Wednesday, June 30, 2004
The Terminal
Went and saw The Terminal today.
It's the kind of movie a lot of people probably won't like. It's got no car crashes, no action scenes, no shocking revelations about the tragedy of the human condition.
It will make you laugh a lot, and smile, and occasionally sigh wistfully. I guess you could say that's cheezy, or saccharine. There's lots of words that you could use that would be at the same time condescending and unassailable.
Ever notice that if you describe a dark film as being depressing, people act as though you missed the point. "Well, of course it's depressing! It's supposed to be depressing. Don't you have any real comments about the film?"
Yet it's perfectly alright to slag a film just because of a happy ending. Something strange about that.
The Terminal is thoroughly well put-together. Would you expect any less from Steven Spielberg? And Tom Hanks does a great job in the lead role. It also manages to make some sideways comments about Homeland Security and what is truly great about the American Dream.
I hate writing movie reviews so I'll stop there, but it's a great picture. Well worth the price of admission. As long as you don't hate feeling generally good about things.
-Trevor
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It's the kind of movie a lot of people probably won't like. It's got no car crashes, no action scenes, no shocking revelations about the tragedy of the human condition.
It will make you laugh a lot, and smile, and occasionally sigh wistfully. I guess you could say that's cheezy, or saccharine. There's lots of words that you could use that would be at the same time condescending and unassailable.
Ever notice that if you describe a dark film as being depressing, people act as though you missed the point. "Well, of course it's depressing! It's supposed to be depressing. Don't you have any real comments about the film?"
Yet it's perfectly alright to slag a film just because of a happy ending. Something strange about that.
The Terminal is thoroughly well put-together. Would you expect any less from Steven Spielberg? And Tom Hanks does a great job in the lead role. It also manages to make some sideways comments about Homeland Security and what is truly great about the American Dream.
I hate writing movie reviews so I'll stop there, but it's a great picture. Well worth the price of admission. As long as you don't hate feeling generally good about things.
-Trevor
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