Recent Davids

Cal and I have recently been preferring sitting at home watching a DaViD, rather then going out to a fillum, partly because the range of fillums on offer has been uninspiring and partly because a David gives you a $2 entertainment as opposed to a $32 entertainment. Or, in the case of a borrowed David, a $0 entertainment as opposed to.
Recent Davids watched:
Into the Wild (2007)
Ravishing to look at. Dude abandons family, lives in a bus. Feels a bit too sure of itself for my taste, but chunks of this film have stayed with me.
The Notebook (2004)
Pleasant love story with some effective silly weepie moments. Works entirely due the chemistry of Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, of which there is plenty. Best for when you’re in a forgiving sort of mood.
Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
Nervous, sweet little film about some teenagers learning a little bit about themselves and each other while they fall in love. More subtle in its characterization than you’d expect, so it grows in the memory.
Great Expectations (1998)
Wildly off-kilter but highly enjoyable updating of the Dickens classic, with Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow being surprisingly not annoying as director Alfonso Cuaron barely holds the film together around them.
Bella (2006)
In New York, a chef and a newly-fired waitress engage in a sort-of romance as she comes to terms with the fact that she’s pregnant and he recalls a past mistake that haunts him. A great film, although a self-conscious one. [Cheers David for reminding me of the title for this one!]
In other David news, it was announced yesterday that the patron of this blog is engaged to be wed! Congratulations and felicitations to the happy couple.

11 thoughts on “Recent Davids”

  1. You sure do watch a lot of what we rednecks call: Chick flicks.
    Was that last one called Rattatouille?

  2. You rednecks! With you its always go off into the wilderness and track a beast for two days and then kill it then chop it up into pieces and then you EAT IT! I mean, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

  5. I hated Great Expectorations, as it should have been called because it made me want to spit on those responsible. Who knew the director would go on to make a couple of good movies?
    Have you ever seen In The Mood For Love? That’s one of the most romantic movies I’ve ever seen. I’d lend it to you, but some guy borrowed my copy years ago and apparently still hasn’t watched it. It’s one of those movies where if you don’t like it, I weep for the loss of your soul.

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