Wristcutters (A Love Story)

The melancholy in this movie is undeniably beautiful. An artistic creative look at suicide. What better punishment for those who commit the crime against life than sending them to an evening shittier life than the one they had before. Imagine being sent to place where there are no vivid colors and you are physically unable to smile. Torture at its best. I was pretty skeptical on even seeing the movie but i was really bored one day and stumbled on it by accident, im glad i did. I believe its one of those movies that you either love or hate. There's not a lot deep meanings or anything like that. The actors are encouraged to not show depth or emotion which is exactly what the director was to trying to achieve. It work perfectly i must say, beautifully well. The story is about a young guy named Zia(Patrick Fugit) who's devastated by a girlfriend and decides to take his own life. Rather than just dying he is sent to the world I would think nobody would want to live. Put in a mediocre job and rooming with a naggie guy. He meets eugene(Shea Whigham) a failed rockstar who took his own life with a guitar. They head out on roadtrip to find his girlfriend from before he commiteted suicide, who he learns had taken her own life shortly after he did. On the way he inexplicably meets a terribly attractive Mikal(Shannyn Sossamon), she alone is worth watching the movies. What happens next i will not ruin, but encourage you to pick up the dvd! I gave this movie an 8/10!

The Forbidden Kingdom

The long awaited combination of the greatest film martial artist finally comes true in this epic style movie. Jet li and Jackie Chan join forces and even have an amazing fight scene. Which of course ended in a draw. The film is about kung fu crazed misfit american kid who does nothing but live and breathe kung fu films ends up in unexpected adventure. Forced into a crime, he transcends into another world when the perps shoot his friend and nearly kill him. What then comes is what i can only describe as a Chinese chronicles of narnia adventure. I normally hate films that go into a foreign land and everybody there speaks English magically, basically americanized countries. I like when a film authenticates the situation by keeping true to the language, but surprisingly this film was tolerable. It wasn't by no means as bad as pathfinder, that is prime example western film forced into a movie. Overall this film was visually stunning and the fight scenes, although far fetched still worked. The only problem i had with the film was it was a bit corny at times but not overdone. I gave this film an 8/10.