the choices we make
Two very different movies today. First, a torture-porn sort of thriller/horror film called Vile and right now Renaissance Man , a Penny Marshall-directed comedy drama that's quite family-friendly. It's been a while since I've watched this movie, but I remember liking it (and my kids watched it for English class). But, I'm looking at Roger Ebert's review and he calls it "a labored, unconvincing comedy that seems cobbled together out of the half-understood remnants of its betters." Nice description, but not too positive. Meanwhile, I just watched a bunch of actors, ranging from poor to mediocre, hurt each other after being locked in a house and wired to some plot-devices that collect their dopamine and... plot-juice. Interesting thing was that film was almost trying to have a point. This one long-haired guy in the group... oh, SPOILERS are coming, so skip the next paragraph (jump to after the image) if a movie about ten people being locked in a house toge...