Run Lola Run

i think the movie stayed true to its name.the movie starts up with these questions about humanity and sets up the whole movie and why they decided to film it the way they did.  i actually missed the beging but found out later on in the movie that the same events started to happen again, and again. it was like if someone played the movie over again but decided to change one little thing in the begining and changes the whole ending.  i liked how the whole movie was set to heavy techno music.  i especially liked the flashfoward about the peoples lives who she only encounters once or three times in the movie.  i enjoyed watching the movie because it was a nice change to what we have been watching recently.

Memento

i started to watch this movie a while back and fell asleep after the first 20 min. i dont really know why i never decided to watch it again beacuse its actually very suspenseful  and entertaining. i never thought playing a movie  in reverse could tell such a compelling story.  ill admit i was confused on a lot of things, and found myself asking questions.  when i was watching the movie i felt myself thinking this is how lenny must have lived, beacuse every scene felt like something new happened and you dont really understand whats going on but you get it enough to follow the movie.  i thought the ending was perfect and made you sort of decide which string of lies you wanted to follow.

some like it hot

i missed basically the whole movie except the begining.  from what i saw it was about these two men who were looking for work as musicians and happen to get caught up with the mob and try o escape by becoming female musicians and fleeing to florida.  i wasnt here the next two days but i heard the movie was actually very entertaining and cute.  i dont thinkk i saw enough to make an honest opinion of this movie but from everyone elses reaction i think i wouldve enjoyed the film.

the general

i think all silent movies should have buster keaton as the star.  he makes movies easier to watch and enjoy with his performance. again i didnt think i would laugh as much as i did during a silent film.  you dont need words with his acting.  but in the end buster gets the girl, and now i know why the women that buster acted with usually never lasted more than one film with him. i really enjoyed this movie and the music was definately better than the penalty.hands down.

Bicycle Theives

the movie is about a young man who is trying to find work to provide for his family after world war 2.  the family has to sell their sheets for enough money to buy a bicycle so the father could find a job putting up posters. watching this movie you dont really realize how valuble something like a bike is untill you have no other means of providing for your family.  in the beginging i realized that he mouths of the actors didnt match up with the sound frokm the movie.  appernetly they did the film and sound seperately.  i like the movie even if i got a little bored in the middle of it.

The Penalty

in the beggining, the movie was actually enjoyable even if the music was terrible, but as i was watching i found out quickly that i had no idea what was going on in the movie.  i thought it was amazing how the main character had to walk around on his knee caps all day on set.  i actually tried to walk the same way but i couldnt do it for nearly as long as he did. i didnt really like the movie though, i thought it was too long and really hard to pay attention to.

East of Eden

James dean played the part of the rebellious son who was looking for affection and acceptance from his father and mother who deserted their family when he was young.  i didn't think it was such a bad movie, but i think i was easily swayed by james dean's performance. you could see his mind  going in a thousand different directions when he was on camera.  it think he made very interesting acting choices but overall i liked the movie.