactly what it's about and say "WOW, that sounds like a hell of an idea!" Well tonight, while at Blockbuster, I did the same thing with BTDKYD, and picked it up as a part of my mission to collect all of the Phillip Seymour Hoffman movies.

After seeing the movie, there is just so much more that they could've done with this movie. This movie could've been one that ripped your heart out and made you bawl your freaking eyes out. But you leave this one just thinking how sleazy most of these characters are. I really wish they had went a different route with this one, and instead of going with rough and hard edged and gritty, going with heart breaking instead. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke and Albert Finney, all give great performances, and the story isn't all together lame, as it is actually told in a very sophisticated manner, jumping back and forth, to days before and after a key moment in the film, and getting every detail from the view points of all three of the main characters.

Before the Devil Knows Your Dead 6/10

Andrew
7/2/2008