Two Cents Worth of Hope (Renato
Castellani) *** - A young man and a young woman from a small Italian
village fall in love but due to the fact of their respective social
statuses and the fact that marrying for money is a common practice,
circumstances always pull them apart. This film feels like an Italian
neorealist film with a sense of humor. There are some really funny
scenes here and I'm not sure but it seems to be parodying Italian
neorealist films as well. It didn't blow me away but it's a really fun
little slice-of-life, fluffy film.
The Avengers (Joss Whedon) ***1/2 - A million different things could have gone wrong with a film adaptation of The Avengers.
It could have easily have been a ridiculous, bloated, silly train wreck
of a film. Even after the news that Joss Whedon, a man whose works I
have loved and admired in the past, is gonna be writing and directing
it, I was at best cautiously optimistic. What he managed to do with this
film is short of being truly miraculous. He took multiple
larger-than-life characters and created a cohesive and compelling,
near-perfect narrative while putting on a spectacular, exciting piece of
popcorn entertainment where nearly every element works well. It's got
great dramatic character moments but a the same time an organic sense of
humor about it. It's the first Marvel film that I truly want to see
again.
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I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the Avengers buddy, you're right that it makes for some great popcorn entertainment, awesome round-up as always.
I'm looking forward to this one.
I'm glad you really enjoyed Avengers. I may have to see it for myself. I probably will.
Ahhh, more words that inspire me to break down and go see the Avengers (i probably would have, just for Ms. J), but now that FilmGB has given it a decent rating, I'm all over it.
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