Word: watching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...England, does the Queen herself take center stage as a feminist vision of powerful womanhood--using intelligence, humor and finesse to spellbind her subjects with her own authority. For once, the film emerges from the shadow of its most prominent artistic antecedent: The Godfather. In this sequence, we watch as Elizabeth rewrites history, beginning her speech halting and uncertain, and slowly coming into her own as a power broker. This, finally, is a display of the allure of power at its best--Blanchett's charisma becomes palpable, blazing, a force to be reckoned with...
...benefit of the doubt: He seems so sincere, sings so softly about issues of social inequality, that few have seriously suggested that Springsteen is now in the business of making money and generating publicity rather than music. (Few have noted, for instance, that it is now almost impossible to watch an awards show or benefit performance without running into the ubiquitous Boss.) And so the positive spin on Tracks is that now, when the giants of rock music are weighing in, Springsteen, too, is asking to be re-valued and re-evaluated...
...very own parents. He turns out to be just as sour as his namesake, much to older brother Tommy's dismay. To allay Tommy's miseries, his father Stu takes him to the basement and bestows "responsibility" upon him in the form of an heirloom pocket watch; as a big brother, Stu tells Tommy, he now has a responsibility to take care of Dil. Tommy is awed by the watch his father has given him, and takes good care of the "sponsitility," as he calls it, throughout the movie. Never mind the fact that Tommy is all of two years...
...hard "Rugrats" fans will leave the theater a bit disappointed. The subtle humor and cute simplicity of the 11-minute plotlines on the T.V. show are for the most part absent from the movie. But it's still fun to watch-plus, it contains never-before-seen footage of Tommy's bare bottom! Who could resist...
...looks quite like a little boy in adult's clothing, wearing shoes a little too big for his personality. Nancy instead has a little girl's saccharine, irritating voice inside a matronly visage. On the other hand, Leslie and Sarah--Kelleher and Dufrense--are enticing to watch. They masterfully communicate a lifestyle on the fine line between aquatic and terrestrial human. With every move and noise they make, lots of twitches and sounds, they seem increasingly alive. I found it easier to believe that Leslie and Sarah might have actually existed than the ageless, incessantly dull drones, Charlie and Nancy...