Review of Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) by Bara M — 09 Apr 2006

Okay, so, I haven't updated in like a month, and believe it or not, these are the only 5 English movies I've watched in that period. HK movies about double...an one Japanese one, and a few anime OAVs. And I'll get to those next post (HAHAHA).

:fresh: [u]Murderball[/u].

This wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. It was seriously lacking in...whatever makes docs good, I dunno WHAT per say, but it isn't 95% fresh-worthy for sure. It's decent enough, but I would recommend just about any other doc to people before this one. I think it didn't have enough to invest people into the people in the doc. I mean, it was kind of like a sports movie, but "real". So while it's easy to see why it didn't win the Oscar, it's not bad at all. It's pretty inspirational too, and for someone who doesn't really interact with physically disabled people, it was interesting to see what they had to say about being treated "different".

:fresh: [u]Mambo Italiano[/u].

Ooooh snap, this is now the best Canadian movie ever! I liked this. It's nothing new or inspired, but it is a very fun movie. It was funny and cute and a nice little movie. I liked how the ending was a little bit of a twist from straight movies where the main couple would be together forever and such. This movie made my friend's grandma change her hateful opion of homosexuals too, so it gets extra win-points.

:fresh: [u]Grizzly Man[/u].

This movie was NUTS. Or, more precisely, the guy who was in this movie was NUTS. THIS is what a doc should be - letting the crazy subjects be who they are. This is about 100x more engaging than Murderball because it doesn't have as many characters to follow, and the subject matter is something that people would have never heard of before (people know wheelchair rugby; people don't know of crazies living with the bears). Why didn't this win the Oscar? (It didn't, right?).

:fresh: [u]V for Vendetta[/u].

OH HEEEEEEELLLLLLLS YESSSSSSS~. This movie was awesome. I wanted to see "The Hills Have Eyes", but I wasn't 18, so I saw this and it was infinity-times better than that piece of shit (saw it on DVD). It is a true film that represents the voice of this generation. I felt like standing up in the theatre and yelling "FREEEEEEEEDOM!!" around the end, I was really moved by it. I just wished there was a 100% happy ending...but it is super awesome, and if you don't like this movie, you are a facist (or something...or not...>_>).

:rotten: [u]Snow Falling On Cedars[/u].

I only watched this because I had to read the book for English class. I didn't like the book much, but this movie took out everything that made that piece of shit good, leaving us with a hot mess of a movie. I'd recomend that everyone avoids this novel/movie, unless for a class. You could do worse in that situation, but this was okay for required viewing.