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Prince Caspian's Flawless Coming Home to Adam's Rib in P2

Under discussion:

Adam's Rib  (1949)

Coming Home  (1978)

P2  (2007)

Flawless  (2008)

I haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia, nor have I revisited the first film sine it came out. So, Prince Caspian seemed a little disjointed to me. But I did enjoy the story of a young prince trying to retake his kingdom from his evil uncle, with the help of those four kids from the first movie. The action was very good, as were the special effects. The message got a bit heavy-handed at the end, but I liked this better than the first, despite the special-needs bear. "For Aslan!"

Coming Home stars Jane Fonda ("Georgia Rule") as the wife of an army captain who begins volunteering at the Veteran's hospital when her husband goes off to Vietnam. There she meets Jon Voight ("National Treasure: Book of Secrets"), who has returned from the war wounded and angry. He opens her eyes to the darkness and love. Voight is amazing, totally earning his Oscar with a couple of outbursts and an inspirational speech. All in all, I enjoyed the movie, but felt it moved a little slow. Good examination of how war affects people.

Adam's Rib is worth seeing if only for the back-and-forth between Katharine Hepburn ("Love Affair") and Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"). The two star as married lawyers who end up on different sides of the same case. While much of it is amusing, the court case raises some interesting issues about morality and sexism. Tracy and Hepburn also explore how professional life can affect personal. Very good.

I found Flawless to be quite boring. Demi Moore ("Mr. Brooks") plays an executive in a diamond company in the 1960s. She's bitter about getting passed over for promotions because she's a woman. So when the janitor, Michael Caine ("Sleuth"), proposes theft, she agrees. But the heist isn't that exciting and the puzzle of what happens to the diamonds isn't that interesting. Then there are the bookends with Moore in the future. Not really needed for the story and a bit cheesy.

P2 was part of my Friday the 13th bad horror movie tradition and it was awful. A not-very-nice, nor very interesting woman gets trapped in the parking garage by a whiny, lonely, deranged parking attendant on Christmas Eve. He tries to teach her to be thankful while tormenting her, and she continually does stupid things. Just skip it.

posted on Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:33 PM by dibot


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