Random Soso Movies

The Eagle has Landed

You'd think with this great cast this would be a very good movie, sadly, it suffers from a convoluted plot and what I can only imagine were crucial scene cuts. World War II German paratroopers and an Irish spy sneak across into England to assassinate Churchill. We see too much back story for paratroop commander Michael Caine, but not enough explain as to why Donald Sutherland falls in love with a Brit gal. Find Robert Duvall, I challenge you.

Library: VHS Dora, Coquille, Lakeside. DVD North Bend, Bandon, Myrtle Point

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074452/

A Bridge Too Far

Another WWII epic from the '70s. I THINK the main theme of this film is how the brits are deeply bureaucratic. Seems sad to waste so much celluloid on such crap. Some nice scenes with Anthony Hopkins and Gene Hackman, though they're terribly underutilized.

Library: VHS Coos Bay, Coquille, Dora DVD Myrtle Point, Bandon

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075784/

Broken Vows

Tommy Lee Jones plays a bored priest who sees a man die and searches for meaning in his calm passing. In the process he meets a girl and falls for her. The flawed script and made for tv production values detract from enjoying it. I'm not sure what the ending meant. I would prefer a clearer outcome and some reason for all the elements.
Library: Bandon

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092700/

Napoleon Dynamite

This strange film about a misfit high school kid left me wondering what the heck was going on. My husband Murry liked the weird story and the talented dancing the very oddball Napoleon did toward the end of the film. I like quirk with a purpose. Maybe the set up just didn't fit my demographic.

Library: Coos Bay, Bandon

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/

Brick

High school filmnoir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Brendon finds his ex-girlfriend dead in a culvert and sets about to find her killer. The code language, dark colors and mafioso plot contrasts starkly to the clean young faces playing these rules. I didn't get to the point of suspension of disbelief.

Library: Bandon

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/

Broken Dagger

Pre-911 documentary about terrorism. It's somewhat interesting how they outline the elements of terrorist attacks, but it's old and rather dated infromation.

Library: Bandon

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436145/

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