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Movie Reviews
Lost In Translation
On Saturday i watched this movie and it was great! Sofia Coppola does an amazing job capturing the essence
of the typical middle life crisis and the ups and downs of first time marriage. set in the heart of japan, this film
follows a has-been movie star stuck in the shuffle of getting his carear back on track and trys to keep up with his family
back at home who meets a 25 year old newlywed, questioning her role in the world and whether or not her relationship is worth
it. together, they realize that they can have fun in a world that's far from perfect or understandable. if you
want to watch a feel good movie, rent "something's gotta give"; this movie is painfully truthful and is not for those who
can't think for themselves. plus, the music is awesome. score on for scarlette johansson's ass!
Mean Girls
i am a sucker for teen-movies. trust me: this is NO teen-movie- this is art imatating life. written
by SNL's Tina Fey, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wanna-be's, "Mean Girls" really KNOWS high school life and depicts
it as it really is: life threatning, cruel, fun, unusual, memorable, harsh, and demeaning yet includes the comical twist
that's already been there but is overlooked. in most teen-high school movies, yeah, they have your cliques, which are
usually just your jocks, outcasts, and losers (whatever); in reality, there's a whole lot more to it than that and "Girls"
really hits this chord beautifully (("you have your dorky asians (the pokemon/yu'gio kids), smart asains (the over achievers),
and your cool asians (aka the ghetto asians or the asian mafia, as kids in concord liked to refer to it).)) being eeriely
familiar yet highly refreshing, "Girls" gives everyone a look into (or bad-ass reality check!) that world that we refer to
as "high school", the 'stepping-stone' for adult life. decked out in a wonderful cast (lindsey lohan, that chick from
"The Hot Chick", lacey chalbert- the voice of Eliza on "the wild thornberrys", tim meadows, and tina fey, herself)- despite
popular BELIEF and the controversy that surrounds ONE of the cast mates (cou[LINDSEY LOHAN!]gh!)- these relativley young actors
and actresses expell the hype-o-meter and give stellar, four star preformances that will amuse, even shock, most viewers.
more than fiction, "Mean Girls" spills all the truth- and lies- that come with these adolesant years.
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