mandycooldragon Reviews

Highway (I) (2002)

Blast of a fun, eventful, bizarre yet deep road trip

[8/10 · 13 June 2011]

Okay, okay. I wouldn't have bought this movie if it wasn't for my rather childish crush on Jared Leto. (Mind you, I'm a 30+ woman...) And next to Alexander, I think he looks at his best in this movie.

But let's skip the review of Mr Leto's looks and continue to the contents of the movie. In a way this movie's fast, in other ways it's slow. It's a roller-coaster ride you're being dragged on, falling from one amazing thing into the next bizarre person. There are serious matters at hand, huge cultural events/shifts happen but there's a lot of fun to be had. Every character is awesome in its own way and no matter how freaky some characters are, you'll be able to relate to them anyway.

This movie is a blast, it's like riding a very eventful Highway instead of relaxing on your couch with your bucket o' popcorn. I don't know why it never became a hit, it's probably too 'indie'. Well, I prefer indie movies then. They have something to say, have a deeper meaning apart from the fun. It's well worth to look at, more times than one even. You'll discover new things every time and amaze yourself over things you never knew existed. Different *can* be good.

Passion Play (2010)

Slow and agonizingly painful to watch

[5/10 · 13 June 2011]

This movie had been advised to me by a colleague whose judgment (when it comes to movies) I usually 'trust'. While actually watching the movie, my husband and I kept looking at each other, wondering when the movie would pick up the pace and get *good*. It never did. Okay, Megan Fox showed her vulnerable side, her insecurity. She can act. Which may have been pretty admirable regarding the super bad computer-animated wings she had weighing her down, literally. *Very* low-budget, those things. The only time I felt something, was when I imagined what it would feel like to have 2 of those big, fluffy wings flapped around *me* during an intimate get-together. But every time Mickey Rourke's deformed face appeared those feelings subsided. That man can *not* act. He looks like sh*t and acts like it. And it is *very* unbelievable Megan Fox got intimate with *him* (during the movie I mean). No woman looking like that is *that* clueless. The story got predictable and stayed lame. Slow. And when everything you expected to happen had actually happened, there was this goof-ball ending. I'm still not sure what it meant. That's the only thing that sticks with me from this movie. The puzzling end. Which made me want to re-watch the beginning. But then I thought: why waste *more* time on this movie? It's not worth it...