Apostrophe S

I’ve done this before, so I thought I’d add a sequel.

“Donnie Darko”

First off, I’m a loser and just saw “Donnie Darko” for the first time this weekend. A truly bizarre and fun film. I’ll go so far as to call it excellent because, if nothing else, I wanted to watch it again as soon as the credits finished rolling. Not many movies can do that. Plus Jake Gyllenhaal is fun and engaging as an ’80s private school kid with issues. I’m not going go into this one too deeply, because others have stomped that horse into the ground. All I’m going to say is that if you’re confused, just search for “The Philosophy of Time Travel” with your favorite search engine.

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

For those of you who know me, we’ve probably already discussed this movie at length. To sum it up, yes, it’s as much fun as the original. Captain Jack is back, although a tad tamer, as are a swell group of character actors, all of whom are fun to watch play pirate. (Although the movie probably wouldn’t have suffered all that much if Orlando and Keira had sat this one out.)

The only problem is that it suffers from middle child syndrome. It will probably get lost when the trilogy is finished. It assumes you know too much at the beginning and doesn’t resolve enough at the end. In essence, it leaves you hanging in a bad way. The viewer wants the movie to have a real ending, not to give him the cinema equivelant of blue balls. (Sorry.)

Actually, I guess those are the only really interesting movies I’ve watched lately. I saw most of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” Also “Runaway Jury.” Hmm… Did I mention before that I saw “The Proposition”?