Excluding Red Sox games and a few favorite shows, I don’t watch very much TV. Jennie and I do catch a lot of movies though, both in the theater and rented from Netflix.
All of my movie related posts can be found HERE.
I recently picked up Roger Ebert’s, “The Great Movies” book and have been slowly but surely working my way through that as well. So far, so good - and I’m keeping track of my progress below.
Roger Ebert’s, The Great Movies
2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
Watched: January 2008
10 Word Review: One of the few on the list that I had seen before. Love the long periods with no dialog. Very cool movie. “A-”
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The 400 Blows - François Truffaut (1959)
Watched: January 2008
10 Word Review: Really enjoyed watching this kid stick it to the man despite the subtitles. “B+”
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8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963)
Watched: February 2008
Full Review: HERE “A”
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All About Eve - Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
Watched: February 2008
10 Word Review: This is a movie I would never have watched otherwise and loved it. Won every big award the year it was released. “B+”
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Aguirre, The Wrath Of God - Werner Herzog (1972)
Watched: February 2008
10 Word Review: The first disappointment of the bunch. Interesting movie, and was probably ahead of it’s time, but Apocalypse Now came out only 7 years later and is 10x the movie that Aguirre is. Interested to check out other Herzog movies though… “C”
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974)
Watched: March 2008
10 Word Review: Odd movie with an interesting take on racism and discrimination in 1970’s Germany that holds up in today’s world. “B”
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The Apartment - Billy Wilder (1960)
Watched: April 2008
10 Word Review: Funny movie about moving up in the corporate world. The office scenes were great and Fred MacMurray is amazing. “A-”
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Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein (1925)
Watched: April 2008
10 Word Review: Silent picture set to classical music, edited in the “montage” style. Historically and technically significant from a craft perspective but not all that exciting to watch these days. “C”
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Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967)
Watched: May 2008
10 Word Review: Wow, Catherine Deneuve. Cool movie that might have all been a dream. Director made his first movie with Salvador Dali. “A-”
