IN THEATRES...
* The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, a comedy of desperation that feels desperate. So much so, you'll pity it more than laugh at it. With Jeremy Piven.
* Ponyo, Miyazaki's latest (and possibly last) movie is geared toward younger kids, and as a result, will leave the adults only partially satisfied. Pretty to look at, there is more good than bad, but not the masterpiece his fans have hoped for.
UPDATED TO CRITERION CONFESSIONS...
* Equinox, the sci-fi low-budget is preserved as a historical curiosity due to its pioneering special effects, but your curiosity may vary.
THIS WEEK IN DVD REVIEWS...
* The Astonishing Work of Tezuka Osamu, collecting 13 animated shorts by the manga/anime legend.
* Big Man Japan, a confused mockumentary about giant monsters and giant monster fighters in Japan. See it for the fights, fast forward through the rest.
* ER: The Complete Eleventh Season is the year ER maybe should have stopped. Good-bye, Dr. Carter.
* I Love You, Man, one of my favorite comedies of the year, now on DVD.
* Repulsion - Criterion Collection, a Roman Polanski mindf*ck starring Catherine Deneuve. (Also at Criterion Confessions.)
Current Soundtrack: Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest
e-mail = golightly at confessions123.com * Criterion Confessions * Live Journal Syndication * My Corporate-Owned Space * ComicSpace * Last FM * GoodReads * The Blog Roll [old version] * DVDTalk reviews * My Books On Amazon
All text (c) 2009 Jamie S. Rich
1 comment:
I saw Big Man Japan at the Toronto Film Festival two years ago, before it had an English name - i saw it as Dai-Nipponjon, which translates Big Japanese (person).
I liked it more than you did, but it is pretty slow. Actually, i've found a lot of Japanese comedies to be rather slow and their sense of humour dry, even when its being ridiculous, like here. The conceit is funny, but not funny enough to sustain it.
gary/wallflower
Post a Comment