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ionj3602000
Mass Media Communications B.A.
Springfield, IL
Reviews
Big Bad Love (2001)
Intoxicating...Dbl entendre
I loved the "writer genre". "Take the Highway Son." I found this film sad and depressing and LOVED it anyway. The character of Leon Barlow is extremely well drawn out. His deep love for his ex-wife and writing always seemed out of reach, yet, in the end there is hope as he finally finds success in getting published and then -- who knows! The boxcar HAD to roll off at the end! It was a metaphor for the load of false "JUNK" that had blocked his success. He had worked the Monmouth monument of boxed up pain over and over trying to make it "normal." Eventually the time came for it to move on and roll away. At last he blooms! Joni Grawe, Pawnee, IL
Zone Troopers (1985)
Hilarious! Uniquely funny.
Zone Troopers was like Stanley Kuplish cracking a funny. A full blown "professional" director shares his dream of a "student project". I loved it and couldn't quit watching it because it was something like M.A.S.H.
The puns just kept coming at the right times to sustain the humor. It was quirky -- bizarre. Straw that didn't burn, and camp fires that were burned out and suddenly lit-up when the soldiers returned to get warm. A baby space monster that cracks out of its pod fully dressed and a mock Hitler that gets slugged by an American G.I. near the front lines! Fantastic! Joni Grawe
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
What great fun they must have had making the film!
Ben and Owen must have had such fun making this film! I felt like I was part of the fun too.
Two guys getting to play with a fast car and guns and acting cool. Hilarious! Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson are so much fun to watch. True mock of that seventies genre and action!
Stiller even worked in his "Morrie" character. (Hated the goofy wig though.) Geez!
The climax could have been better, but the stunts were totally comic and the Cameo at the end was really nice and feel good fun!
I saw Ben on "Behind the Actor's Studio" and see that he will also be featured this weekend on a Spotlight. He is fascinating to watch -- so funny!
Fargo (1996)
Loved Frances McDormand
Americana with snow as Film Noir.
Lies and evil will be exposed. The film shows all that, "we don't put up with that sort of thing here."
Paul Bunyan is the icon, at the ready with his ax; he looms over these peoples lives -- ready to "cut down" nonsense that would threaten those who live in peace with love.
The TV on in the background talking of an empty egg when Jerry Lundegaard's wife is kidnapped represents a home without love. You will be cut out -- empty in history.
Conversely, it is obvious that Francis McDermand's character is full of security and love. (Her belly is full with child.) Moreover, in the last scene where the murderers have it out, the subtle oracle -- TV -- heralds news of a woman with child. The meaning is soon revealed as all of the "bad guys" get their due. They are cut down and out -- an empty egg. The "good" life is upheld in Paul Bunyan's territory and their solid way of life is preserved.