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Kalifornia (1993)
Love it!
This is a fantastic movie! Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis are highly entertaining. I don't know many people who can be categorized as "trailer trash" but it seems to me Brad Pitt hit the nail on the head on this one and I always love Juliette Lewis. How can you not adore her in this? She's innocently adorable and if we didn't know her better we'd probably think she suffered from a slight mental retardation.
I'd give this 10 stars if it wasn't for David Duchovny who I've always found annoying. The "yuppie" characters in this movie are irritating anyway and with Duchovny in the role, they're annoying times 10. Although he played the victim, it was hard for me to sympathize with him on this one. Yes, their roles were necessary, but he certainly isn't.
Needless to say, Brad and Juliette stole the movie and are very well suited for the roles of trailer trash which can also be viewed in "Too Young to Die," another winner!
Virgil Bliss (2001)
Kinda' sad, kinda disturbing, Good movie!
Caught it on Sundance, didn't expect to watch the whole thing but it was pretty good, surprisingly touching. They could have picked better looking actors for the movie but I guess they wanted to "keep it real."
None of the fancy "Hollywood touch-ups" and all that b.s. Throughout the movie you just want to shout out, "Virgil, stop being an idiot!" But reality is, some people can't help it. Accounts for the high rate of recidivism I suppose.
Good job on the part played by Virgil Bliss, don't know his real name. I suppose he's the director and put himself in the starring role or something.
Good job on keepin' it real!
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Great movie, must see!
Great movie, seen it three times. Good job on the part of Jared Leto. Who knew a pretty boy could play such a dramatic role and be that convincing.
Ellen Burstyn was awesome! Great portrayal of speed freak to paranoid schizophrenic. I knew she was a winner ever since I first saw her on "The Exorcist," excellent movie by the way.
Didn't care much for the closeups during the scenes where they were frantically running from one thing or another. Made them look pretty ridiculous really.
Wow, Marlon Wayans was great, from idiot comedian to fine dramatic actor. He's usually a moronic fool but no sign of it here.
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Interesting movie, even more interesting people...
At first, I caught The Thin Blue Line in the middle of the movie. Not knowing what the movie was about I thought they were hired actors playing roles, like in "Deliverance." I didn't think people like that really existed in real life. Finally saw the whole thing, I guess I was wrong. I was rather young when the movie came out so I don't remember the buzz about it.
Anyway, poor Randall Adams. You wanna like the guy but other people keep referring to him as "lacking charm," so eventually, you see what they mean.
Are the people of Dallas really that stupid to be duped by a 16 year old kid? Apparently, they are. When the film reveals who the real killer actually is you begin to realize the detectives and the judge are idiots. Poor Emily Miller. I'm sure she regrets signing the release forms. I don't think it was Morris' intention to make her look like a horse's behind, it just happened.
But throughout the movie you start to forget the "evils" of David Harris. He's likable, kinda' sweet, surprisingly very young looking, makes Adams look like a nerd. Anyway, his story is rather amusing until you get to the audio tape at the end where you realize he is a true psychopathic personality, almost painting himself as the victim, completely unaware of his own evil in the killings. It's flabbergasting. You think to yourself, "Oh my god, is he really blaming Adams?"