Swarmin' movie reviews

SO, this weekend marked another milestone in my personal timeline of life
-- i turned 27 years old yesterday. yowza! thereby
saying i have completed 27 full years and am now in the beginning to
complete my 28th year. sorta wierd when you think about it, but it's
right. however, instead of giving indepth detail as to what i did this
weekend, i'll give majority blog entry to movie reviews. personally, i
need
to get into a full habit of breaking down movies very intricately. gotta
practice and stay in this mode:

the first movie i'll talk about was actually a film i viewed at the Chicago
International Film Festival on Saturday night. it was an persian film
called "Border Cafe" and director/writer, Kambuzia Partovi, was at hand to
introduce it (since it was premiering at the festival and in the states).
the plot entails a strong woman (Reyhan) actually played by Partovi's wife
(which he revealed during the Q&A at the end of the movie),
who stands on her own two feet after the death of her husband. going with
the tradition of the country, Reyhand and her children were to be
"inherited" by her husband's brother -- to take care and look over the
family. instead, Reyhand refuses to move in with the brother-in-law and
carries on the cafe that her and her husband ran, which happens to be at
the border between countries. such a strong character written by
Partovi, who previously wrote childrens' literature, to expose to the
audience and to say that there are trying times in such a male dominant
country. basic camera work that relied more unto the screenplay itself. a
few gists of revelations when characters ponder unto mirrors,
however nothing too complex. a very straight forward film that has depth
in terms of family ties and human feelings. a good film to view for
a first time chicago international film festival goer (....well...that's my
opinion....i was actually tryin to get tickets to "the Squid and the
Whale").
i'd give it a 3 outta 5.

last night i watched "Kinsey" which coincidentally was the opening film for
last year's Chicago International Film Festival. Liam Neeson
plays Professor Kinsey who was well reknown to the world as the "sex
doctor." going against the grain during that specific time era of june
and ward cleaver, Kinsey dug deep into the human psychie to acknowledge
what makes men and women tick sexually. subverse into a
world of unknown sexual practices for people at that time, it was typically
taboo and completely hush hush making the topic raw, rude, and
improper. Kinsey, through determination and hard work w/ a research team,
still managed to produce 2 books (and in the movie, one of
them was a top seller). the movie lasts until he finally realizes that he
can't fight the fight any longer in trying to make people more sexually
secure. Neeson plays his role to a tee -- speaking in militant formality
like a man that is so into his job should be doing. Laura Linney is
becoming my new favorite actress. I spotted her long ago on PBS with Tales
of the City and didn't image her to be where she is now. She rocks!
This movie depicted a man's life and at times could have been a tighter
movie, but may have taken away the full life and moments that
makes the viewer grow indepth with him. The director had moments of
montage and transparent cris-crossing imagery that symbolized
moments of tremendous work or chaos. It worked well and it was very
innovative to see it within a movie. A very interesting topic to watch
about. i'd give it a 2 1/2 outta 5.

more to come....