Saw
Thank You for Smoking last Friday. OMG. The movie must have like 40 punchlines – and they were all funny! Clever jabs were delivered so fast that after awhile we in the audience learnt to limit our laughs so not to miss the next punch! Thank You is one of those rare movies in which the bad guy is the protagonist, but he’s so likable that you can’t help but root for him. (The lead, played by Aaron Eckhard, was the embodiment of the devil in human form.) The dialog is intelligent, witty, powerful and to-the-point. They don’t beat a punchline to death like your usual funny movie; they hit and then they are gone: to the next “argument”! For awhile now I haven’t seen a movie that is so poignant (while not shoving its poignancy at you) and so entertaining at the same time. It jabs at every side: the tobacco company, its spokesmen, the press, the senator, social activists, poster victims, parents, America, the Great State of Vermont, even the movie industry. I mean, how brilliant is that? Everyone go and see the movie. I mean EVERYONE! I am so getting the DVD.
Saw Thank You for Smoking last Friday. OMG. The movie must have like 40 punchlines – and they were all funny! Clever jabs were delivered so fast that after awhile we in the audience learnt to limit our laughs so not to miss the next punch! Thank You is one of those rare movies in which the bad guy is the protagonist, but he’s so likable that you can’t help but root for him. (The lead, played by Aaron Eckhard, was the embodiment of the devil in human form.) The dialog is intelligent, witty, powerful and to-the-point. They don’t beat a punchline to death like your usual funny movie; they hit and then they are gone: to the next “argument”! For awhile now I haven’t seen a movie that is so poignant (while not shoving its poignancy at you) and so entertaining at the same time. It jabs at every side: the tobacco company, its spokesmen, the press, the senator, social activists, poster victims, parents, America, the Great State of Vermont, even the movie industry. I mean, how brilliant is that? Everyone go and see the movie. I mean EVERYONE! I am so getting the DVD.
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