Movie Madness

In the last couple weeks, I saw a handful of movies... Quick comments:

I didn't love "Australia" as much as I had hoped, but I still enjoyed it. It's a bit long, but it was shot beautifully, had a fantastic score and sometimes hit the romantic highs I was looking for. Hugh Jackman looked drool-worthy shirtless, and I always enjoy Nicole Kidman. It's no "Moulin Rouge!" though =)






Milk" was a really well-done movie, and there are a lot of parallels to what's going on in California today. Sean Penn will definitely get nominated for this. It's kind of scary to think that it wasn't that long ago that gays used to get beaten up by the police in Castro...

"Role Models" was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. About half-way through I decided I was going to buy it on DVD -- and I don't buy that many movies. Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott are hilarious. It's also funny without being overwhelmingly raunchy.

I liked "Twilight" enough, but it's not a great movie... it's a fun little distraction though. I think Kristen Stewart is a terrible actress, and I'd like to see her replaced with Alexis Bleidel from "Gilmore Girls." On the other hand, Robert Pattison was intense and sexy as Edward.


Next up: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- I hear it's supposed to be really good... and romantic.