Reticent Man

Observe and Report.  Weird movie.  Seemed like they billed it as a comedy but it's way past the deep end of dark comedy and into just dark, disturbing, and uncomfortable.  There are just a couple funny parts in there.  From that perspective it's pretty hit and miss.  A little too much uncomfortable and not enough deep payoff. Still it's mildly interesting.  Acting 6.5, Story 3.5, Style 5

Observe and Report 4.5/10

1984.  This movie may suffer from having been outdone at the same thing since.  It's a really barren film, with lots of silence and thought.  I appreciate that it stayed true to the book, although I couldn't really remember the book that well having read it 15 years ago.  But there just isn't enough there... it didn't grab me and hold me in its bleak grip.  Acting 7, Story 5, Style 3

1984 5/10

Breakfast at Tiffany's  Well.  An interesting romance movie.  I see a lot of this particular phenomenon recently where a story has so much feminism in it, but yet it's a dark or sad story, the characters are mostly failures.  So is it still feminist?  Or is it anti-feminism?  I can never resolve this.  I really got into the movie, but I kind of think that I was really just into Audrey Hepburn rather than the movie itself, which doesn't really hold up to analysis.  Her character is really a train-wreck of wisdom but yet I can't stay away.  What is it about me and so many others that wants to save this poor beautiful creature?  I need to see more Audrey Hepburn movies before I'll really know how I feel about this one.  Acting 9, Story 5, Style 8.5

Breakfast at Tiffany's 7.5/10