Sunday, April 12, 2009

What Just Happened (2008)




Not a great movie. But one line made it memorable.

See this movie if you want to see Bruce Willis with a bearded face and a kippah covered head give a eulogy and say what every congregational Rabbi would say if only he had the guts of a great action hero! I'm not going to spoil it for you. You have to have been a congregational rabbi, or lay leader, and seen the movie to know what I'm talking about.

Other than that one line the movie really missed the mark. Actually, even that line, as memorable as it was for its content failed in its delivery. It failed to make use of a really interesting premise and an incredible arsenal of comic talent.

As much as the film makers tried to make up for poor writing with one or two spells of extreme over the top over-acting, the film failed to make much of an impression on me.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I just reviewed The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Check it out here.