DVD MUST SEE LIST: Revolver, Cool Hand Luke, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
GuyRitchie’s REVOLVER(2005) starring Jason Statham is a film that’s far better than its trailer–for a change. I know I’m often shitting on the fact that some trailers turn out to be better than the movies they are supposed to advertise–but in this case the trailer really doesn’t do the film justice. It’s a film that will take you on a journey that "gets the job done". You start out one way and are forced to figure things out just like the main character. It incorporates confidence games in a way that’s pertinent to the every day dilemma the ordinary person faces. Who is the real enemy? Underrated film worth checking out on DVD–I bought it, and I think I’ve already watched it about 15 times–I catch something new every time I do. How many films can we say something like that about? I rest my case. Killer cast, killer concept, and executed with finesse.
The recent passing of Paul Newman really didn’t get the attention it should have. But in the end no good deed goes unpunished I suppose. We live in a society where DUI’s will spend until the ends of infinity on television but the accomplishments of a great actor/philanthropist can’t get more than a couple of minutes of mourning time on the tube. It’s a sad state of affairs we’re living in. To think that girl from Dynasty and Melrose place will be in the news longer than a man who said "If you can help, do" and actually
did. This is a trailer I found for Cool Hand Luke (1967) that I coincidentally bought just a couple of days before Paul Newman passed on. It’s a great movie for anyone who loves movies. It’s a great film for
understanding what bits of society are working today, and what bits really aren’t.
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (2006) is an extraordinary film. It’s a film with a dream cast so full of talent (and at the time promise) that you just fall in love with both the life of Dito Montiel and his city (New York). Based on a true story the film takes you along a journey that is really centred around a few life changing events: leaving home and everything you know to run away from problems and then at a later time coming back home and having to deal with those same problems. It’s a film about redemption and the chance to do the right thing no matter how late you try in life. This film for me is the resurrection of Robert Downey Jr. as an actor; he’s the most captivating I’ve ever seen him since Chaplin. The film is cast well but not in the way you might have imagined when you check out who’s playing what character in the movie. It’s a real gem and the last on my list of DVD Underrated Must Sees.