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Dick (1999)
oh so clever movie
I am not a "Watergate baby" nor did I live during Nixon's presidency, but from reading "All the President's Men" and watching the movie based on it, I can claim to know a bit about the Watergate scandal. At first, "Dick" seems like a really cheesy movie with 2 real ditzy girls - like child's play. But as the movie progresses + more and more starts to develop about Nixon's involvement in Watergate, the level of the girls' ditziness becomes central to the movie. And it's absolutely hilarious how these 2 girls are able to "accidentally" come upon all this stuff for Carl Bernstein + Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. It is such a clever, clever movie.
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Natalie Portman is the cutest!
I'm sorry, but "Star Wars Episode 1" did not do any justice to Natalie Portman's talent (and undeniable cuteness). She was entirely underused as Queen Amidala, and when she was used, her makeup was frighteningly terrible. For "Anywhere But Here," she sheds her god-awful makeup and she acts normally. And not only can she act good, she looks good doing it. I'm a bit older than she (she's only 18), and I have little or no chance of meeting her, but hey, a guy is allowed to dream, right?
Even though Susan Sarandon does take a good turn in this movie, the film belongs entirely to Portman. I've been a watcher of Portman's since "Beautiful Girls" (where she was younger, but just as cute). There's big things for her in the future - I can see it.