I went to see "The Duchess" yesterday and there were a bunch of really good previews before the movie. One in particular sparked my excitement for the coming movie season - "Defiance" - with Daniel Craig and some other folks I can't remember...I will have to look it up. A movie about 3 brothers during WWII in Germany (I believe) who bring a bunch of Jewish people to hide in the woods with them for the duration and decide to fight back rather than wait to be killed or taken. I'm sure it will be a difficult movie to watch, but meaningful. So many movies now just don't seem to have a point.
"The Duchess" was pretty good although I went under the auspices that this was a GREAT performance by Ralph Fiennes. Obviously, they have not seen him in "Schindler's List". That was a GREAT, if stomach-turning, performance. I did like Kiera Knightly better than I have in a long time. I just found the movie sort of pointless. I'm not much for films of that period, so I didn't expect to be blown away by it.
"Defiance"
"The Soloist"
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"
Enjoy!
