well, i liked 'em.

This weekend, I rented two movies (ahem, box office bombs) that I hadn't seen before. They were different, yet resonated with me in very cool and intelligent ways.

The first movie was Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock. It was in the movie theaters a few months ago, and it didn't gross much, so it's now on DVD. If I had to rate it, I would give the movie 4 stars for psychological thriller-enthusiasts like myself; 5 stars for weirdos; and 3.5 for the intelligencia. What I liked was that the plot was intricately planned, and that the movie was intentionally set to throw you off and confuse the hell out of you. I had to honestly watch the special features on creating the film to understand what was going on and why. Without giving away too much of the plot, I'll simply compare it to those time-warped, suspenseful movies like The Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis and Deja Vu with Denzel Washington. It fits right into it's genre, and is pretty good--if you can get through the sometimes sappy love and family scenes. The only down side is that I'm still somewhat confused about it. Maybe I'm just being slow. And that's not surprising.

The second movie was Spike Lee's She Hate Me. I'm not sure when it came out, but talk about your freaky sense gone wild! If you have never heard of it, the movie circles this professional black man who gets involved with some wealthy lesbians in a way-less-than-conventional way. That's the most I can say without giving the movie away! I'd rate it as a 5 for the intelligencia; 5 for the freaks; and a 2 for conservatives. There's a lot of sex, but Spike makes a big splash with his larger-than-life messages on stuff that just sucks in society. I understood that he was speaking on the black family structure; homosexual and heterosexual love; casual sex and human conception; corruption in big time businesses; institutionalized racism...shoot, I guess I'm smart, but it's apparent. It was good, though. J and I laughed a lot through it because Spike Lee is a crazy genius. Him and his camera angles and whatnot. I found myself asking if it could really happen, but I was nonetheless enthralled and thrilled. I recommend it, except if you're thoroughly close-minded. Or work at Enron.