Evelynn wrote:Lillie wrote:When I got Brick, I also got another movie starring Joseph Gordon Levitt called Manic, which came out in 2001. It also stars Don Cheadle and Zooey Deschanel.
How did you like it?
Evelynn
LOL. I think that I lost my train of thought.
I liked the movie, but there were some things I didn't like, the way the movie was shot being the worst thing to me. I think it was shot on a hand held digital camera. So when a character would see the sun light, it would be real bright. But besides that bugging me sometimes, it was a great movie overall. Definitely an interesting look at teenagers in a mental institution. JGL's character is a kid with anger issues. JGL is a good actor, who I think will go far if he continues chosing the movies that he has been lately. And seriously, anything with Don Cheadle is a good movie.
Speaking of Don Cheadle, two other movies where he was simply fantastic was Things Behind the Sun, and The United States of Leland.
I've actually bought a whole bunch of movies that I haven't had the chance to watch quite yet. Trois coueleurs: Bleu, Blanc, and Rouge. It's a trilogy based on France's national motto: liberaty, equality and fraternity. Now, I've been dying to watch these movies, but I'm going to wait so I can watch them with my friend.
I also bought and have yet to see: The Apartment (the movie Wicker Park with Josh Harnett was a remake of this movie). Personal Velocity, Ghost Story, Irreversible (which got alot of publicity because there is alot of violence in the movie). Broken Saints, which is like 600 minutes. It's an animated comic epic. I've only managed to see about two hours of this movie so far. It's a long one.
Now, Ryan Gosling has this movie called The Believer that I just love. The end of the movie always gets me. I would recommend this movie for just about everyone to watch. His acting in that movie completely blew me away.
*Edited*
I forgot that I bought the movie Damage, with Jeremy Irons. Now, I love the movie, but after reading the book countless times. The movie simply didn't do the book justice. The lines in the book were like poetry, and as great as an actor as JI is, he still didn't quite achieve it for me. But I'm sure it's only cause I did read the book countless times. Once right after another in fact.