A Year of Movies

Week 3: Jan 15, 2010 to Jan 21, 2010
Total number of movies watched: 10

26. 3:10 to Yuma -- An excellent western starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. Probably one of the top western movies--I'd rank it up there with Unforgiven as one of my favorites in that genre. I'll have to read the Elmore Leonard short story someday. Wonderfully rich, three-dimensional, not all good-not all bad characters in this movie. Intense action and ending.

27. Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion -- Hey, sometimes you just have to watch a light, funny movie from time to time, and you might as well watch one with some eye candy. Like, you know?

28. Blue Velvet -- And then you follow that up with a dark, twisted, odd, odd movie with a scary Dennis Hopper and some scenes that frankly were rather disturbing. I had never seen this before, a friend recommended it, and while I did like it overall, parts were just....as I said, disturbing.

29. My Best Friend's Wedding -- Hey, sometimes you got to watch movies the wife likes. I like this rom-com too. Julia Roberts as the 'bad' guy in this. And what a 'villain' she turned out to be. Cameron Diaz looked SO young in this movie.

30. Runaway Bride -- Another Julia Roberts movie. Another wedding....or rather multiple weddings. Another pairing of Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. While I don't think this one tops Pretty Woman, it still is an enjoyable rom-com (and Julia does this thing with her mouth--makes it look like she's a duck).

31. HeartBreakers -- It was a weekend of rom-coms. Funny movie. More eye-candy.

32. Mulholland Dr. -- Another truly bizarre and twisted David Lynch movie. I liked this one slightly better than Blue Velvet, but that might be because I've seen this one a few times before and I wasn't as shocked by it this time around.

33. Rear Window -- As you'll see in future posts, I'm working my way through Alfred Hitchcock's movies. A little dated perhaps (primarily with the ending effects), but still a very, very good movie. Impressive use of one set. I liked the chemistry between James Stewart and Grace Kelly. She just glows on the screen and you can't take your eyes off her.

34. Dave -- This 'political' movie makes one wish it were possible for something good to truly come out of Washington. Sweet movie.

35. Psycho -- What more can be said about this movie that hasn't already been said so many times before. A classic noir film.

I guess this was the week of primarily twisted movies and eye candy. Hmmm...perhaps I should try to find some movies that combines both those qualities. Probably something by Quentin Tarantino. I'm working toward getting to some of his films in the very near future. And while I am a fan of Alfred Hitchcock's works and I enjoy Lynch's twisted movies and all the various eye-candy films, I think my favorite for this past week was 3:10 to Yuma.