The choice of the night
January 3rd, 2008 • chatter, movies
Was Blood Diamond and only took 10 minutes to choose this time! Jess bought me the movie probably 2 months ago and it’s sat on the shelf until tonight, day 2 of the Never Ending Movie Stream. I’m really starting to regret wanting to do this as I realize picking a movie everyday will be tough and TV shows will be tougher.
The movie was great, I can see why it got all the award nods it did and why Houson got so many damned awards to take home. I thought it was quite well written even given the holes here and there or continuity issues, I can look past those. I never realized that Rhodesia is now called Zimbabwe, I found that interesting. Personally I think they should’ve picked someone other than Jennifer Connelly for the female lead, I kept flashing back to Requiem For A Dream whenever she showed up. I hope Leo does more serious movies like this and not boring cruft like that stinking sinking boat movie that an ex of mine loved. The movie had great cinematography, excellent performances, but a horrible soundtrack. I don’t think the people of Sierra Leone wanted their war-torn story set to Mac 10 and Nas. That really threw me off throughout the movie, such odd choices for music.
Tomorrow, though technically tonight, will be a tougher choice since my mother is dropping by on Friday and we need to tidy up a bit. Hopefully it’ll be something funny.