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.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Searching for Sugar Man


Deb 10      Me 10

I read about this in a magazine and it looked pretty great. It is. The slight problem for me was that I read about it in a magazine, so I knew what was going on. The film is designed in a way that assumes you know nothing and they slowly reveal the story to you. It sucks when you know the punch line so I won't wreck it for you. I can't really review it either (I guess I never really do) but I'll suggest you watch it if you like documentaries about people who affect a positive change in one way or another. There's been a few of these lately, Marley, Saint Misbehaivin', Ai Weiwei, they're outstanding and out there and this is among the best of them, kicking ass in both in film making and offering a unique story. Some of the people interviewed are among the most articulate people I've seen in any documentary; and they're construction workers and bricklayers.
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