Review of Human Nature (2001) by Nickels K — 10 Dec 2006

[size=3][font=Franklin Gothic Medium]Well I went to the new Roseville 14 on Friday, and I saw that they will still play the indie movies that Har Mar did so that was good. Overall it was a very good theater. Comfy chairs that lean back (and don't flip up), automated ticket sellers, an arcade, good on the snack department, etc. Just one big problem. The ticket booth is outside. That's right in a Minneasota theater the ticket booth is outside. Ya that's gonna be fun during the winter. Same with automated ticket sellers, they' re both outside. Oh well. Anyways here are the reviews.

I'll just get this one over with, cause this movie (It's not even worth being called a film) is not gonna be a long review. Scary Movie 4, everything and anything that was at least partially funny from the previous 3 is gone, cause I never laughed during this film. It's not even a so bad it's good thing, it's just really boring, repetitive, and unfunny. It doesn't even to be even in the same series as the 1st one (which I thought was funny). Don't waste your time on the crap, please for the sake of humanity there is not a single damn thing that is even somewhat redeeming in this movie. DO NOT SEE IT!

Ok finally back to civilization, now let's talk about Human Nature, the orginal Micheal Gondry/ Charlie Kaufman team-up (The other being Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind). This both critically and audience panned film (it only grossed $651,165) I actually found very interesting. It's about a woman (Patricia Arquette) who grows hair all over her body because of a hormonal defect who lives out in the forest for awhile, and becomes a nature writer. However she gets lonely so she finds a scientist (Tim Robbins) who is shy with because of his dick size and is also obsessed with table manners. So one day they go hiking in the woods to find a man (Rhys Ifans) who has been living out in the wild for his whole life. So the scientist tries to make him human, and it goes off from there. it's a bit of a sex comedy, but not 100%. It asks a lot questions about human... well I guess nature. Is it more human to live in the wilderness or be a civilization? Stuff like that. It also has a romantic subplot that is funny at times, mostly because of Patrica and Tim's performances. It's a very good script, but it's definatley not Charlie's best. Some times the dialouge is a bit werid (in the sense of awkward) and a bit over the top. Gondry of course does a very good job a directing, but again not his greatest job. Overall I think it's an underated film that is flawed, but I found very good.

Well I was hoping Babel would be really good, cause I loved 21 Grams which was directed and written by the same people, but alas with the film's muddy message it's not strong enough to make you say it was a good movie. It's a bunch of interconnecting stories that all deal with how language and borders affect people around the world. Now I heard from an interview that the point the director was trying to make was how all the languages do not unite and only hurts the world population. Well I could kinda see that with some of the stories, but a couple of them didn't seem to have anything to do with the message. Like one story is about a deaf/mute Japanese girl who's really horny, and tries to have sex. That's it. I mean if you really think about it you can probably find some meaning to that, but it still isn't that nesscesary. The cinematography is quite good actually and so is the directing. The acting is so-so with the actual actors, but the the non-actors were amazing. I thought they were actually much better than the stars. Also the pacing is kind of off, like some stories go much slower than others which has a dampering affect on the expereince. It's an alright movie, but it ain't winning best picture, and it's definatley not as good as 21 grams. Well remember to comment on this so I know what you like or don't like, or you can just comment and say hi. Peace.

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