Recent viewings

I’ve seen the XMen film and I must say i am very impressed. I       had on purpose avoided reading too much about it beforehand. The casting       is close to brilliant; the story zooms along (even though you *do* figure       out most of it early on); the effects are great but you don’t really think       about them until after the film (which is the way it should be). I think       some purists might dislike the small changes and differences but I think       it made for a very good porting of the universe to film…

Taxi 2 - Taxi was fun, but Taxi 2 is an all around romp. It manages       to combine a polished american style action film (clichéed vilains,       car chases, combat.. and witty one liners) with the best of french comedy       (twisted situations and misunderstandings and loads of self-irony). Some       very cool car chases, and a martial art fight scene that should become       a piece of anthology…

Toy Story 2. I must say it’s even better than the first one. What       a romp! GO SEE IT. ANd if you haven’t seen the first one, what the heck       were you thinking?

"a Straight Story", in a totally different register.       A very very nice film too, odd and funny and touching. Not much happens,       but you sure aren’t bored. It’s very well filmed and directed, the dialogues       are absolutely wonderful. Reminded me of something in the family between       "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" and "Fargo"       (two excellent films too), but it isn’t dark.