Desperate for meaning in this endless summer movie season, Nick sat down to watch five movies intended for hot weather to see if any lessons could be learned. Today he reviews 2002′s surfer girl movie Blue Crush and, surprisingly, finds it much more enjoyable than he ever would have expected.
Category: "2002"
DVD Review: Minority Report (2002)
Minority Report is not a bad movie, but there is nothing truly recommendable about it either. Coming from Steven Spielberg, I find that perhaps even worse. From someone who used to make some of the most entertaining movies in history, I’d have expected at least something a little more inventive.
Movie Review: One Hour Photo (2002)
One Hour Photo is a psychological thriller directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams as “Sy” Parrish in a role that is very unlike your usual Robin William’s fare. Sy has been running the one-hour photo lab at SavMart for the last 10 years and is very attentive and meticulous that “his” customers receive the best service possible… and he should because he has nothing else going on in his life: No companionship, no kids, no friends, nothing at all.
Movie Review: Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence is a movie adapted from the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara which is based on the true story of the author’s mother and two other mixed-race aboriginal girl running away from the Moore River Native Settlement in 1931 to reunite with their families.They did that because the Australian government had a policy in place that required “half-caste” children to be taken away from their families and placed in government training facilities such as Moore River to be trained as servants up until freaking 1970!
Movie Review: The Quiet American (2002)
Directed by Phillip Noyce, The Quiet American is adapted from Graham Greene’s book of the same name. The movie is set in 1952 in Saigon, Vietnam during the French Indochina war. The movie starts with the discovery of the body of Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser) which is found floating in a river. Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), a British news correspondent, recalls how he met Pyle and the movie flashes back to their first encounter.
Movie Review: City of God (2002)
City of God (Cidade de Deus) is a highly acclaimed Brazilian movie directed by Fernando Meirelles which I had always wanted to see but never was able to until now. Based on a true story, the film takes place non-linearly and over the span of two decades in the City of God, a notorious slum west of Rio de Janeiro.
