This weekend brought us the usual 3 movies, 2 being filmed in native languages making them a "readfest". All 3 got some kind of Oscar nod, Apocalypto being the only one worthy.
Apocalypto - For me it started out slow and that was probably on purpose, but the story builds and pulls you in and you get used to the sparse subtitles and great action. This movie is brutal so if you don't like "blood and guts" this movie is not for you.
Venus - Peter O'toole starred as a old man nearing the end of his life falling in love with a young woman, his muse or venus you might say. I would say this movie is very dialog heavy and has amusing moments.
Letters from Iwo Jima - I wondered why hollywood picked "Letters" over "Flags" so I really wanted to see this movie. After seeing it, I still believe that Flags of Our Fathers is more compelling story, the story of the iconic image of the flag raising at Iwo and the aftermath of what happened to the men that did it. Letters is a more personal story of the Japanese soliders, there were no heroes to rally around in this story. Still it was a story that needed to be told.
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