I just opened this to write a post about the three movies I saw last week, and promptly forgot everything I was planning on writing. I at least remember what movies they were, though, so I'll give a rundown of my opinion.
- Fargo was pretty brilliant. Classic Coen Brothers film (or so I hear- I've only seen a few), pretty dark, but a great storyline and acting. The premise is that Jerry (William H. Macy), a car salesman, is in some serious trouble money-wise, and decides the best way of fixing this is by hiring some seedy-looking dudes (including the awesome Steve Buscemi) to "kidnap" his wife and then collecting on the ransom money her very rich father with no doubt pay to have her returned. What a great husband. No surprise at how this one ends, but it was a good way to spend 98 minutes.
- Hangover Part II I wasn't impressed with- then again, I was probably one of the few people pretty unimpressed with the original. The second movie only served to almost duplicate the first one. Same cast, same plot, different city. Shocking- they find the guy they lost in the same building they started out in. At least they thought to check the roof first thing this time.
- Antz was a bit of a kids movie, but with quite adult themes- war, totalitarianism, you name it. I watched it for studying for work- it is about an ant colony, after all. These ant movies (this one and A Bug's Life) kill me just a little bit. In the real world, ALL the ants in a colony are females, and males are only for mating purposes. That might not translate as well to the screen, though- hard to have a traditional love story with males all vying for new queens and dying shortly after mating. The main character in Antz (which has, by the way, an incredibly star-studded cast) is voiced by Woody Allen- so I guess I'll let their inaccuracies slide.
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