The Dilated Pupil's Reviews

This week we managed to venture out among the unwashed masses and watch Burn After Reading. While this isn't the best Super Coen Bros. movie, it has some really great moments. The actors basically try to out-quirk one another throughout the picture with Pitt's character taking top honors. You already know whodunit so you basically watch a bunch of really insane people try to get away with something and in the end it's tied up pretty quickly. Some people didn't like the ending but I thought it worked really well given the plot. In short, it's worth the rental but not $10.50.

This movie was terrible. It's actually too boring to review. Don't watch the The Love Guru.

In fact, I'm pretty sure every time you watch Love Guru, God kills a kitten. In that case, I'd like to apologize to the kitten that I killed. I wonder if, because I watched this movie with another person, God killed 2 kittens? Hopefully they weren't as cool as this cat.

Chan-wook's trilogy of misery by way of vengeance starts off with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. A tutorial in making your audience feel uncomfortable, Park shows us lovely and sometimes humorous imagery by creating a whole new level of sad. An interesting story that could have been told much more quickly and with fewer endings (yes, too many notes-sorry) left me wanting to see the second movie to see how he'd grown as a filmmaker.

Onto Oldboywhich I found to be much better but just as disturbing. This time I wasn't expecting the twist at the end or the many visual effects in the movie-was that a real squid?!? Again I felt like Park was beating me over the head with every single plot device. I enjoyed Oldboy much more than the previous "episode" and recommend that anyone looking for some great camera work and a solid set twists should check this movie out.

I know I said trilogy but I just couldn't take any more of that feeling. You know, the one you got the first time you saw Seven or Chinatown. Lady Vengeancewill just have to wait until I feel up to the challenge of another Korean art movie.

This post is a little out of order. We watched this prior to watching the train wreck that was We Own the Night so we still had hope for movies.

First off, Secretarylooks great. Some say that's not the most important thing and I tend to agree but if you're going to make an ugly film you should have just written a book, it's cheaper and their are less royalties but enough about We Own the Night. Secretary was wonderful and strangly charming. Spader and Gyllenhaal do an amazing job creating a believable hyperbole about people embracing their interests-S&M. If you're worried about unsettling visuals, a.)you shouldn't be reading my site, b.)watch anything other than movies made by Jerry Bruckheimer. Great movie. Watch it.

After a week of mindless drivel like We Own the Night(yes, even with that cast...yes, even with Eva. Crap.) and Art School Confidentialwe watched Gone Baby Goneand it was fantastic. At first I thought, "Ben Affleck?" but the script was solid and every single performance was spot-on. I was shocked by how good everything looked too. If you're in the mood for a fairly gritty tale of morality that plays out beautifully against the backdrop of Boston neighborhoods, give this movie a watch.

Comedianis a fantastic story about someone trying to keep their drive after achieving success. I love the comparison that plays out between Jerry and a young-too old to act like he does-comedian. The movie is chocked full of great interviews and observations involving some of the most famous comedians around including a really funny description of Cosby's genius by Chris Rock. Highly recommended if you've ever been a creator or worked with creators.

...was not great. The dialog, performances, direction and yes, even the camera work were all completely uninspired. I don't really know where this movie went wrong but it certainly did not contain enough Patrick Warburton. In fact, I feel asleep because the story was so boring and when I woke up Jenna informed me that I missed Warburton's appearance thus rendering the $11.99 I spent on in-room entertainment completely useless.