Saturday, January 07, 2006
all beautiful and shit
Happy Birfday! We're Two!
(change channel)
Saw Brokeback Mountain last night and it's that good. Pathos wears a cowboy hat as the complexity of the Larry McMurtry-penned screenplay feels warm, real and complicated. Take in the fact that DP Rodrigo "Those pretty shots on 21 Grams were my backyard" Prieto and Gustavo "No, I'm not the Mexican Rick Rubin" Santaloalla had their hands in it and waaamo I wanted to press rewind and watch it again. And yes, its all DJ Screw at the beginning but just when you think you have it figured it out, Larry & Ang throw you a Pedro Martinez curve and watch it twirl. Heath Ledger plays the part with ease and comfort and makes his internal struggle of whether he be gay and stuff quite real. Jake Gyllenhaal ain't too shabby either. Freaks and Geeks star Linda Cardellini plays a fucked up waitress well and this film is prime for a post-Hollywood classicism.
I'll be outlining some of last year's cinematic gems in the next few days.
No, wait. I'll just do it now.
1. Me and You and Everyone We Know
2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3. 2046
4. Junebug
5. Last Days
6. Sin City
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Mysterious Skin
9. Walk the Line
10. Paradise Now
11. Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room
12. Batman Begins
13. Broken Flowers
Films That People Say Are Great But I Haven't Seen Yet But Will See Soon:
1. King Kong
2. Oldboy
3. A History of Violence
4. Capote
5. Breakfast on Pluto
6. Mirrormask
7. Oliver Twist
8. Hustle and Flow
Special Girlfriend Jury Prize:
Calvin's World
