Saturday, December 25, 2004
3 movie reviews & 3 gift receiving sessions
The Aviator - probably will win Oscar for best film. Amazing the budget Scorsese has for his night club numbers, incredible attention to detail for period dress & hair styles. Loved Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. Amazing that Hughes could produce what he did given his obvious mental illness & self-destructive behaviour.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - director was given too much money for too many needless scenes like the silly rescue at the end. killer soundtrack though & loved hearing all the old Bowie songs from Hunky Dory & Ziggy Stardust song in Portuguese with just acoustic guitar backing. Skip the film - download the Seu Jorge Bowie covers.
Gospel According to St. Matthew - Best film i've seen yet by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Decameron and Medea were both disappointing, and I have not been able to obtain Salo so cannot evaluate his most famous film. This version had Judas betray Jesus with a hug & some odd anachronistic armor for the Romans, but otherwise conveyed the spirit of the Gospel. Do wish there had been an Italian with subtitle option instead of dubbing - absolutely no extras on this DVD!
Drained by 3 gift giving sessions. Some nice stuff, but nothing quite matches last year's iPod - guess hard to top. Anxious to use the $200 from grandmother-in-law to purchase Remy Martin Louis XIII in the mini Baccarat decanter.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - director was given too much money for too many needless scenes like the silly rescue at the end. killer soundtrack though & loved hearing all the old Bowie songs from Hunky Dory & Ziggy Stardust song in Portuguese with just acoustic guitar backing. Skip the film - download the Seu Jorge Bowie covers.
Gospel According to St. Matthew - Best film i've seen yet by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Decameron and Medea were both disappointing, and I have not been able to obtain Salo so cannot evaluate his most famous film. This version had Judas betray Jesus with a hug & some odd anachronistic armor for the Romans, but otherwise conveyed the spirit of the Gospel. Do wish there had been an Italian with subtitle option instead of dubbing - absolutely no extras on this DVD!
Drained by 3 gift giving sessions. Some nice stuff, but nothing quite matches last year's iPod - guess hard to top. Anxious to use the $200 from grandmother-in-law to purchase Remy Martin Louis XIII in the mini Baccarat decanter.
