Something to Think About

This is my 100th post. To mark the occasion, I've given the site a new name, one that I am sure to change shortly, and some new topics.

Sports will never be far from mind, but sometimes other things are there too. Recently, I rented and watched in this order: Hostage, Interpreter, Constant Gardener.

The order was appropriate as they could all be classified as thrillers, but they got increasingly more "intelligent". No one would argue that Hostage was high cinema - it was Bruce Willis with shootouts and explosions. But what was interesting is that Interpreter, which tries to pass for a intelligent, political thriller, when compared to the other 2 movies here, seems right in the middle. That is to say that the style, tone, character development, star power, all seem to be a compromise between the popcorn flick Hostage and the actually intelligent Constant Gardener.

Constant Gardener was especially good for balancing the story of love between the characters and the possible conspiracy of greedy drug companies. What I liked best about Constant Gardener was the ability to maintain the style of such movies as Traffic, and Syriana, but actually have a plot that could be followed and unerstand what is going on. It reminded me a little of City of God, one of the best movies I've ever seen and can't recommend highly enough.

All in all, all 3 movies were entertaining and would recommend each one, depending on how much thought you were in the mood to invest in a movie.