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Liquid Sky (1982)
Does it get any worse?
OK, so it attempts to be deep and loaded. Save your money, wait, save those two hours of your life for something better like an Olsen Twins movie or a Kathy Lee Gifford/Gallagher double bill concert. Seriously, instead watch a student film, or Eraserhead or something else that doesn't attempt to be groundbreaking, but is. At least watch something that has one artistic success, say story, dialouge, acting, visuals (this movie is the first I've seen be successful at making film look like bad video), f/x, content, or anything. It'll have one more success than this piece did. One good thing about this movie is that it might give us aspiring filmmakers hope, that our product can make it, no matter how different it may be. As you can see by the other reviews, it touched many a person. They must think shrimps are more important than duty. Watch the movie and you'll get it, OK.
You Can Count on Me (2000)
The most intelligent film of the year, and the best of 2000.
I want you to see this film, so I won't write too many details. Simply put, this is the most intelligently written film of last year (2000). Ken Lonegran wrote a touching, but more importantly truthful account of a relationship. In this case it's between a brother and sister. He avoided all sentimentalities in favor of real events. There are no saccharin moments in this movie, but I'll guarantee you'll come out one hundred times more satisfied than you will at any of those hallmark-esk films. Laura Linney gave the best performance of any actress this year as a strong, vulnerable, and smart single mother, and has now received an Oscar nomination in a category which Julia Roberts will win for a good performance but a character with less depth. Mark Ruffalo gives one of the strongest performances this year as well, a role which has led many to compare him to Brando, "using himself as his own best acting instrument." Matthew Broderick comes through in his supporting role as usual, once again as a flawed character much as in election, only more nueorotic, if you can believe that. Ken Lonegran has created a movie which has characters saying brilliant things, not because their geniuses but because they are what you and I would say if we were in their shoes, there is no dumbing down here, yet the story is fresh and as engaging as anything you'll see this year or maybe for a while. Enjoy it and savor it, because these are far and few in between, or you can watch Gladiator again.
Getting Personal (1998)
Good directing, Lacked direction
Ron Burrus the director of "Getting Personal," managed to create some great scenes. Good Performances from his young actors can also be credited to him. Unfortunately, the direction he gave his actors and the tension he created up until the payoff or lack of one at the end, could not overcome the weak script and the below average cinematagraphy. The cinematagrapher did a professional job, but did not help the weak script with his uncreative camera work. Michael Landes relationship with his psychiatrist was repetitive and dragged on. The director was not able to pull an average script, cast, cameraman or overall story into anything more than an average movie, but I look forward to seeing further work from Ron Burrus.