I had a weekend movie binge recently...
The Weatherman - Pretty solid movie, I thought. Just a movie about a guy trying to get his shit together. It took some odd paths and had a few laugh out loud moments, so, I guess, it was worth the rental.
A History of Violence - Like fresnelly said, the few moments of violence in the movie are spectacular, it's just the shit in between that really drags this movie down. That and Maria Bello (?). Normally I like her stuff, Viggo is an excellent actor and William Hurt's role (as brief as it was) was pretty fantastic stuff, but just not enough to make this one a great movie.
Good night and good luck - I like the period pieces. I just think this one was kind of confused. Is it about the CBS newsroom? McCarthy? Murrow? the threat of the 'Red Scare?' or the relationship between Friendly and Murrow or Murrow and Pealy? Just a whole bunch of stuff kind of slapped together with no real structure. I like that it was filmed in black and white. I like that they stayed fairly true to the words of Murrow, but the rest just seemed to be filler in between Murrow soliloquies (gosh, I hope I spelled that right...)
Derailed - An excellent movie. I knew what was going on from the get go and knew how I thought it was going to end. I was pleasantly surprised. Anniston in her knickers on the bed is almost worth the price of admission.
