Road House- classic 80's garbage. The morals are off the charts here.
Inside Man- Love me some Lee. This film moves and breathes because of the camera work here and I dug all the little references to other films sprinkled throughout.
Topkapi- A pretty good little heist film by Jules Dassin. Recaptures some of the tension of Rififi and includes some fantastic wrestling scenes (Night and the City anyone?) at a Turkish fair. An excellent Sunday afternoon watch, Thanks again TCM.
Now the reason I've called you all here today....
The Happening- For a quick capsule review see the title of this blog entry. My wife and I were looking forward to this movie as we are both M. Night fans (Yes we even liked Lady in the Water) We are aware there exists a limited return on the twist ending, but thought the visuals and semi surreal qualities of his stories were always compelling. This however was a big disappointment. We felt the film was lacking the tension and suspense of his other works. (Could be a SPOILER) The message of the film is way to heavy handed especially since everyone and their other has seen An Inconvenient Truth. The film felt as flat as the books on the shelves of the model home.