Reviews
Pleasantville (1998)
Free time on Sunday
After watching "Pleasantville" I had to spend half an hour washing the preachyness out of my eyes.
If you buy the movie as a metaphor for the civil rights movement, it's not bad. But there are times when it seems to go beyond that simple explanation. Maybe I'm seeing things that weren't meant to be there, but equating anyone who resisted change with fascists? Seemed a little far fetched to me. And did anyone else notice that there were no consequences for people's actions? I mean, teen-age casual sex might be great and all, but there are some draw-backs (STD's, unwanted pregnancies itd.)
hmmm maybe I need to watch fewer movies and get out more.
Beach Red (1967)
What was worse?
What was worse? The acting, the directing, or the editing? I really liked the nice stroll onto the beach during an the initial assault. Don't worry about the enemy on the island, forget about those artillery shells. It was like the special marine corps slacker brigade was ordered into the fight. And it really looked like an island in the sough pacific. I think that if the marines pushed hard, they could have made if all the way to West LA. I really wanted to pull an Oedipus after seeing this movie; better to rip my eyes out than to put them through another movie like this.