nine point five out of ten
I REALLY like this movie. Though the concept of the film was developed in the 80's, far before the times we live in today, the correlations in the film and the world today is positively chilling.
I urge anyone with an open mind to watch this movie. It follows a girl living in a "1982/Big Brother World" many years into the future. As she is walking along minding her own business her life is changed forever by a chance encounter with some villians, and then saved by another... villain?
That is the question the movie explores. Who exactly is villainous?
Watch the movie and decide for yourself.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Monday, September 04, 2006
Prime
three out of ten
Prime could have been a good movie. A psychologist advises a 37 year old on her life and encourages her to pursue a relationship with a 21 year old boy who unbeknowest to her is her son. She is a strong Jewish woman who wants her son to marry a nice Jewish girl and certainly does not want him with a girl like her patient. And so the drama unfolds as the psychologist does not tell the girl that its her son, and thus you see funny awkward moments as the girl shares intimiate details that no one would share to their son's mother. Just wouldn't. The movie is trying to be bigger than it is. Its trying to be dialogue driven and deep. But the fact that they are trying makes it obvious and trite and throughly unenjoyable. They try to talk about race issues, and try to have a comical Jewish grandmother who faints when seeing her son date a black person... and it just.. isn't... funny. Its not because its politically incorrect. I usually love politically incorrect movies that go to the heart of issues that we don't talk about, BUT it was just that that sort of dialogue.. it just didn't *go* anywhere or lead to any sort of statement..... I dont know.
Maybe watch it when it plays on TBS... maybe.
Prime could have been a good movie. A psychologist advises a 37 year old on her life and encourages her to pursue a relationship with a 21 year old boy who unbeknowest to her is her son. She is a strong Jewish woman who wants her son to marry a nice Jewish girl and certainly does not want him with a girl like her patient. And so the drama unfolds as the psychologist does not tell the girl that its her son, and thus you see funny awkward moments as the girl shares intimiate details that no one would share to their son's mother. Just wouldn't. The movie is trying to be bigger than it is. Its trying to be dialogue driven and deep. But the fact that they are trying makes it obvious and trite and throughly unenjoyable. They try to talk about race issues, and try to have a comical Jewish grandmother who faints when seeing her son date a black person... and it just.. isn't... funny. Its not because its politically incorrect. I usually love politically incorrect movies that go to the heart of issues that we don't talk about, BUT it was just that that sort of dialogue.. it just didn't *go* anywhere or lead to any sort of statement..... I dont know.
Maybe watch it when it plays on TBS... maybe.
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