Kurosawa

At first I thought Kurosawa was kind of a weird director. With the first film Stray Dog, I realy didn't like it at all. The plot was subpar, and it was hard to find yourself rooting for the main character to find his gun that was stolen. Going into Yojimbo I had low expectations and just wanted to get the unit overwith. BUT, Yojimbo hit a home run with me. SO many awkward funny moments. And unlike Stray Dog, you find yourself really wanting Toshiro Mifune to kick ass. And he does.... often. I also loved the music and sound effects in Yojimbo. Sometimes a good soundtrack can change the whole feel of a movie. I really, really enjoyed Yojimbo alot and then going into RAN, I didn't know what to expect, after Kurosawa hit a home run with Yojimbo but struck out looking in Stray Dog. With mixed emotions going in, I thought RAN was pretty good for the most part. Color helped a little bit, and doing a story that is based on the King Leer story made the plot better than the other movies. BUT MAN how depressing is the last seen in this movie. The blind brother is left on a cliff with nowhere to go and the camera keeps emphasizing his aloneless but zooming out over and over. Overall, I liked the Kurosawa unit becuase of Yojimbo and RAN. The thing is though, I dont know if I could take another movie of his with all the subtitles, foreign screaming, and pissy characters.

Stuck on YOu

The Farrelly Brothers did a great job again with Stuck on You. Stuck on You is a story about two brothers who are conjoined twins. The characters are played by MAtt Damon and Greg Kinnear. The two do everything together from picking up girls, to playing sports (gof, football, baseball). The two find ways to adapt and live their lives like normal people. The farrelly brothers use these awkward situations to make hilarious comedic moments. THe idea of a story about conjoined twins is a great idea i think becuase you already have your main conflict, with the solution ultimatly being surgery to detatch the two. This film is another funny comedy by the Farrelly Brothers. They really take advantage of this story, while not being disrespectful to the conjoined twins community. I loved it and gave it to thumbs up.

Hitchcock yo

I always heard about Alfred Hitchcock being regarded as one of the best if not THE best director of all time. with all this talk i had high expectations. The first hitchcock film we watched was the 39 steps. I thought this film didnt live up to the hype. I didnt like how the viewer doesnt find out the 39 steps until the end, and when we did find out, it had nothing to do with the plot of the movie. the second film, Rear Window was a great film. the story of Jeff and his injury reminds me of when I tore my ACL and had to find different things to keep myself busy. Jeff kept himself busy with his watching of other people in the community. I liked this film alot better because you felt like you were the one watching the people and you felt afraid of being caught. Vertigo was another good film that really showed Hitchcocks signature themes, like the "wrong man" concept where his main character is a man who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up being a hero. I really became familier with his style by now and appreciated it alot more than in the begining.

Overall i really liked hitchcocks work and would definatly look into viewing some more in the future. Now, i see what all the hype was about

Shiznallow Hiznal by the Farrelly Brothers

Shallow Hal was a hilarious movie made by the Farrelly Brothers. The movie is about a guy who somehow seems to be dating some extremly hot women who would be considered by many "out of his league". Although he is loving it, hes not sure how he is doing it. Whats happening is Hal (played by Jack Black) is seeing these girls as gorgeous, fit, stacked young ladies. The the fact of the matter is, is that these women are actually overweight, and not considered "hot" by society. Hal eventually meets a girl named Rosemarry. Rosemarry and Hal seem to like each other alot, until Hal finds out she isnt as beautiful as he thought. Now Hal has to decide wheather or not to stay with Rosemarry, now that he sees here as overweight and "ugly". The more you get into the plot of the movie, the more you find yourself rooting for Hal to make the right decision and realize that peoples inner beauty is more important than the outside. Hal does realize this and stays with Rosemarry. It is a great end to the movie, and leaves the viewer feeling good about themselves.

Throughout this film the Farrelly Brothers do a great job of getting aacross a good point about society, while making it hilarious to say the least. The way they transistion from the girls being slim to them being pudgy is pretty funny and they incorperatye it well into the story. Good job by them on this film... 2 thumbs up.. yo