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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Mediocre feel good flick
I guess my reaction to the flick is from the promotional hype. The film was made out to be some great award winning epic. It was a cute narrative that put music video montages ahead of character development. There was a few chuckles
and a warm fuzzy feeling towards the end. The film could have functioned at a deeper level, but issues brought up were tossed in so carelessly, with no
development (She called my a Paki, you know what that means. Yes I'm Irish),
that rather than developing the characters, it reveled them as to be 2
dimensional- caricatures.
If this was Gurinder Chadha's first effort I would applaud it as a freshman's film, but since she has a few under the belt, I feel someone else should be given a chance.
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Wizard of Oz does it so much better
At least Wizard of Oz has great songs like Somewhere Over the Rainbow, this pretentious crap has little redeeming value. With all his twists and turns Lynch tried flipping on this one, it was still predictable- hey cue lesbian love scene, time to get in the same limo as the beginning, whoa that'll be inventive- now lets change Dorothy's scene so she is at a dinner party and the Scarecrow is there, Glenda the Good Witch, and....
I guess I like the color palette he used, but I liked the color palette of Matrix too, so there is no accounting for my taste, eh?
Ka'ililauokekoa (2000)
A wonderful view into the legends of Hawai'i
This film is for children and is an excellent way for them to learn about old Hawai'i. The settings are wonderful. I have seen many of the films by the producing organization and they are all good introductions, not only to the culture of Hawai'i, but, I think, it is good to hear the ancient language spoken. Ka'ililauokekoa makes Lilo&Stitch look like the trite film that it is.
Saint Crispin's Day (1993)
The only film about PTS and the Gulf War
This is the kind of film we need now that we are considering going to war against Iraq for a second time.
The film examines the difficulty of a soldier coming back to a heavily jingoistic America after having to be involved in the killing of innocent people. Old theme, but the setting is highly relevant.