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A Dangerous Method 2011
I really wanted to like this. Cronenberg, Mortensen, Fassbender. It seemed like a winning formula, but it wasn't. It's an interesting enough subject, the acting, the sets, the costumes are spot on, but the characters just talk and talk and argue and talk and it goes on and on... I wasn't emotionally attached to any of them. Freud is supposedly a father figure to Jung, but they don't show any affection between them. It simply lacked depth.
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The Princess of Montpensier 2010
I suspected this movie would be bad, but I went ahead and saw it because: France, Renaissance costumes, Gaspard Ulliel. But, oh dear, the story! It's based on a 17th century novella, so I get that they had to be faithful to the story, but this is literally two and a half hours of stupid people making stupid decisions. The naïve Princess is strong-armed into increasingly ridiculous situations by handsome but ill-intentioned men. By the middle of the movie, you'd…
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Your Highness 2011
A really funny movie! Fantastic performances from Franco and McBride and amazing, realistic set and costume design. This one will go down in history as one of the best. Our children will look back and say, "Wow, our parents really liked fart jokes."
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A Serious Man 2009
Full disclosure here: I haven't seen "The Big Lebowski" or "Raising Arizona" yet. I'm working on it. I've seen quite a few Coen movies, though, and all of them are great; better than most of the stuff made in the past 20 years.
And yet, "A Serious Man" stands out, to me, as something absolutely masterful, above and beyond "True Grit" and "No Country for Old Men". Maybe even "Fargo", but that requires a way longer discussion. I may be…
