Monday, February 04, 2008

Movies - Week of January 28

The Third Man **** (D)
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street * (C)
Winged Migration *** (T)
La Chatte Andalouse ***½ (S)
Never Like the First Time*** (S)
Kitchen ** (S)
Lars & the Real Girl ****½ (C)
Charlie Wilson's War *** (C)
Making of the Misfits ** (D)
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello **½ (S)

For legend, see Week 1

Best Movie of the Year so far (Cinema or new DVD releases only included)
Lars & the Real Girl (knocks out The Savages)

RE: Sweeney Todd: Sorry, folks, I guess I don't get what people see in Sondheim's musical. There is really only one "song" - the rest is just [terrible] exposition sung to the same tune throughout. It's a classic example of what's wrong with the genre. They have so little plot and therefore should have much time to show you characterization, etc. on screen but fail to do even that. Yes, Helena Bonham Carter looks hot even when she looks dead but it's not enough to save this one.

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