Seen a couple of new movies lately:
The Last Samurai: Excellent! Amazing movie. Tom Cruise is right on in this one. However, one can not get away from the fact that its not “Tom Cruise” on the screen, but Nathan Algren, the deeply disturbed, fallen US civil war hero that changes so drastically once hes introduced to the ways of the Samurai. I thought the character development was a bit lacking, and thats why I dont think Tom Cruise will get an Oscar for this one. But that doesnt take away from the fact that this movie is a masterpiece and totally engrossing. I was mesmerized… 5 friskyStars!
21 Grams. Like Amores Peros, definately not a date movie and definately not for the faint at heart. The writer-director is a genius on how he shows that a seemingly unrelated object/event/person is the link to the other characters in the film. In Amores Perros it was dogs, here it is a horrible accident. If this is not nominated for Best Picture and if Sean Penn and Naomi Watts are not nominated for Oscars I will be very surprised. 4 friskyStars!
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. So its finally over. I saw this movie in New York in a “fake” IMAX screen. Fake because even though it was shown on an IMAX screen, it didnt fill the entire screen and that took away from the whole IMAX experience. Nevertheless, I thought the second movie was better of the three, and especially the ending of this one seemed to drag on and on and on… 3 friskyStars.