Movies: September 2004 Archives

I saw "Chasing Amy" last night. I enjoyed it sort of. The theme of meeting someone who finally is the embodiment a lifetimes search for intimacy and companionship was both touching and thought provoking. When the main character tried to solve the central problem of the movie in the absolute worst way possible, I was shouting "No, don't do it. You'll regret it." That moment had the smell of the kind of self-destructive psychological horror story I have come to really enjoy. Thankfully, his solution was not pursued.

On the whole, the movie didn't work for me in one major way. I don't think that sex should be treated as casually as it is in this movie. I think there are long term consequences for treating sexual choices with the same gravity as one might muster when choosing ice cream flavors. Those "consequences" are both for the health, the head, and the heart of all involved. But it's a movie so we all live happily ever after, right?

Potzer, BTW is slang for patzer, a chess term.

I admit to not seeing the original movie. I will seek it out in short order I guarantee it.

This movie totally hooked me. The plot of this movie with its conspiracies and crazed characters was practically designed to totally hook me.

I have always loved the idea of plots where either a main character is insane or the only person who is sane.

I have always liked conspiracy movies, or movies that try and show how the world we live in is an elaborate facade.

I tend to like political movies with interesting themes.

I could have lived without a few of the more graphic squirm inducing scenes. If you have seen the movie you know what I'm talking about.

I also wonder about the politics of the producers. It seems like they might have been grinding a political ax at the same time they can capitalize on election year political interests.

I give it 3 1/2 stars out of 4. I saw it as a matinee, which of course means I am more predisposed to liking it.