Sunday, June 08, 2008

Video Gluttony

Devon and I rented our entire allotment of videos for the next 6 months this weekend. Admittedly the selection skewed heavily towards my predelictions (sorry Dev!) Here's the rundown:

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Good performances by some great actors. Well developed story. Depressing as hell.

The Golden Compass - Good special effects. Beautiful visual realization of another world. Fairly sophisticated treatment of a fantasy novel. Cliched ending that messes with the ending of that book.

Sweeney Todd - Gorgeous set pieces and costuming. The fact that it's a musical didn't detract from the beauty of the cinema. Story is depressing as hell.

Mad Money - Ted Dansen, Queen Latifa and Diane Keaton in a comedy crime caper. Watched the first 20 minutes so far. Depressing as hell (for a different reason).

Madagascar - Dev helped promote this movie. It entertained my niece Reyna for 90 minutes during Jenna and Zack's visit. We're watching it tonight. Cute movie.

Looks like depressing wins the weekend.

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