MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Submarine


Deb 10 Me 9


This one came out of the blue and the lobby poster looked interesting so we checked it out. It is set in Wales so there were some accent issues, but happily everything was intelligible. It’s a coming of age story about a delightfully wry kid and his coping with the world around him. He was sort of a cross between Harold (in Harold and Maude) and you. The characters were distinct and amusing, the situations all viable and the story telling was interesting and thorough. They did some stop action tricks in editing that would normally be a distraction, but here they were effectively used and added some visual interest. There were allegories and symbols used throughout that were really welcome additions, not just thrown in. It was just a genuine little movie, not one to break any box office records, but interesting, enjoyable and worth an evening out.
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