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Life or Something Like It (2002)
Mostly recommended for fans
Frankly speaking... im sick of romantic comedies.. but im a fan of Angelina Jolie and Tony Shalhoub, and i've decided to give this a shot.. an average performances by Jolie, Shalhoub, and also Ed Burns , Jolie and Burns have the chemistry there, but they are lack of screen time and also the script is poor. Most plot ends before it started to blossom , and everything is messy. I have seen most movies by Angelina Jolie and Ed Burns, Jolie is very excellent in face expressions and body languages.. but in this one, she failed to deliver.. instead, she looked washed out in those platinum wig, given more thought.. she dont have to be a Marylin Monroe Blonde, she could just be a sophisticated blonde. And it look awkward seeing her screaming and having girl talk with her girl pal.. it looks fake!
on the other hand, this movie did delivery few good scenes.. i like the "strike" scenes the most, with everyone singing to 'cant get no satisfaction' , i wouldnt say its funny, but it do gives the feel good feeling watching it , and also the scene where jolie was in AMUSA interviewing, and this movie has quite good soundtrack as well.
overall.. i'd say its an average shot by everyone , i wouldnt classify it as comedy, maybe a lil romance , angelina jolie can do better than this in her attempt to make comedy, she have what it takes to do good comedy, but maybe not sloppy "romantic comedy" like this , lets just hope she gets better comedic role in future.
movie rating : 5/10
Fucking Åmål (1998)
good movie , not so convincing acting.
Fucking amal or Show me love , which ever they put it on the cover of ure dvd, vcd,or vhs, its the same movie, same themes, teenagers , teenagers in sweden, teenagers everywhere!. Its not a lesbian movie, trust me, i think everyone should watch it. I love international movies, thus i watched this one, wouldnt say its my favorite, but its watchable. Moodysoon manage to blend it all together, siblings relationships, school outcast , sick of life, suicide ( or at least suicide attempt) , homosexuality , parents-children relationships , what else could you ask in a movie? , good plot, predictable ending, so-so soundtrack , and abit over exaggerate on the unnessesscary parts.
on the actors, i'd have to say that Moodysoon , the charaters Agnes and Elin failed to create chemisty between them , and Agnes was'nt all convincing as a school outcast who's head over heels in love with Elin, and also the scene where she attempted suicide, as well as the scene where she confronted the girl in wheelchair, its just not convincing, maybe she should put more expression in her acting, nevertheless, i'd say Rebecka Liljeberg definately steal the show with her beauty, such a sweet lil' face. And the Character Elin as well, her acting is kinda dull. But the story is good that the acting isnt as big a flaw.
i do recommend this to everyone again, as i said, its not the best international movie ever, but its worth watching , to others to expect any romantic gay scene or whatsoever , do not dissapoint yourself, this movie is no where near "but im a cheerleader , get real , butch camp or go fish" , its just a movie standing there by it self . I seriously cant wait to watch more of Lukas Moodysoon's master piece, with his talent, i'm sure he will go far, applause for Moodysoon, i do hope he carry on producing good movies. 6/10 * .
Original Sin (2001)
not one of the best banderas and jolie movies, but its a better ones.
first of all, i'd like to say, the reason why i watch this movie, 95% because im a big big fan of angelina jolie, ive watched 14 movies of hers and i wouldnt wanna miss out on this one, and the other 5 %, because the release of this particular movie has been postponed for alot of time. If you want to see the most beautiful women of the new generation (lets not talk marylin monroe, audry hepburn,and sophia loren here), watch this movie, angelina jolie is better looking than ever! she is looking absolutely stunning with or without dress in the movie, great acting as well, even though she is the female fatale in the movie, but shes not using any sorts of violence on banderas nor any of the other characters, infact, her manners, her love, her slickyness slightly p***es me off, all the while i wanting to shout " get rid of her Banderas! shes poisonous! dont trust her!" yet u find that shes so irresistable, u want to love her no matter how much she screwed up.
banderas sucessfully potrays the character of luis, a loveable husband, a person who goes weak when it comes to loving julia/bonnie, a person who would do anything for love.
i'd say if ure up for a smooth , quiet friday night, check this movie out, watch it properly and catch every single word, you will love it.
Satree lek (2000)
good laughs, very original , and almost real!
I've heard about this movie for quite sometimes before actually manage to see it. It has been given very good reviews from the Media. In this movie, each character is interesting and been given their own special attention, starting from the important character like Mon & Chai, to the less important roles like April, May & June. It pretty much revolves around a bunch of drag queen playing volleyball , entering competition,sportsman ship, team work, relationship between transsexuals and real men, sexual discrimination. You will enjoy this movie from the start till the end, although sometimes in some scenes, the director didnt really make it clear why on earth that particular scenes is needed for. The actors and actresses made a good job as drag queen and gay people considering the fact that all of them (except one) claimed to be straight and most of them are in 'straight relationship', and also, you'll get to learn and see the wonders or Thailand, and also the way they made a movie about volleyball in thailand, considering that Volleyball is not a popular sports in Thailand, yet, this movie still manage to emerged as the 2nd highest grossing movie ever, in Thailand, behind the movie NangNak. Recommended to everyone, you wont regret it.