Movie Update

I just realized that I never reviewed Quantum of Solace, and I need to drool about it a little. Seriously, I loved it so so so much! I love that the Daniel Craig Bond movies take Bond back to the beginning of his 00 career. Casino Royale was so gritty, and had an aggressive violence to it. This movie does a good job of taking the first steps towards evolving James towards the Bond we're used to. It's a baby step, true, but this film Bond was a little smoother, and a little more I can't wait to see the next film now that James will be free from the ghost-of-Veseper-past. Last but not least, OMG Daniel Craig couldn't be hotter! ::sigh:: This past weekend I went to see Australia, and am pleased to report that it was out of this world fantastic! I love Baz Luhrmann films, the three films that are a part of his Red Curtain Trilogy, are three of my favorite films ever. Those films, Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, and Romeo + Juliet, all share a similar visual style to them. Although Australia lacks the extreme in-your-face style of those films, you can still tell that you're watching a Baz film. From some the close-up face shots that he uses often to the cast, many of whom have appeared in other Luhrmann films. My personal favorite was seeing the father from Strictly Ballroom, Aussie actor Barry Otto. Fun trivia fact about Barry Otto is that his daughter, Miranda Otto is the actress who played Eowyn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, also seen in with Barry in the photo to the above. Anyway, Barry was one of my favorite parts of Strictly Ballroom, so it was fun to see him again in Australia. Great movie, great performances, great story. However, in not great movie news... I recently added another film to my list of movies I walked out on. Granted, I was watching it at home, but I think this will still qualify. I recently used my free rental code for Red Box to rent that piece of shit Don't Mess With the Zohan crap! It cost me nothing to rent it, yet after 45 min of this movie I quit watching it, got back in my car and returned it less than an hour after renting it. I've loved him in some of the other more dramatic roles he's taken on, but this movie sucked balls. Seriously.