Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
Simply put, Ratatouille, (which is now available on the DVD, and which the Manolo has purchased) is the best movie the Manolo has seen all year.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
The Manolo has become like stalkerish uber-fan Mel, in that he cannot stop watching the Flight of the Conchords. He keeps playing the DVD over and over, laughing each time at the same bits. Truly it is the most entertaining thing the Manolo has seen in many years.
All hail, Bret and Jemaine!
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
The Manolo must admit that he came away from the American Gangster movie dissatisfied and more the little disappointed.
The first and most prominent problem is that not for the single instant did the Manolo buy that Russell Crowe (of whom the Manolo is the giant, huge fan) was the tough Jewish street cop from New Jersey. Firstly, his accent was terrible, nearly as bad as the “southern” accents of Nicole Kidman and Jude Law in Cold Mountain. And secondly he just did not look right, or act right, in the part. In short, he was miscast.
The second problem is that much of the middle part of the movie is boring. It drags as we endure both the tedious Russell Crowe, family-courtroom-drama sub-plot, and yet one more small scene of Denzel Washington acting resolutely criminal and earnest at the same time. Boring!
For the Manolo, the only time the movie really comes alive is when Josh Brolin appears as the corruptest of corrupt cops. He crackles with sparkling menace and is the only unpredictable thing in this terribly predictable movie.
Yes, there were good things, such as the sets and the costumes and the music and some of the secondary characters, but otherwise, this is not the movie you will long remember, which is odd, as the source material, the article “The Return of Superfly, in the New York Magazine, is wonderfully memorable.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
It is now official, the Manolo’s new favorite television show is The Flight of the Conchords. It is delightfully absurd, and the music is quite good.
Of course, you must judge for yourself, as this excerpt below is perhaps the funniest thing the Manolo has seen all year.
Brilliant!
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
By this point all of the Jason Bourne movies have begun to run together in the mind of the Manolo. This is not necessarily the bad thing.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
It is not the secret that the Manolo is the fan of the western movie genre, and so he is happy to report that this new cowboy movie with the Russell Crowe and the Christian Bale is quite enjoyable. It is somewhat marred by having the weak and overly long ending, but otherwise the Manolo especially happy with the acting, from the leads down through the smaller characters.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday time to see what the Manolo is…
The Manolo has been so busy these past few weeks guiding the new blogs, that he has not been able to read as much as he would like. But, he putting that to rights by rereading the David Lodge, who at his best is smart and hilarious.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is…
If you wish to look for someone whom the Manolo considers to be his kindred spirit, you could do much worse than to point at the the genius Henri Langlois.
Here is the person, who though not himself the traditional artist, was nonetheless passionate about art, and through his passion and devotion persuaded others to take this art seriously. The Manolo wishes to do for the shoes, what Henri Langlois did for the movies.
