Movies I've Been Looking At

OK, so I saw Inception for the second time a week or so ago, and I have to say that I liked it much better. And in the days following, now that I've had time to digest it fully, I really really like it. The more I think about it, the more I like it. It's like that album by one of your favorite bands that you don't really like the first time you listen through it (see: Futures by Jimmy Eat World). But once you listen to it a few times, you realize how brilliant it is (see: Futures by Jimmy Eat World). The thing about it is that the movie is a mind-bender. So this has gotten me in the mood to see some mind-bending movies. Add to that the fact that I read an article in some magazine that ranked the top ten most confusing movies of all-time. So I decided to go through them.

So far, I've gone through Vanilla Sky and Memento (again). I rented Donnie Darko last night, but I couldn't stay up to watch it because I was tired. I really wanted to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind anyway. I have to say, even though I risk ruining the whole movie for everyone, that I don't get why Vanilla Sky is the most confusing movie of all-time. They spend the last fifteen minutes of the movie sewing it up nice and tight. It almost explains itself too well for my taste. It takes all the debate out of what really happened. The thing I like about movies is the same thing I like about songs. I love it when you can take your own interpretation away and it can mean whatever you want it to mean. That's the beauty of art. If someone spells it out for you, I call that "Pop" art. And I don't like "Pop" anything, except "Corn." Huzzah!

Memento is brilliant. I think more people know about Inception, but Chris Nolan is just the man. Memento, in my opinion, is still a better movie to me than Inception. I'm a little concerned about Nolan at this point. My fear is that he's going to start drinking his own Kool-Aid and begin to believe the "genius" stuff. Then he's going to try to out-think himself and end up ruining his rep (see: M. Night Shyamalan, Bill Belichick). But until then, I'm going to enjoy his films, because he is the best filmmaker around. And I'm sorry, but it's not even close. I like his movies. I am anxious to give my friend M. Night another shot, though. Seems he has a new movie he wrote coming out sometime. I'll probably see that. Probably won't be seeing Green Hornet or Yogi Bear. Seriously, Hollywood, how much money do you have to lose on stupid films before you realize some movies don't need to be made? Yogi Bear? Is anyone really going to see this? My fear is that they're going to feel the need to "adult it up." So not only will I not be seeing it, my kids won't either. My prediction for both these films is disaster.

Summer 2011, on the other hand, holds some pretty good films that I'm probably going to be catching. I'm very upbeat for Captain America and Green Lantern. But I have to admit that, again, some movies don't need to be made. And just because it was a comic book, that doesn't mean it would make a good movie. Ugh. When will they learn? Oh, and I'm really hoping to see an Aquaman movie. I think that might be the worst idea in the history of comic book movies. Right up there with Ghost Rider.