Today was a good one. I had a most pleasing do nothing kind of Saturday. I watched my beloved Packers beat the tar out of the Vikings which was awesome, I must say. Then I sat back and had a mini-movie marathon. So here's what I watched...
Pitch Perfect - A somewhat rebel wannabe DJ goes to college and has to stay one year and get involved in something before her Dad will let her move to LA to become famous. So she joins an accapella group and the comedy begins! Actually, this film wasn't so bad. It was lighthearted and there was singing so it's hard to hate it! And it had Rebel Wilson in it who is a quirky Aussie import who can be very funny. This is a good movie to watch when you just want something that's not going to make you think too hard.
Looper - Of course, I liked this movie - it has Joseph Gordon Levitt in it, for crying out loud! LOL But actually, it had a pretty good plot AND Bruce Willis. It takes place in 2044. Time travel has been invented but its immediately outlawed and is now used by criminals to get rid of their "problems" in the future. They send the bad guy back to 2044 and the "looper" is waiting for him. He shoots him immediately and dumps the body. Since the body is from the future, no one is really looking for him anyway. Well, there's a really bad buy in the future called The Rainman and he starts sending the loopers back to 2044. Meaning the loopers older versions of themselves are returning, getting shot and ultimately cutting off their own future. It's called Closing the Loop. So, this is what happens to Joseph Gordon Levitt except in the future he grows up to be Bruce Willis and, well, you know Bruce Willis isn't going to go quietly! He wants to get back to the future so to speak so he decides what he has to do is kill the Rainman in the year 2044 when he is only a child and then none of this will actually happen. Yeah, I know...it's hard to follow and it was at times but it all came around in the end and it was pretty exciting too. Not a bad film at all!
Detachment - I saved the best for last. I picked this movie up on a whim and I can honestly say this is one of the best films I've seen in a long, long time. Brilliantly written, brilliantly directed and brilliantly acted. Adrian Brody stars as a substitute teacher who tries to live his life unattached emotionally from anyone and anything. Through his time at a failing school, where the tests scores are so low they're impacting the very survival of the school, where some teachers are disillusioned and barely hanging on while others are still trying to make a difference we see how easy it is to become alienated and isolated from one another even when we are in the same room. In spite of his attempts, he cannot NOT feel and it's only when he faces his hollow self that he finds redemption. It's beautiful and brilliant. I think Adrian Brody is one of the best actors around these days and he's flanked by other great performances by James Caan, Marcia Gay Hardin, Lucy Liu and others. You cannot watch this film without thinking. And you cannot walk away without feeling. Brilliant!
So that was this weekends bunch of movie rentals! All in all, a very good Saturday!
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