A quick review of recent movies...the Columbus Film Guild attended "Public Enemies" last week. Good flick. A bit long, loved Johnny Depp, but really felt like this was just one more romanced gangster-story movie. And why did the film not include actual newsreel footage or police photographs? How much of the movie is factual? I guess I'll never know, but there is a John Dillinger museum in Hammond, Indiana. Road trip anyone?
But if I may, I'd like to mention Judd Apatow's "Funny People." Terrific and fresh. I saw a couple of reviews before seeing it, and really expected the movie to be a series of loosely connected comedy skits. Quite the opposite. "Funny People" was an interesting, funny, sad and thoughtful look at celebrity life, and the life of a comedian. And the comedy was hysterical, penis jokes and all.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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