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Joe Kamsan · 09-30-2004, 03:47 PM

Updated my modest-sized list with the pleasant though unremarkableThe Terminal . Hanks can still elicit a laugh from me with the right type of sight gag yet the film felt like a clumsy attempt at an Truffaut-type comedy. Hanks' character is an easy-going, in-over-his-head guy getting into adventures, befriending the airport employees and even landing a job, all this while mangaging an elusive love interest. Watch for one moment that seems to have been lifted straight from Stolen Kisses. Too lovey-dovey and didn't have enough bite, though I still give it a B .

Meanwhile, a movie that totally surprised me was The Village. I went into this movie with no expectations; I had seen the trailer only twice but felt no urgency to go see it. All those factors probably helped my enjoyment of this movie, which in retrospect, does not entirely play fair with the audience. However, overlook the 'gimmick' to see it as a conceit pivotal to understanding the protaganist.

Spoiler:

A film that has mood and atmosphere in spades. I give it a A-.

09-30-2004, 03:47 PM	#309 of 490
Joe Kamsan Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 12:48 AM Local Date: 12-06-2008 Posts: 73	Updated my modest-sized list with the pleasant though unremarkableThe Terminal . Hanks can still elicit a laugh from me with the right type of sight gag yet the film felt like a clumsy attempt at an Truffaut-type comedy. Hanks' character is an easy-going, in-over-his-head guy getting into adventures, befriending the airport employees and even landing a job, all this while mangaging an elusive love interest. Watch for one moment that seems to have been lifted straight from Stolen Kisses. Too lovey-dovey and didn't have enough bite, though I still give it a B . Meanwhile, a movie that totally surprised me was The Village. I went into this movie with no expectations; I had seen the trailer only twice but felt no urgency to go see it. All those factors probably helped my enjoyment of this movie, which in retrospect, does not entirely play fair with the audience. However, overlook the 'gimmick' to see it as a conceit pivotal to understanding the protaganist. Spoiler: The audience knows that the threat of the monsters is not real, though it still remains real enough for Ivy, whose decision to embark on the journey - all for the sake of love - is made that much more corageous. So in a nutshell, even though there weren't any monsters, there were A film that has mood and atmosphere in spades. I give it a A-.