Yesterday I was on The Screen Savers discussing newly released DVD’s. Briefly: The Village is bad; The Fifth Element is fun and Leon: The Professional is a classic.
You can watch my appearance here: http://www.dvdtalk.com/video/screensavers011105.asx
Check me out next Tuesday, again at 4 PM, again talking DVD’s.
As of now, my three current obsessions:
1. The Shield: The Complete First Season OK—I am so incredibly late on this one but…my God this show is so damn good! I’ve been watching nonstop, bowled over by the (honestly) shaded characters, super violence, corruption and yes, heart, as twisted as that heart is often presented. Michael Chiklis not only represents an imperfect man but a highly, highly imperfect system. I wonder how the LAPD feel about this show. I have a feeling they secretly enjoy it. Even as a bully, baddie, the soulful yet amoral Chiklis is just too damn cool.
2. Disliking the movie Elektra. Or rather, disliking Jennifer Garner as Elektra. Frank Miller’s marvelously dark, libidinous killer-for hire is rendered, yet again, unforgivably wooden and witless on screen. The movie is bad enough but Garner’s lackluster performance only further proves (sorry Alias fans) how miscast she is. Though fit and convincing with a blade, Garner lacks the feral intensity that an Angelina Jolie or a Milla Jovovich would naturally bring to the role. And if a movie makes you wish you were watching Halle Berry in Catwoman, then something is, most definitely wrong.
3. Lolita—The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack It’s alluring enough to have the iconic poster image of Sue Lyon sucking the lollipop with the heart shaped glasses but this CD booklet also shows her in her bikini, her party dress and her bathrobe—the one she wears while James Mason’s Humbert Humbert paints her toenails. The soundtrack (from Stanley Kubrick's Lolita lest you be confused), mostly scored by Nelson Riddle offers some choice tracks like “Love Theme from Lolita” (by Bob Harris) the gorgeous, melancholy ode to doomed love, “Quilty’s Caper” the music Peter Sellers coolly dances to at the school party and my favorite, “Lolita Ya-Ya” that little girl song Dolores Haze is listening to when her mother brags about her “cherry pies.”
Because you took advantange...
The Shield is great. I've been a fan since 2001. At least you got about 3 months before the 4th season starts sometime in March.
24 is the other great show pushing the standards (content and execution) of television. Keifer is a god as Jack Bauer.
Posted by: Matt McCarty | January 12, 2005 at 07:59 PM
Hey Kim I kind of like "The Village" I am a horror fan and I thought that is was neat. And hell yeah "The Fifth Element" was so freak kewl I love Milla Jovovich she is so hot in the band-aid suit. Hey already dising Elektra I say the Jennifer Garner as a awesome actress and I really don't care if they got a dark hair bimbo for the part. Just see the "Elektra " comic book being made into a movie, I am just stoked. But the one movie that I can not wait to see this year is "Fantastic Four" I have been wait forever since I was a kid for them to make the movie, now that it will come out after 20 year's is just wow. Stan lee the man him self play's a mail man and has one line but it is worth to see the movie on July 1st. Well bye Kim and it was nice seeing u again on the screensavers kisses and much love.
Posted by: Yogi | January 12, 2005 at 11:15 PM
Hello Kim,
Big fan. I'm sorry but while some may claim "The Village" was manipulative (thanks Touchstone marketing department!) and heavy-handed, I found it to be an enjoyable parable with thriller elements.
Perhaps I'm more excited to see the in-bred yokels that litter the video store I work at as they try to rub brain cells together whenever something requiring some semblance of throught stumbles through the DVD ether. I can recall when "The Royal Tenenbaums was released" on DVD...it truly showed the disparity of the herd.
In any case, keep going. You're one of the best!
Posted by: Jason | January 16, 2005 at 09:18 AM
I like Jennifer Garner, and I like the character of Elektra, but Jennifer Garner is woefully miscast as Elektra. Excuse me, but Elektra is of Greek heritage, and I don't care how much makeup and hair dye is employed, Jennifer Garner will never look like she's of Greek heritage. Am I alone in this feeling?
Posted by: theron | January 17, 2005 at 03:12 PM
What's all this craze about Jennifer Garner? She's so... plain. Her looks are so so, her acting is somewhat blah. She - in my opinion - doesn't stand out at all. I haven't seen Elektra yet, but could it be the next Catwoman? (already?)
Posted by: RK | January 18, 2005 at 10:57 PM
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Posted by: david | July 07, 2005 at 03:40 AM