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Bottoms Up (2006)
Very Engaging Movie
For fans of Jay and Silent Bob, also known as Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, this movie was not about them in their usual roles. This movie was not written by Kevin Smith and has little bearing on the style and characters he would write into a movie. But to see them in the same movie in different roles made this worth a look. And I was not disappointed at all.
Owen Peadman is played by Jason Mewes aka/Jay. Owen is a very milder version of Jay but still an intriguing character and his acting was excellent throughout the movie. From his facial expressions to his quick witted responses, Mewes does not disappoint. Throw in the few scenes with the always funny and witty Kevin Smith and you still have a good Jay and Silent Bob connection. Not to mention Owen using the Jay and Silent Bob term "Sirs" in one scene. The underlying familiar humor was welcome.
Now let's look at the characters of Uncle Earl Peadman played by an outstanding actor, David Keith. David Keith has played many macho roles and seeing him play a gay man was quite different. But he played it well and by the end of the movie, you felt his character.
Now let's take a look at the questionable role for Paris Hilton. First of all the role was perfect for her because she's lived that lifestyle. I almost perceived her as wishing she was her character instead of playing it. But unfortunately that's not true. So putting her name aside, I think the young lady who played Lisa Mancini did a great job at bringing out her character. She was a soft, hard and everything in between.
The movie will probably get bad reviews because of her. But as a comedy, I thought the movie was witty, funny and well written with underlying twists.
I recommend this movie just because you can sit back and watch it and laugh without thinking too much. A nice view after a hard day at work.
Untamed Heart (1993)
The Best Movie From This Era
This movie captured the essence of the day. Although this film was suppose to be depicted from a small town in Minnesota, I have come to learn that this journey actually began long ago in the heart and mind of a young boy who grew up in Northern New Jersey. This young man grew up in the footsteps of what would later become the backyard of what is today's "Soprano's environment". Writer Tom Sierchio searched deep into his childhood experiences, thoughts and background to come up with this heartfelt story of a young man with a heart of wonderment. Mr. Serchio helped the viewers understand the various levels of intelligences and the heart which embodies this movie. Mr. Serchio developed a very humble and sincere plot to develop the character of this young man named Adam portrayed by Christian Slater. Mr Slater was outstanding in bringing us the essence of this young man's heart and soul. In addition to the excellent acting of Mr. Slater, we have a young Marisa Tomei stealing our hearts by opening up her soul to this young Adam's purity.
The movie is a piece of history and should be cherished by all those who remember the days.
Hats off to Mr. Serchio and the entire crew!
Apocalypto (2006)
This movie was awful
First of all, when I go to see a movie, I don't want to "read a movie" for over 2 hours. I want to see and hear a movie. I hate any movie that makes me read subtitles that are in white over white or light scenes that block out the sentences. I had to assume a lot of lines because I couldn't read the subtitles. I have seen several movies like this and I can never understand how the director's and producer's don't figure this out. Well this is one of those movies.
If you want to go to the movie Theatre to read a movie then this will be perfect for you. If you want action, this movie has a lot of it. But it's predictable and quite frankly it's the worst movie I've ever seen. It's extremely hard to understand why the action in this movie is happening. The story line is confusing. Different characters are put in situations that don't make sense. Characters live and die with no reconciliation in the script. There's no clear reason why one thing is happening in a certain way and there are a lot of open questions in the end.
I found the movie to be totally a mess. It was almost like someone threw a lot of old lure South American jungle stories together and tried to make a movie out of it and tried to throw in a religious/spiritualistic concept to it.
Thumbs down to this one!