Well, I watched the three movies I had slated for tonight.
Liked INCONVENIENT TRUTH
PIRATES OF C II, despite being written by pals of mine is needlessly convuluted and movies just trying to outdo each other by being faster, louder, bigger just wear me out anymore. Worst is the fact I HATE movies that are not complete in themselves. You have to remember too much from the 1st one and they have left this one open-ended for a third one. You take that exhausting journey for a shaggy-dog ending that doesn't finish the story. I HATE that! (P.S. - The sound was terrible!)
BLACK DAHLIA, also written by a pal, also had terrible sound (or maybe I need to adjust it on my TV set) and was a bit convuluted. I don't know whether the fault lie with the script, the direction, or the source material...but it seemed filled with a bunch of cliches from a bunch of old noir films...LAURA (enamoured of a DEAD GIRL); THE BIG SLEEP (psycho rich family; porno); MALTESE FALCON ("When your partner dies, you're supposed to do something about it."), among many others. Hillary Swank gives a rather cartoonish femme fatale.
Jrand, the William Gaunt I saw was a much older and whiter (haired) Gaunt than the one from The Champions.
Happy New Year, Everybody!
