Random Thoughts: Broken Flowers, Skeleton Key
Huh! Darren actually wrote about movies he saw?!?!? GASP!
Broken Flowers - 8/10
The first 20-25 minutes of this movie were pretty awful to sit through. Nothing happens and it's very slowly paced. Once Bill gets on the road, things pick up a lot and the movie comes alive. Murray is wonderfully lethargic, if not quite as great as he was in Lost In Translation and Groundhog Day. The supporting cast is smartly cast and smoothly played by all participants. I particularly liked Sharon Stone, who is a damn fine actress when she wants to be. It's very carefully observed and seems to be the type of movie that would play just as well on the small screen. Don't fret if you missed it in theatres. Jarmush's screenplay deserves an Oscar nomination.
The Skeleton Key - 6/10
I'll start by saying this has about the greatest twist ending in a long, LONG time. Mr. Shyamalan should take note. Actually, he shouldn't. He needs to stay away from twist endings. Not to say I didn't partially see it coming, I did slightly, but it's a wicked doozy of an ending. The movie, in an odd similarity to Broken Flowers, gets better as it goes. Hudson's role really could have been played by anyone. She's not required to do much. She is partially nude in one scene, so there's that for her. I wish there would have been more shots of the swamps of New Orleands and perhaps an alligator. There's not even one. Skeleton Key does at times feel like a rough outline for a better movie. However, I was not once bored and the story was actually involving. That's more than I could say for most movies out right now.
Broken Flowers - 8/10
The first 20-25 minutes of this movie were pretty awful to sit through. Nothing happens and it's very slowly paced. Once Bill gets on the road, things pick up a lot and the movie comes alive. Murray is wonderfully lethargic, if not quite as great as he was in Lost In Translation and Groundhog Day. The supporting cast is smartly cast and smoothly played by all participants. I particularly liked Sharon Stone, who is a damn fine actress when she wants to be. It's very carefully observed and seems to be the type of movie that would play just as well on the small screen. Don't fret if you missed it in theatres. Jarmush's screenplay deserves an Oscar nomination.
The Skeleton Key - 6/10
I'll start by saying this has about the greatest twist ending in a long, LONG time. Mr. Shyamalan should take note. Actually, he shouldn't. He needs to stay away from twist endings. Not to say I didn't partially see it coming, I did slightly, but it's a wicked doozy of an ending. The movie, in an odd similarity to Broken Flowers, gets better as it goes. Hudson's role really could have been played by anyone. She's not required to do much. She is partially nude in one scene, so there's that for her. I wish there would have been more shots of the swamps of New Orleands and perhaps an alligator. There's not even one. Skeleton Key does at times feel like a rough outline for a better movie. However, I was not once bored and the story was actually involving. That's more than I could say for most movies out right now.
posted by Darren at 9:54 PM
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