I just watched "The Road" directed by John Hillcoat and I am a bit disappointed. I have to admit my expectations were needlessly high so that didn't help much. What bums me out the most is that it is a truly amazing tale of humanity, survival and love and I only felt gripped about 50% of the time. There were definitely some really great moments but there were also a lot of scenes I just wasn't buying. Viggo Mortensen is certainly an incredible actor, but what I'm starting to see in him lately is that he thinks he is an incredible actor and is perhaps getting his head stuck a little further up his ass than he should. Newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee plays Viggo's son and for the most part does a good job. My major complaint with Kodi's performance is it took about 30 minutes of the film for him to actually start acting. Over all, pretty good stuff, but I think it could have and should have been a lot better.
other quick move thoughts. "The Last Airbender" is getting raped by reviewers and it's bumming me out. I love Shyamalan. Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs are some of my favorite movies. The Village was slow but I still think the story is incredible and Lady In The Water I thought was a very interesting take of fairy tales. I even sat and tolerated The Happening. But I fear for M. Night's over all career. He appears to be sliding continuously down hill film after film. He had potential of a director of Hitchcock caliber but is rapidly proving that perhaps his first films were a fluke and he is running out of steam. Granted I have not yet seen The Last Airbender, but for it to be receiving this awful of reviews is not a good thing.
also, the new Spider-Man has finally been cast and it is in fact an awesome choice. Andrew Garfield, most notably as "Anton" from Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has been chosen to fill both Spider-Man and Peter Parker's shoes.
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