Movie Talk

Nov. 23, 03
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There are quite a few new movies out in tune with the soon-to-arrive holiday season. This movie goer has seen a number of them, some good some bad, as usual.

Three are mentioned here:

(1) Mystic River... A heavy duty film, and more impressionable ( to this writer) than the book on account of the fine performance of all the main characters. It is just a little too heavy for this movie watcher to want to see it again, at least not for a long time.

(2) Love actually... This movie is probably too silly for serious movie watchers to see . This writer went away with a smile on his face, and does not mind seeing it again. Why? because one can feel good after the movie. To this writer, it is what movies are all about, spending an enjoyable time at the theater.

(3) Human stain... This movie appears to be about an old college professor having an affair with a 34 years old young woman, so one is led to believe on the outset --- NOT SO. It has a much more serious undertone than a silly old man having a fling with the urge to feel or to feel young again. The film is not major studio  production, but with major actors of our time in the production