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Evening (2007)
Just so wrong...
Some of these viewer comments are just ridiculous. Not painful to watch with your significant other? I was apologizing to my boyfriend the entire movie.
It was so slow and awfully strange.
Both Redgraves,Vanessa and Natasha were unfit for this, especially with Vanessa doing that ridiculous brash American accent.
Claire Danes was the same wiggly-lipped awkward girl that she was in My So-Called Life. She has yet to push herself in any way. Girl, find a new way to pretend to cry!
Meryl Streep was one of the only redeeming part of this movie, she was on screen for five minutes, and I swear to God, she reached out of the movie screen and slapped me awake.
Oh! And Hugh Dancy, who gets better every time I see him.
Glenn Close and Eileen Atkins were also great in their two and a half scenes.
I mean, this was a well-shot movie, it was very pretty, the settings were interestingly dressed, providing relief for the intense boredom I was feeling.
I don't know, It's just pretty pathetic when a movie that boasts a cast comprised of "The greatest actresses of our time" sucks so much. It sure had more than a few noticeable editing errors, and the main character (Ann) was a huge jerk. I was glad she died. But that's because I felt bad for Lila, Ann's friend -- mostly because these two ladies were better actors and made me feel a little empathy.
Ugh. BAD job, Evening the film. You weren't entertaining and you weren't even thought-provoking. I sure hope the book was better, so it didn't waste even more of people's time. 3/10
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
There's more here than some silly pirates...
Indeed, Sinbad was very cute in some places, very exciting in others, and quite funny in many. The script is quite clever and although the sort-of-obvious mixture of cartoon and computers was never my cup of tea, it doesn't bother me so much here. The characters at least have a few or a couple of layers which is new for any animated movie that is geared towards children. And, as I said, the script has some funny moments that made the movie worth seeing (especially when you go just to hear Brad Pitt's voice, which is expressive and effective, I might add) :^) So as an adult going to see a kid's movie I wasn't terribly disappointed and the children in the theatre with me seemed to enjoy it as well!! *** out of ****