Good Movie Week
Started writing a review of The Hurt Locker and The Informant! but it went on too long and became Friday’s column. So just watch them! Go!
There have been many movies about the war in Iraq, but The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow may be the first to explain why men go to war. Bigelow strips away the politics, rhetoric, and myth-making to arrive at a basic truth of the human condition: War is intoxicating. It produces an adrenaline rush like nothing else. War gives you meaning and purpose and gets you high. It is when you are in the teeth of death that you feel most furiously alive.
Now showing at Power Plant and other malls.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, The Informant! is the story of Mark Whitacre, who is
(a) A white-hat hero for truth and corporate ethics
(b) A dork in a bad toupee who fancies himself a white hat
(c) A very smart but clueless man
(d) A whistle-blower with shady dealings
(e) A fabulist
(f) Bipolar
(g) All of the above.
(h) The Jun Lozada Story, but hilarious rather than maudlin
One of the pleasures of watching The Informant! is trying to figure out what the hell is going on. If you think you’re confused, then you’re exactly on the right track!
Now showing at Greenbelt 3 and Glorietta 4.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
October 27th, 2009 at 03:48
And thanks for the heads-up about The Informant. I feel like walking out of the movie house when the plot gets too confusing.
October 27th, 2009 at 05:02
You can also check out the NPR broadcast of This American Life for the story that inspired the creation of the movie The Informant!
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1317
October 28th, 2009 at 20:01
that hurt locker movie really rocked.
October 29th, 2009 at 00:02
I watched “The Informant” last Monday and I wondered why I easily figured out what was going on. (I think there’s a movie with almost the same plot but I just couldn’t remember what movie.)
That didn’t spoil it though. It’s still a good movie!
You REALLY know that Matt Damon is a very good actor when you see a movie wherein he doesn’t need his looks to play a role well.