My Short Monologue: CJ: July 2004 Archives

I am Sam

By CJ on July 23, 2004 4:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Sean Penn .... Sam Dawson
Michelle Pfeiffer .... Rita Harrison
Dakota Fanning .... Lucy Diamond Dawson
Dianne Wiest .... Annie Cassell
Loretta Devine .... Margaret Calgrove
Laura Dern .... Randy Carpenter
Director:

Jessie Nelson
Genre:

Drama
Tagline

love is all you need
Plot Outline

A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.
Comment

The story is probably a happy end. Since I watched this without any subtitles, I probably missed something though, the end of this film, they (Sam and Lucy) were looked happy, so I guess it ended happily.

Talking about casting, Dakota Fanning was acting very well, of course, I think Sean Penn's acting was super brilliant. Michelle Pfeiffer is not my cup of tea though. And a foster mother was familiar for me, so I checked it up and found that she was in Jurassic Park. Anyway it is a good film.

By CJ on July 22, 2004 4:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Diane Lane .... Constance 'Connie'/'Con' Sumner
Erik Per Sullivan .... Charlie Sumner
Richard Gere .... Edward 'Ed' Sumner
Olivier Martinez .... Paul Martel
Director:

Adrian Lyne
Genre:

Drama / Thriller
Plot Outline

"Unfaithful" centres on Diane Lane and Richard Gere as a couple living in the New York city suburbs whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife (Lane) indulges in an adulterous fling.
Comment

The three of them plays their character well. I think the casting was great. Olivier Martinez's French accent is a bit difficult for me to understand. The story of this film is not so dramatic, I think. Deployment of this story doesn't have unexpected one and it's slightly different from my expectation which I had when I watched the trailer. Of course I watched this film in English, so I guess I was not able to understand precise things. The end of this film, Diane Lane and Richard Gere were talking about escaping from reality with sleeping their son in rear sheet, at in front of police station. And finished at this scene.

By CJ on July 21, 2004 4:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

James Stewart .... L. B. 'Jeff' Jeffries
Grace Kelly .... Lisa Carol Fremont
Wendell Corey .... Lt. Thomas J. Doyle
Thelma Ritter .... Stella
Raymond Burr .... Lars Thorwald
Director:

Alfred Hitchcock
Genre:

Thriller / Mystery
Tagline

See It! - If your nerves can stand it after PSYCHO! (1962 re-release)
Plot Outline

A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Comment

Some of my friends who are the native speakers recommended me this film, so I wanted to watch this for a long time. I found this DVD at the rental shop, so I decided to borrow it. It was a little difficult for me to catch conversations though, of course I was able to understand the story. I'll watch it again because some of scenes are a little uncertain, vague.... Personally I enjoyed this film, and I thought Grace Kelly was very beautiful. Almost the last, 'Jeff' fell down from 1st floor's window, but that scene was terrible. I found it easily, it was a fake.

By CJ on July 7, 2004 4:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Cast:

Björk .... Selma Jezkova
Catherine Deneuve .... Kathy
David Morse .... Bill Houston
Peter Stormare .... Jeff
Joel Grey .... Oldrich Novy
Director:

Lars von Trier
Genre:

Musical / Drama
Tagline

You don't need eyes to see.
Plot Outline

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
Comment

I didn't notice that it included a musical. Basically I'm not a big fun of musicals. But I've read some articles about this film and I found that it had something serious. I like heavy films. Anyway I think this film is good. I wasn't able to understand several scenes, so after watching film, I checked that scenes with English subtitles.