Crying Game, Killing Emmett Young and The Lake House

I am not sure anyone is really reading this anyway, but to anyone who is and has noticed the lack of posting for a while, I apologize. I started a second job and have been so busy that I just haven't had time to write. Because of this I am going to post just a few comments on some movies I have recently seen, but I will not go in-depth as it has been a while on some of them and my impressions are fading! :-)

The Crying Game: This was not a bad movie, but I was a little puzzled by all the hype, as I did not think it was anything outstanding. The "big moment" came way earlier in the film than I thought it did and was very brief. Knowing what that big moment was may have tainted the film a bit, as you find yourself paying attention to all the "tells" in the movie.

Killing Emmett Young: This is a direct-to-DVD movie, but I gave it a try, as it stars one of my favorite actors (who I think is highly underrated) - Scott Wolf. Wolf was good in the film, but some of his costars were laughably bad, most especially Khandi Alexander of CSI: Miami and NewsRadio fame. The ending was rather lacking. It felt like they just ran out of steam and decided to stop filming. It had the feel of a TV show that gets canceled before the show can wrap up its plot-line.

Farenheit 9/11: Make no bones about it: I am NOT a George Bush fan and having worked some with Al Gore's presidential campaign, I cried a bit when he "lost" the 2000 election. With that being said, I was still a bit taken aback by the out-and-out anti-Bush sentiment of this film. I have no doubt that many of the things that film-maker Moore brings up are true, but the total lack of any portrayal of the other side of the story, when the documentary was meant to feel like journalism, was unconscionably blatant.

The Lake House: I really like Sandra Bullock, so why is it that I don't care much for so many of her films? Setting aside the major time questions that arise in this film (as they do in any film dealing with time travel type topics) that bugged me throughout my viewing, the film just felt flat. The performances were pretty one-note and felt a bit phoned in. The best part of the whole movie was the cute dog that bridged time periods!