Hath no one witnessed a good movie lately? Okay, I'll go! Last movie I saw was yesterday and it was EXCELLENT!
Everything's Illuminated
It's a wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious, sad movie that deals in an intriguing way with the holocaust. One would think it's 'Jonfren's' journey (Elijah Wood as Jonathan) but it's a journey they all take seeking the past.
It started off in a slightly off beat way that had me wondering if it was going to be a little anti-Semitic but probably a quarter of the way through I saw that it simply couldn't be and I wasn't disappointed. I'd like to say it's life affirming but I guess what I thought about when I left the theater was that everyone should see this movie or a movie like it so they never repeat the mistakes, so they never hate, never teach children to hate. It's a stunningly filmed and wonderful first time achievement for Liev Schreiber who directed it.
I don't want to give anything away but I'd love to hear what anyone else thinks. Unfortunately it's probably not going to be shown at major theaters. We're blessed with two art theaters here that I love AND they have real butter (cholesterol be - uh - be away with you!) and the best popcorn in the city.
Didn't mean to digress so. Go see this movie! It is PREMIUM!!! :D
