Revolutionary Road: Staring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio...A reunion of Titanic proportions. Kathy Bates even has a minor roll in this one.
The movie looks at the idea of the American Dream. The dreams we have in ourselves, the dreams we have in our relationships and the severe inability to fulfill those dreams.
Winslet and DiCaprio are the image of the American Ideal. Beautiful, young, two kids and suburban house. The quintessential existence. But they had dreams of being different, of sticking out. Of being special. Of course, the film is based on the unraveling of their marriage, their lost dreams, their constant dreams of living a life based on challenging stereotypical ideas and the realization that those ideals are becoming one's own.
I have to admit, the movie was not a happy one. It was raw, it made me a bit depressed, but it was more reality put into two hours then I think I've ever experienced.
I swear, if Kate Winslet gets robbed this award season for like the millionth time...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
This movie is different. It took me a long time to figure out what it reminded me of...but I got it. Big Fish meets Forrest Gump and has a love child.
The idea of time is a constant in this film. The idea we all struggle with of being able to turn back the clock. The idea that we come into this world dependent on others and for the most part, we leave this world the very same way.
It's a beautiful film. The cinematography is amazing, the colors, the images, the pure whimsy of the film is overpoweringly good.
And Brad Pitt...in the prime of his Benjamin Button life...is still hot.
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