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.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

A Late Quartet

Deb 7     Me 7

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener have sort of turned into a duo and the movies where they are paired up are usually pretty darn good or better. This one was pretty good too. It also stars Christopher Walken and a guy I didn't recognize, and it's those strangers that keep me going to the movies. This has a good story and everyone does a fine job, Hoffman's slovenly act and disheveled appearance is almost requisite these days, but it seems to suit him, hope it doesn't get to be formula for him. The movie talks a lot about art and the creative process. There are parables and metaphors comparing art and life. This is where the movie is at its best. Some of the rest of it is just too melodramatic. They show how a team works and where it doesn't, but that alone isn't interesting to me. The strength comes from the understanding of and commitment to their art, and that carried the movie for me.
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