Favorite Movie of 2008?
"Rachel Getting Married" was one of those gorgeous movies that could have been completely disastrous in any other director's hands. Jonathan Demme is of course the master of telling stories about strong female characters. This is a movie that I really connected to; in the tradition of "Ordinary People" and "The Ice Storm." I typically hate overly digital looking films and hand-held can get bothersome, but it was the perfect way to tell this brilliant story (penned by Sidney Lumet's daughter, btw). David summed it up nicely by reminding me that I 'love movies about rich people' - and even more, I love films about liberal, creative, rich families so perhaps I'm biased, but "RGM" is currently my favorite film of 2008.
"Rachel Getting Married" was one of those gorgeous movies that could have been completely disastrous in any other director's hands. Jonathan Demme is of course the master of telling stories about strong female characters. This is a movie that I really connected to; in the tradition of "Ordinary People" and "The Ice Storm." I typically hate overly digital looking films and hand-held can get bothersome, but it was the perfect way to tell this brilliant story (penned by Sidney Lumet's daughter, btw). David summed it up nicely by reminding me that I 'love movies about rich people' - and even more, I love films about liberal, creative, rich families so perhaps I'm biased, but "RGM" is currently my favorite film of 2008. 