The Holtonian

One good movie one bad movie

We rented two movies this weekend, one was critically acclaimed and supposed to be good, the other was reviewed as terrible and a waste of money. The two movies were The Good Sheperd and Music and Lyrics... guess which one I liked.

Music and Lyrics was your stereo typical cookie cutter Hugh Grant romantic comedy. The story is about a band called Pop in the 80s that is huge (pretty much they're Wham!) and the main star goes big (George Michael esque) and he has a huge career off where as the other main star of Pop (Hugh Grant) does gigs at Busch Gardens. The movie I thought was really funny, I mean to see Hugh grant doing these terribly cheesy 80s dance moves is histarical. Plus Pop's one hit wonder song is pretty spot on for a cheesy 80s song/video. I actually have the song stuck in my head at the moment, its that catchy! The whole story is kind lame as is the case with every romantic comedy. But it takes a good swipe at the rediculousness of today's pop music. The movies a little slow at parts but when you just sit back and just let the laugh's flow this movie is pretty funny. I compare it to 9months another Hugh Grant romantic comedy that had some really funny parts.

The Good Sheperd on the other hand... last time I fell asleep in a movie before this???? The Interpreter with Nicole Kidman. Maybe its the whole geo-political drama genre that just puts me to sleep. Ironically I wrote my senior thesis on the cold war so you'd think this movie would interest me. It had interesting parts, but was soooooooooo slow, the cast seemed to mumble the whole time, and Matt Damon probably said 3 things. I realize his character is the silent type but this is the 21st century... we don't have a place for a silent movies anymore.

The movie had some interesting themes, interesting ideas, cool setting (Cold War can't get any cooler... lame joke), but it was just soooooo boring.

Whenever I watch a movie like this (Interpreter) I recall a simpsons episode where marge and homer go see a movie and he lets her pick. She starts raving about all the reviews and how its one of the "best geo-political movies of the year..."
Homer's response, "awwwww Political???!"