MOVIE REVIEW- Apt name: The Forgotten probably will be
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You&#39;re not paranoid if they&#39;re really out to get you. It&#39;s not knowing that&#39;s such a bitch. And when she gets into that situation in The Forgotten, Telly Paretta (Julianne Moore) can be a bitch too-- in a
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Christopher Nolan's new film is worth a watch.
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.
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The Forgotten plays by all the rules expected from paranormal thrillers to deliver a nice punch, hold the melodrama. By Jason Silverman.
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Billa leaves the intelligence behind but packs in cool action and cinematography.
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Okay, a few days ago I wrote a review of the Diving Bell and the Butterfly saying it could be the best picture of 2007, but even so you might want to skip it because the truth it reveals might be something you don't want to look at. It's a fine picture, but a tough one. Another wonderful but tough picture is No Country for Old Men. It's one of those movies that leaves so much unresolved that you walk out of the theater not sure which foot goes in front of the other. On a second viewing it makes much more sense. The world isn't necessarily as crazy as it at first seemed. But there's a movie that is also incredibly well crafted, and gets better every time you think about it -- Juno. I didn't realize how much I liked it until I heard someone compare it to Little Miss Sunshine, a movie that I did not enjoy, unlike everyone else it seems. I loved Juno because it organizes its sweetness into love for one person, the star of the movie, Juno. But everyone, no matter how dorky or clueless (and some of the adults are truly dorky and clueless) shares the love. The movie has a wholeness, an unqualified goodness, you not only walk out of the theater in love with Juno and everyone else in the movie, but your heart is warmed for everyone, including yourself. It's that good.  All three remind how good movies can be. And there were some not-too-bad movies at the end of 2007, for example, Atonement, which some didn't like, but I did. 3:10 to Yuma is a well-crafted genre picture. Michael Clayton was a perfect showcase for the talents of George Clooney. Great acting and a simple story in The Savages.  Which one was the best? I'd hate to have to choose!
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In movies from "My Left Foot" to  current drama "There Will Be Blood," Daniel Day-Lewis has been  called many things: bold, hypnotic, gripping, among them. But  foolhardy is a description he may like better.
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Dee Brown's epic history makes it to the screen, but some say the title is all that survived.
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The opening for Sony&#39;s &quot;The Forgotten&quot; this weekend was memorable indeed as the Julianne Moore starrer was the only bright spot amid a sea of disappointments and a continuing September slump.
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A frenetic remake of a cult classic shows how each film generation finds its own tone and terrors
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The Forgotten had a memorable debut, dominating the weekend box office with an opening take of $22 million, according to preliminary numbers Sunday.
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So itÂs a thriller against erotica this week. And then when youÂre about to roll your eyeballs in exasperation along comes a big-little film with a quaint and curious name like Amu to fill you with hope for life at the  movies this week.
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LOS ANGELES Sept. 26, 2004 - It&#39;s been a bad time for movies in general lately, but good for thrillers like &quot;The Forgotten,&quot; which claimed the No.
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The Forgotten: Thriller. Starring Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise, Alfre Woodard. Directed by Joseph Ruben. Written by Gerald Di Pego.
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Paul Newman has been  around so long and is so extended as a personality -- we see  him most frequently on salad-dressing labels -- that there&#39;s a  danger of forgetting his genius.
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Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg's latest film, depending on which way you look at it, is either a horrifyingly cool exposition of the uncaring value system in a modern day mafia family or a devastating thriller with internalised ramifications for all us 'ordinary' people.
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It may have a captivating title, but this film has little else going for it.