Derailed

As a fan of Clive Owen I was hoping for a good film. I did not get it. Unless you enjoy watching Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen there is no reason to see Derailed. The plot twists are many but there is no theme developed. We are left with nothing more then two hours of watching Owen and Aniston run around.

Watch Closer instead.

Serenity

Is there a world without sin? Would that truly be a perfect world?

Is the will to fight a good thing? It depends what one is fighting for. Balance. Proper balance. There is a time for everything.

Serenity is a movie based on the SciFi television show Firefly. It is action packed adventure. But more then that it is a journey toward belief.

Even if you don’t like science fiction this is one to watch.

Jarhead

War.

When I was a kid I watched WW2 movies and wanted to be a solder. After coming out of this film I did not have that same feeling. War is not glorified. War is not vilified. War is: sad but true, sometimes necessary, sometime pointless.

Jake Gyllenhaal gives a great performance with solid support from Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper.

Based on the book by Anthony Swofford, a marine in the first Gulf War. In the end this movie is not about a war or about politics. It is about the very human experience of a horrible reality.