The
Maid is set (I think) in
Argentina - Spanish language and subtitled anyway. "Comedic
drama" is not the first description that comes to mind; not even "dark
comedy,"though that'll do. The
maid made me think of what
Beverly Sutphin (
Serial Mom) may have
been like, before she really lost control. Some overwrought
Nimrod, of the type who still likes Obama's compassion no doubt,
complained
about animal cruelty;
there is none.
Also noteworthy, just about every adult is shown full frontal without
having caused in me so much as a twitch (not that I ever would have been
moved by
dangles). All in all, I give
it the 3.7 that NetFlix predicted for
Man
Who Wasn't There, with the Coen's getting the 4.0.
I continue to be impressed over how accurately NetFlix is in suggesting
what I'll like. Kind of scary, actually. Makes me think of
a rat cage over my head.
Both movies are
Instant Watch,
which I did using
ROKU,
a device I still think is the best Woot thing I ever purchased.
ROKU is also adding HULU, so there's that; and the price looks like
it's now in the $50 range. Tell us what you think.
I loved "The Man Who Wasn't There." The reason it isn't better known is that it came out in the fall of 2001 right after 9/11 and the anthrax scare.
ReplyDeleteA lot of good movies (Zoolander, for example) and books got washed out, that is, their marketing plans fell apart because the public's attention was elsewhere. FYI: James Gandolfini and a young Scarlet Johanson (sp?) are also in it.
Jon Polito too. What a cast Gandolfini was surprisingly good (I tuned him out after he jumped on the anti-Bush, pro Obama bandwagon); Scarlett - totally unexpected element there!)
ReplyDeleteOh I'll definitely watch the Coen movie, didn't even know it existed. I plopped The Maid into the queue, but it does seem every time I want to read a movie, I pull out my Kindle.
ReplyDeleteSeeing Netflix on the Samsung blu-ray from 2 years ago, streams it in well. Also gets pandora, got two excellent channels set up there. Iggy Pop playing now (that guy is a whole lot smarter than you think).
I just subscribed to Netflix and my first film was La ley de Herodes an excellent Mexican black comedy that tears the Mexican PRI a new one; highly recommended. And we just finished The Story of Qiu Ju a Chinese film.
ReplyDeleteI like Netflix because of its foreign film selection.
I can't think of a movie with Billy Bob Thornton in it that wasn't, at least, thought provoking if not down-right good.
ReplyDeleteAnd if I may suggest one it would be "U Turn". It came out in 1997.
BBT isn't the main star but his character is well done. And if you have a twisted sense of humor and a dislike of Sean Penn you might injure yourself from laughing and wincing at the same time.
Bad ... I'm with you re foreign film. I put those two on my list. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of barbers, The Barber, was a good movie with Malcolm McDowell. Not a foreign film.
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