Movie Diary
a) Moneyball
I have been enjoying Aaron Sorkin's run of commissioned screenplay adaptations the last few years, which utilize his strengths as a dialogue writer without giving him the full creative freedom to get in his own way like he often does with his TV projects. This definitely is not as good as The Social Network or even Charlie Wilson's War, though, and the problem lies in both the direction, which is kind of slow and mauldin and dimly lit, and the acting. have mixed feelings about Brad Pitt as an actor but for some reason he's one of the most ill-suited actors to ever recite Sorkin dialogue (and he is really just reciting it, badly), and Jonah Hill is aight but really not worth the Oscar nom. Philip Seymour Hoffman (who was also great in Charlie Wilson) is a welcome presence, though.
b) Horrible Bosses
This is one of those movies that seemed more fun in the trailer, I think. Jason Sudeikis was definitely the funniest guy in the cast. Nice to see Kevin Spacey getting back to the kind of thing he does best, really it's practically a reprise of his role from Swimming With Sharks.
c) Midnight In Paris
The last few years I have felt like an idiiot touching a hot stove over and over when I keep sitting down and watching every new Woody Allen movie hoping for the best and being even more appalled than I was by the last one. This is finally the dead cat bounce where he wound up back in tolerable territory, though, even if the amount of money this movie made is just absurd. This would be a good movie for grade school kids who are just starting to learn about 20th century art and literature to watch and be proud of themselves for understandinging, I don't know what value it really has for adults, though, other than a strong ccast and some amiable performances.
I have been enjoying Aaron Sorkin's run of commissioned screenplay adaptations the last few years, which utilize his strengths as a dialogue writer without giving him the full creative freedom to get in his own way like he often does with his TV projects. This definitely is not as good as The Social Network or even Charlie Wilson's War, though, and the problem lies in both the direction, which is kind of slow and mauldin and dimly lit, and the acting. have mixed feelings about Brad Pitt as an actor but for some reason he's one of the most ill-suited actors to ever recite Sorkin dialogue (and he is really just reciting it, badly), and Jonah Hill is aight but really not worth the Oscar nom. Philip Seymour Hoffman (who was also great in Charlie Wilson) is a welcome presence, though.
b) Horrible Bosses
This is one of those movies that seemed more fun in the trailer, I think. Jason Sudeikis was definitely the funniest guy in the cast. Nice to see Kevin Spacey getting back to the kind of thing he does best, really it's practically a reprise of his role from Swimming With Sharks.
c) Midnight In Paris
The last few years I have felt like an idiiot touching a hot stove over and over when I keep sitting down and watching every new Woody Allen movie hoping for the best and being even more appalled than I was by the last one. This is finally the dead cat bounce where he wound up back in tolerable territory, though, even if the amount of money this movie made is just absurd. This would be a good movie for grade school kids who are just starting to learn about 20th century art and literature to watch and be proud of themselves for understandinging, I don't know what value it really has for adults, though, other than a strong ccast and some amiable performances.
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