Movie Review and More

(side note: i currently don't have any internet at my place. Only at the school i teach, and i'm only supposed to be on it for research for my class)

Today is the school festival at the school i teach, but i didn't receive a scheduel and missed my Advanced English class performance. So i decided to not watch the rest. Most of the day i've been in the teacher's office watching the K-1 world MAX
2009 final four matches. Congratulations to Giorgio Petrosyan for becoming the 2009 champion


Last Saturday i went to Yongsan station, like any big subway station in Korea there it was attached to a shopping mall. As i was shown what this mall had to offer i found a spot that sold bootleg DVDs. As i skimmed through the notebook of American movies i was surprised to find two movies i was looking for. The first being PUSH directed by Paul McGuigan who also diredted, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVEN and WICKER PARK. Having only seen "SLEVEN" i and the trailer to "PUSH" i had high hopes for this film. In the end i can't say it was awesome, or that it sucked but my price of 3,000won was well spent. I think i will pick up an original copy to see the making of the film to try to pick up some pointers.
The film quickly references World War II, where pepople with physic abalites are turned into soliders. I was somewhat dissapointed with the cinemagotraphy of this film. The shots seemd somewhat plain to me, and i didn't care for the close ups and two shots used throughout the film. Which was probably due that i really didn't find the characters too interesting so i didn't care for the drama they were going through. The one character i did enjoy was called "Victor" who was a "mover" the sames as Chris Evans' character, but you only see him in breifly in the film using his abalites. If you like Sci-Fi action movies might want to rent this instead of buying it. -As for my film review, it's more of my personal comment on the film. What i like is different from what you might like. If you watch the film you might enjoy it the first time, but if you skip it you won't be missing anything. Although they did leave it open for a sequel.

The one film that i was happy to find was THE SOLOIST. I remeber seeing the trailer before i left Chicago and when i heard that the DVD was out i asked my friends to mail me a copy (all of which told me to go to Amazon, what are friends for eh). When i picked up a copy the person who was with me told me that Jamie Foxx acted his ass off. I thought he was good, but not great. He's just another comedian turned dramatic actor. I'm not trying to put the guy down, i loved him in Peter Berg's THE KINGDOM and like him in MIAMI VICE. What i meant is that he's just another comedian turned dramatic actor, the best example i can think of is Tom Hanks. Anyway he's good in the film, and so is Robert Downey Jr. This film is about a journalist (Downey's character)who hears music, after seeing who is playing the music he decides to write a story about the homeless man (Foxx's character). He then decideds to help him by giving him a cello that he can play. As Downey interacts more with Foxx he slowly realizes that he needs help and more importantly realizes that there are many people in the streets of LA that need help just as much. There's a bit more to the story as well, Foxx's character is a bit unstable and Downey refuses to take full responsibilities. The film is good and i suggest you watch it and experience it for yourself.