October 14, 2005
Capote
Capote (2005), some dude who directed The Cruise:
So yeah, this was pretty good. Very good on the biopic and "Oscar-worthy" scale, though not really something I'd particularly care to see again. I did enjoy it, despite "watching Philip Seymour Hoffman pretend to be Truman Capote for two hours" (as Loy put it). I don't think it overreaches too much, and it only really hammers in its talking points a few times. The photography was excellent, and it's always good to see Chris Cooper. I still have no idea how Catherine Keener can try so hard and always come off completely unremarkable. It's odd having Bob Balaban playing the straight man editor (or maybe Editor; there was after all only one William Shawn*) and not play opposite some zany hijinks.
13/15
* - Father of Wallace Shawn? Who knew?
Posted by bing at 03:57 AM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2005
Memory of a Killer
Memory of a Killer (2003), Erik Van Looy:
Memory of a Killer is an intellegent Belgian (I know, whe knew?) thriller about a hit man on his proverbial last hit. As things inevitably go wrong, he gets embroiled in scandal involving the highest members of society. More important than evading his employers and the cops, though, is staying a step ahead of his rapidly developing Alzheimer's. It opines on innocence and the fate of corruption in society and only gets a smidge preachy.
13/15
Posted by bing at 10:59 PM | Comments (0)