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March 20, 2005
Millions
Millions (2004), Danny Boyle:
So a tv spot for this attached the word "visionary" to Danny Boyle, which I would say is a tad bit strong. I do admire him; though his movies haven't all been good, they've been interesting and, for the most part, in different ways. I mean, I really liked A Life Less Ordinary. I guess that means Boyle is the anti-Mamet, whom I don't really like, but who makes a consistently good film.
I was really excited about this after seeing the wonderful trailer. It looked like a perfect stylish and subversive children's movie, something like the vastly underrated Babe 2: Pig in the City.
It's stylish, and a little subversive (Danny Boyle hates Mormons. Who knew?), but it's just not all there. I had hoped that 28 Days Later... meant that Boyle finally learned how to finish out a movie. Millions has a great start, building themes of childhood wonder, tragedy and morality. The wonderful rhythm breaks down at the end to a sticky mess as Boyle retreats to safe territory.
10/15
Posted by bing at March 20, 2005 12:21 PM
Comments
I was going to be aghast that Babe 2 is underrated, but the user comments from Netflix and IMDB proved me wrong.
Man, people are dumb.
Posted by: Alissa at March 21, 2005 05:38 PM