The Usual Suspects
Good night this is a good movie, I can't believe I never saw it before! I don't want to give anything away but let's just say everything about it reminds me of the best films of the 70s. In an age where every movie is now about special effects and bloodless action scenes a smart, gritty, intense, actor driven movie like this comes like a breath of fresh air. Why don't they make movies like this any more?
10/10
Fargo.
Every time I see this movie I laugh but then I feel bad for laughing. There really isn't another movie like this. Oh and extra kudos to this movie for having a female hero who looks like a real woman and has real problems. I mean it is so rare to see a female hero who doesn't look like a super model and who doesn't have soap opera type problems. Here she is a real person and while she is tempted to cheap for about five minutes she doesn't and she doesn't blow the problems she has with her husband out of all proportion and do any of the typical Hollywood stuff like yell at him or leave him without telling him why, I am always blown away by that. I mean here is a comedy that ends with someone in a wood chipper and yet it also contains one the sweetest and most real adult relationships I have ever seen on film, now that takes talent to pull off as a writer and a film maker.
10/10