The Secret Life of WalterMitty—a fabulous remake of the 1947
Danny Kaye movie of the same name—becomes worth your time and money. The film
examines Life magazine’s decision to close
its doors and the dedication of one underpaid and unrecognized employee, beleaguered
Walter Mitty (played by Ben Stiller), to ensure that the final issue is one of
its greatest issues. People are what make Life
magazine outstanding and Walter Mitty not only finds his person, but finds
courage to face danger and adventure across Greenland, Iceland, and the
Himalayas while tracking one of Life’s
best photographers for Life’s final
cover photo. It’s a terrific story across a backdrop of great scenery and gives
the viewer a nice ‘pop’ of satisfied happiness at the end.
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Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Ben Stiller for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers
G. Mac Brown, Meyer Gottlieb, and Gore Verbinski for making the film possible. Cast include: Jon Daly, Kristen Wiig, Kathryn Hahn, Sean Penn, Adam Scott, Shirley MacLaine, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This film makes a great watch for whole family.
Into the Wild—message story with its message deeply hidden—is partially based on a true story of one young man's quest for the meaning of life. This movie is based on a book written by Jon Krakauer, story picked up by Sean Penn who decided to write a movie script and produce the film. This has some nudity and some sexual scenes. But besides that the film is a good watch.
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Storyline
A young man wants to find the meaning of life and how to achieve more happiness. He leaves his mother, father, sister, and material assets behind and begins hitchhiking across the United States while gradually heading toward the Alaskan wilderness.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Sean Penn for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Sean Penn, Art Linson, and Bill Pohlad for making the film possible. Cast includes Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian H. Dierker, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. There is a strong message at the end of story that has been presented exceptionally well. The answer to both of his questions is given within the movie and allows any person watching the film access to the answer without needing to go on this young man's quest.
The Tree of Life—odd and difficult to follow—needs a good, thorough plotline read (see Wikipedia) and some research into the original intent to produce. It's completely intellectual, relies heavily on metaphors and similes, has really good cinematography, and quickly polarizes audiences into 'loved it', 'hated it' opinions. It's difficult to find its overarching principle. It definitely invites after viewing discussion. Director Terrence
Malick understands something in this artistic production that will completely "blow right over the heads' of most audiences.
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Storyline
Its the story of life in metaphors and similes as experienced through the O'Brien family.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Terrence Malick for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Donald Rosenfeld for making the film possible. Cast includes Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Jessica Fuselier, Nicholas Gonda, and Will Wallace.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It is highly intellectualized, artistic production that may 'blow right
over the heads' of most audiences. Nothing lacking in portrayal, presentation, and acting.
Superpower—odd film—follows no known, definable documentary protocol. An audience may have great difficulty finding the purpose of making this movie, why Sean Penn is in the Ukraine, why the leader of the Ukraine writes the movie script, and why it stages itself mostly in safe places. It does not follow normal format for persons who are war journalists and does not seem very informative. The real reason seems hidden and may be has
to be for reasons a general audience may not need to know at this time. The camera
work is good. But know that only the last 30-50 minutes of this film seem to justify the effort and monetary investment for making the movie.
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Storyline
Actor
Sean Penn goes to Ukraine to investigate the progression of events in the Ukrainian-Russian war.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Aaron Kaufman and Sean Penn for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Jesse Angelo, Marina Bespolov, Sasha Cherniavsky, Subrata De, Andrew Freston, Anthony Gudas, Katie Peck, Jay Rosenzweig, Fernando Sulichin, Chad A Verdi, Kate Ward, and Co-Executive Producer Mitchell Worsoff for making the film possible. Cast includes Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andrii Yermak, Steven Pifer, Christopher Miller, Volodymyr Jerrmolenko, Alex Frishberg, Vitali Klitschko, and Iryna Matviyishyn.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. It is what it is. It seems to have no definable purpose and provides little after viewing discourse material. There is no power, no feeling of 'real' in the documentary.
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