Friday (9:50)- Mystic River: Good stuff. Definitely one of the top 3 films of the year. Don't know if it beats out Return of the King in the Oscar running, but it was definitely a great film. I've never really been a huge Sean Penn fan, but this movie was extremely well done in every aspect.
Saturday (10:00)- Yojimbo: A great old-school Japanese movie. Toshiro Mifune makes a great samurai, and the movie itself was hilarious in addition to the intriguing music and story line. Excellent movie.
Saturday (4:15)- Girl With A Pearl Earring: Was pleasently surprised. I read the book in school, but none of my classmates seemed to like it, even though I thought it was great. Scarlet Johannssen is a hottie
, and all the major plot points were hit. The cinematography in this film was absolutely fantastic, and she really did look like the girl in the painting. Acting was good, and the set was realistic as well. I do think more of the book could've been brought in to expand the plot a bit more, but it was awesome nonetheless. S. Johanssen got a GG nomination for this movie, even though she probably only has like 5 pages of dialogue.
Saturday (6:15)- Sanjuro: Another fantastic samurai movie. Same character as Yojimbo, and played with humor and intensity. Great film.
Saturday (9:30)- Cold Mountain: I went to the theater to see this, but the line was extremely long, and I'm antisocial, so I just decided to go home.
Sunday (1:00)- Big Fish: I know there was another thread made about this already, so I won't repeat anything. Very cool. I was always kind of iffy with Tim Burton, making both good and bad stuff, but this was a very cool movie.
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