Movie Review

I watched 2 movies Sunday. The best of the group by far was the little appreciated Spiderwich Chronicales. Okay, it did $70 Million box office and that is not shabby but it kicks the butts of all the Harry Potter movies except the first and still does not get the respect.

The story was dead on, the effects breathtaking without being flashy, the look of the picture was lush (thanks in part to my friend Jim Aupperle doing lighting at Tippet), the camera work was refreshingly slasher flick horror with low shaky cam POV shots through the woods and low angle bursting floorboards during the Goblin attack. But the gore factor never even approaching Jason. All and all an enjoyable film. Nick Nolte was killer at the villain Goblin.



The other movie I watched was the Assassination of Jesse James. As my daughter so aptly stated the length of Lord of the Rings but nothing happened. I was praying for Bob Ford to pull the trigger thinking that would be the end and then they went on another 25 minutes. By the end I was almost hoping somebody would shoot me.