your place or mine? and dogville

watched 2 flicks this weekend...

your place or mine? is a cute romantic comedy. i wouldn't imagine it would do well as an american movie, but if you like asian movies and asian romantic comedies, you'll probably like this movie... it's cute and quirky... not much to say about it, really... not fabulous, not horrible. enjoyable if you're in the mood for something really light...

dogville ... uhm... i liked it more than i thought i would. it wasn't what i expected. shooting the whole movie in an indoor sound stage, gave me more of a feeling like i was watching a play instead of a movie...

however, it was a little difficult to watch. there are scenes in that movie that drag on for far too long. i mean, we get the point! we understand that nicole kidman's character is being tortured and treated poorly. we get it... move on... i started watching the movie about 1/3 of the way through it... the movie is 3 hours long. the 2 hours i watched, well... 2 hours gives you plenty of time for plenty of abuse. not to say that it's gory at all. it's not. but, man, do you feel bad for her.

at least she got her revenge in the end.

the director is a misogynist. i mean, just the fact that he seems to relish drawing out the abuse inflicted on the (always female) leads in his movies (not that i've seen his other movies)... and how bjork and nicole kidman got the hell away from him once their movies wrapped. and he said in an interview, "This is why I work so often with females. To give up control you have to trust somebody, and it's easier for me to convince females to do this, for some reason."

i don't know. anyway, the movie is disturbing in a way... good in some ways... not good in others. but i thought i would absolutely loathe it... but i didn't. worth a rent or a borrow... i'm glad i didn't see it in the theater. i think most people either love it or hate it... as for me, well, i'm indifferent. i liked it more than i thought i would, but i didn't LOVE it...

it was just a mediocre movie weekend, i guess.