Monday, March 31, 2008

Michael Clayton...Good

This was a good movie in terms of production and story. The beginning starts with a disturbing but very well acted dialog from Tom Wilkinson, where he realizes that he has been serving a bad company as a lawyer for the past six years. The fact that the company he represents, has lead to the deaths of over 400 people, causes him to mentally snap. This mental breakdown threatens the progress of defense of this company during a class action suit against it. Michael Clayton is the man with connections and is called to clean up the mess. Michael Clayton, played by George Clooney refers to himself as a Janitor because he constantly has to fix bad situations. Along the way Clayton stumbles on the real truth behind the company, with his life threatened and under attack, Clayton struggles to correct fix his own situation.
The whole movie had good camera effects, lighting and interesting dialog. Unfortunately there is no real story to how the bad company killed so many people, so I felt a lack of sympathy for them. While still a good movie, I just wanted to know more about the deaths. This movie has it's high points of action and suspense, and constantly builds keeping you on your toes. Unlike There Will be Blood, the ending leaves you very satisfied. I really recommend this movie.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Smashing Pumpkins-33

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc9ZbS4KMdg

I really like the way this video matches the music...
Also has really cool fast/stop motion feel to it.