The Secret in Their Eyes...and Alice.
The Secret in Their Eyes is the Argentinean film that won the Academy Award for best foreign film-the one no one had heard of, when everyone expected The White Ribbon to get it.
It is a really good movie-moving back and forth between present day and the early 70's right before everything went REALLY bad in Argentina. There's rape and murder, and Ricardo Darin from Nine Queens is sent to investigate. Does he find the perpetrator? Yes, but the perp has connections and is set free, presumably to commit other crimes on behalf of the regime. All these years later, Ricardo is wondering what happened. Did the rapist/murderer disappear? Get a good job? Killed? And what about the victim's husband, who was destroyed by her death? What happened to him? And amongst this is the unrequited love story of Ricardo and his boss, the lovely and smart Irene-with they or will they not finish their story? I though what happened to the killer was chilling-my friend D thought he got what he deserved but I hate the idea of people taking justice into their own hands. And what happened? Did he tell Irene about it? No, I'm not going to say-go see it for yourself. It's worth it.
I liked Alice in Wonderland-that's all. It didn't move me like Big Fish, or make me love it like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or awe me like Batman and Sleepy Hollow. It was good but that's about it. I did not think much of Mia Wasiskowa (I know I'm misspelling her name) but Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter were very entertaining and I did not recognize Crispin Glover as Stayne (he was really good). I will say this-I wanted every outfit Alice wore excpet for the childish dress at the beginning. Who knew Wonderland had such high fashion? Rhat suit af armor at the end was tres cool, even if it did make her look like Joan of Arc (which I suspect was the point). Eh, watch it on dvd.
Iron Man 2 comes out soon! Now there's a movie I can't WAIT to see.
It is a really good movie-moving back and forth between present day and the early 70's right before everything went REALLY bad in Argentina. There's rape and murder, and Ricardo Darin from Nine Queens is sent to investigate. Does he find the perpetrator? Yes, but the perp has connections and is set free, presumably to commit other crimes on behalf of the regime. All these years later, Ricardo is wondering what happened. Did the rapist/murderer disappear? Get a good job? Killed? And what about the victim's husband, who was destroyed by her death? What happened to him? And amongst this is the unrequited love story of Ricardo and his boss, the lovely and smart Irene-with they or will they not finish their story? I though what happened to the killer was chilling-my friend D thought he got what he deserved but I hate the idea of people taking justice into their own hands. And what happened? Did he tell Irene about it? No, I'm not going to say-go see it for yourself. It's worth it.
I liked Alice in Wonderland-that's all. It didn't move me like Big Fish, or make me love it like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or awe me like Batman and Sleepy Hollow. It was good but that's about it. I did not think much of Mia Wasiskowa (I know I'm misspelling her name) but Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter were very entertaining and I did not recognize Crispin Glover as Stayne (he was really good). I will say this-I wanted every outfit Alice wore excpet for the childish dress at the beginning. Who knew Wonderland had such high fashion? Rhat suit af armor at the end was tres cool, even if it did make her look like Joan of Arc (which I suspect was the point). Eh, watch it on dvd.
Iron Man 2 comes out soon! Now there's a movie I can't WAIT to see.
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