Capote was a movie that demonstrated to us that there are still actors in this world. Truman Capote was played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and his sidekick, Harper Lee byCatherine Keener. That is a powerful 1-2 punch of acting if you ever saw one. While it was an actors movie neither of the two disappeard completely into their roles. I think the fey voice that Hoffman used for Capote distracted me.
4 of 5 stars.
Tony Dungy and his Colts lost to the hated Pittsburgh Steelers 21-18 today. Another year and another loss in the playoffs for a coach that many in the league like and who has had an emotional year. Yet this loss is a just another in the long string of big games that he has lost. And that’s his problem.
First, I like the man and the coach. He turned the Tampa Bay organization around into winners when he had coached there. For that I am eternally grateful. He built a perennial winner in Tampa with one mean defence. And he still lost the big games. Was it a coincidence that the Bucs won the Super Bowl the year after they had let Dungy go? I think not.
Let’s face it. Every big game he has coached in, he gets out coached and his players are not ready. His best chance was the 1999 NFC championship game with the Bucs almost taking out the eventual Super Bowl champs, St. Louis Rams. In it, just one play to make and Tony Dungy would’ve gone on to be a big game coach. It was not made, and he has never come as close as that. For the rest of his tenure in Tampa, he brought the Bucs to playoffs where they were summarily dismantled twice by the Eagles.
Now this season with the Colts could’ve been unique. He should’ve went for an undefeated season. Yet, he slacked off in the end. The loss of his son could’ve also motivated him to win one now. I don’t think he has the heart to crush his opponents.
Anyway the hated Steelers advance to the AFC championship game. They’ll face the sucky Broncos who can’t play defence worth squat, and they’ll make it to the Super Bowl.
I am going to have to live with the stupid Steelers fans for another year yelling that their time is number 1. Tony Dungy is going to have to look at another loss in the big game. The Colts’s management have got to look at if this guy can win the big one. I think not.
I have been buying a lot of DVDs lately. One of the latest is Jumanji. I got the version with the Jumanji game built into the box cover. After watching the movie, I think I’ll pass on playing it.
It’s the version labeled as the deluxe edition on the box. What’s so special about this one? Commentary by Robin Williams? Deleted scenes with David Alan Grier? A topless Bebe Neuwirth?
No. Nyet. You wish.
Instead, inside you’ll find a coupon for one ticket worth $7.50 to Zathura.
Yes, Zathura.
I would like to have considered this as money back from watching that movie in the theatres, except we all know how much coupons really cost. My best bet is to try to redeem it then sneak into a better movie. Anyone know where it’s playing?
The new MacIntel hardware was shown off yesterday and surprises of surprises, a new laptop that is not a updated iBook was revealed. Sadly, it was saddled with the lamest of lame names: MacBook Pro. That makes such a sexy piece of equipment sound like a dorky financial application.
I cried when I saw it though. It makes it all the more harder to get the dual PPC G5 desktop I so crave. Hmm. Can I have more Macs in my house than need?
Vote for my friend, Wyman’s, version of the Silent Hill movie poster. I got several emails from him today bugging me about it, so vote.
Check this video out. Supremely hilarious.http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267
Although too late to appear on my year end: list of the best of 2005, I caught some movies over the holidays. I therefore owe you some reviews. I wish I could write these but they will be short.
While some had seen this early in the season, we watched The Family Stone on New Year’s day. While Luke Wilson always is a pleasure to see in a film, this movie does not rest on his shoulders. It rests on Sarah Jessica Parker’s, and her skinny ass could not bring this one home. I lost interest when I could not believe that anyone could fall for her let alone someone her complete opposite. It was only a film.
3 of 5 stars.
To brighten up the holidays, I caught Munich the day after. I think the controversy over this one is uncalled for. Most likely the people complaining about the sympathy it evokes for the Palistinean cause never saw a frame of the film. Yes it does cast Israel in somewhat of a bad light, but only if you think that they should not have retaliated.
In fact, I thought Spielberg gave voice to the anger and made sure that revenge is something that is tolerable. I completely did not read the “war is bad” vibe into this. Maybe Eric Banna did not convey what needed to be conveyed about revenge very well. He was to transform into person who did not know where his morals went. I did not see it.
4 of 5 stars.
I also saw Harry Potter 4 again. I give it 4 of 5 stars on second go round.
This time Blue really is dead. R.I.P. Patrick Crenshaw.
Well, the conclusion of a year always brings about list making. I, for one, love to make lists. This one, unlike last year’s is shorter. It seems that my tastes were more discriminating. Or else movies sucked this past year.
I went through a lot of my previous posts for this so enjoy.
5 stars: NONE!!!
4 stars:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith.
Wow! I also rated a lot more movies low. No wonder the movie box office receipts were off this year. Lots of sucky product was released. Hopefully, this year is better
Vincent Schiavelli R.I.P. Mr. Vargas.
