Even Money: three plot-lines intersect as people find themselves involved in gambling problems. Small twist at the end is mildly interesting. Cast is far better than the movie. No real sympathy for any of the characters. Maybe it was a good book, not such a great movie. Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, Ray Liota, Tim Roth. Don't bother to rent it.
Rescue Dawn: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn: navy pilot shot down, pow, jungle survival, eventual rescue. Not bad, not great. Not much personality. Maybe rent it.
The Invisible: highly improbable story of high school classes at odds, supernatural elements are interesting, transformation of lead antagonist from thug to sexy beauty feels unbelievable, no real sympathy for the characters involved. Don't bother to rent it.
Next: another stupid movie concept, Nicolas Cage as hero of the most improbable plot line imaginable. Has some mildly interesting action sequences, but the basic premise is so shabby so as to make this movie pretty silly. Maybe rent it if you need a movie playing in the background.
Hairspray: Singing, dancing, chunky girls, John Travolta in drag, 60s hair-styles, Christopher Walken dancing. Everyone else loves this movie. My daughter watched it over and over. I couldn't sit through the whole thing. Rent it for other people to watch -- you will probably love it, too. I didn't.
Deck the Halls: Christmas movie with Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito. The ideas in this movie are funnier than the movie itself. The humor seemed forced and the plot highly contrived. Rent it to watch at Christmas time if you need to fill your empty house with the sound of something but you don't wanna be tied to the screen watching it.
Civic Duty: The star is fun to watch, the plot is creatively simple, kinda represents the paranoid mindset of that might have existed in the minds of some people in the time immediately post-911 WTC attacks. The movie is well done, with a minimal plot that is heavy on character exploration. The star is a study of a man under stress, much like Bruce Dern would have portrayed in the past. Rent this DVD. Get the popcorn and diet coke ready ahead of time.
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I'm loving the comments on what not to rent. WE do netflix and since we do not currently have any sort of television(since Ned dismembered the cable cords he fixed so we could get free cable due to nightmares of being thrown in prison) to watch, I appreciate ideas of things to rent. I saw a movie not to long ago called "Amazing Grace" about the abolition of slavery in England that I really liked. ALso, a movie put out by HBO called "Looks like something God made" or a title to that affect. It was great. It was about two men working on the invention of a surgery to help babies with breathing problems(can't remember the name of the actual surgery) at Johns Hopkins hospital and also struggling with the affects of racism at the time. It is probably one of my favs. Check them out. Thanks for this blog, I really enjoy it!!
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