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Cowboy Up (2001)
Not OSCAR calibre, but still entertaining.
OH come on...it wasn't THAT bad. I actually liked Keifer Sutherland in this role. He seemed more human and down to earth than anything I've seen him in lately. Not hyped up like he does when he plays a villian or in 24. Newcomer Marcus Thomas did a very good job. I was surprised to find out he was from Belgium!!
Ok.. so it was not an accurate movie, which ones are...TRAINING DAY??? DARK BLUE???? Good god...8 SECONDS???!!!!
And I LIKED Darryl Hannah in ths one. Even Molly Ringwald did the best she could. It definately needed more scenes like the one with Marcus Thomas and Pete Postlewaite. Ok, so Mr. Redford still has to work on writing skills, and character development, but this was still entertaining. No, its not JUNIOR BONNER but then that was a Sam Peckinpah film and ya can't get better then that!!
Miracle Mile (1988)
An underrated goodie!!
I just love these films that you either LOVE or HATE and some of you guys sure do HATE this one...amazing.
I happen to thoroughly enjoy this one every time I see it. Probably because I see it more as a tragic romance that just happens to take place an hour or so before the end of the world as opposed to a straight out and out nuclear thriller. That's just the topping on the cake.
That is also the back story for me. What Harry and Julie experience together at they go though this maze and their reactions to what is happening to the people around them is my focus. The human condition.
Scenes like Julie's grandparents deciding not to try and escape, but to go to breakfast and talk about everything they've missed together by having had a falling out years earlier [and then immediately breaking into an argument but then laughing about it because it doesn't really matter since the world is ending] are priceless.
When Wilson's sister asks, "is this your blood or mine" after having crashed the police car into the store and succumbing to her injuries, STILL resonates with me.
And finally... the whole 'we'll be diamonds in a million years' just emphasizes how much Harry wanted someone like Julie all his life. And in just a few short hours how much he had come to love her. The ending
was simply devastating for me and my gal at the time.
Now understand...I'M A GUY AND NOT GAY. And for me this is just what romance is about. Finding that special ONE if even for just a few short hours. Oh, and yes.. the world ends...big fireballs..lots of car crashes...
Steve de Jarnett if you're reading this... I WANT A LETTERBOXED DIRECTORS EDITION ON DVD buddy!!! Full commentaries and lots and lots of extras... oh and please include a copy of the score.. Tangerine Dream captured it very very well.