Brothers Movie
This mornings email included a link to the trailer for the movie Brothers. I immediately thought three things:
- Jake Gyllenhaal could make his career on the Middle East. I could come to think of him anytime I think of war movies about Iraq or Afghanistan. In the same way I think of James Cagney as the Chicago gangster.
- Tobey Maguire looks like the real deal.
- Maybe I’ll finally see Natalie Portman in another great film. I can’t think of anything great she’s done since The Professional. Star Wars may have been a hit. But I hardly think it highlighted acting talent.
Now that I’ve seen the trailer I think somebody did a great job writing the script for those kids. My five year old and her friends sound just like those little girls.
Apparently, I am going to have to go and see the movie, which according to the Newsdesk section at IMDB is not a war movie. Well, maybe not technically. But to me a post-war family drama is still a war movie. People are still dealing with what happened during a war. The story could not unfold without those precipitating events.
I think The War at Home is also a war movie. Though all of it takes place in the United States, after the war.
I straight up know I can’t handle that movie. No way. Too much anguish. I get extremely involved in movies. I think I’d cry more than Steel Magnolias.
Have you seen Garden State? I really liked her in that. But I think it was directed more towards my generation. And The Other Boleyn Girl was decent, but I’m a sucker for period pieces.
And I agree, The Professional was awesome. I cried at the end of that too.
.-= Elizabeth A.´s last blog ..I’d rather donate to Planned Parenthood. =-.
I agree Natalie Portman was good in the Other Boleyn Girl. I just didn’t think the movie overall was great. I have not seen Garden State. But not being the target demographic doesn’t always deter me. I loved Bring It On. And I am a good ten years older than those characters when the movie came out. But I still remember the cheer competition being the end all and be all of life.
On the flip side, I am really glad that actual teens seem to play teens in movies now. I remember lamenting how none of the boys in my high school were anywhere close to as good looking as Andrew McCarthy. Then somebody told me that no high school boy will ever look as good as a 26 year old. Such unfair expectations set in those John Hughes films. lol.