Saturday, January 5, 2008

2 more

Last night i drank some vodka and watched bourne ultimatum and half of star wars V
today i watched my first bergman film "seventh seal" so here is the synopsis no one has been waiting for

Seventh Seal (Bergman)
"Exhausted and disillusioned, a medieval knight (
Max von Sydow) makes the journey home after years of combat in the Crusades. When the black-robed figure of Death confronts him, the knight challenges him to a game of chess. A powerful meditation on the existence of God and the meaning of life, this drama is considered one of Ingmar Bergman's best and took the Cannes Film Festival Prize in 1957."

Hard to get into, but once you do there is lots of nice gentle humor and engaging performance. As stated above this is my first bergman movie and i will definitely be watching more. I don't know if it's the criterion re-mastering or if this movie's (along with most criterion cuts) black and white cinematography are amazing to look at. Sharp and vivid, like a silver tone photo print.
8 of 10
Bourne Ultimatum
"Matt Damon returns as the amnesia-stricken trained assassin Jason Bourne in this third film based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novels. As Bourne travels from Moscow to Paris, Madrid, London, New York and Tangier, Morocco, in a quest to reconstruct his past (and thus clear the way for a future), he's joined by returning cast members Julia Stiles and Joan Allen as well as new co-stars David Strathairn and Paddy Considine."

BIGGER and better than the previous two movies. Same plot, bourne trying to figure out who he is. Amazing action sequences abound.
7 of 10

Total Count Thus far
7 movies
0 books

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I just watched "Scenes From a Marriage" by Bergman the other day. I haven't seen "the Seventh Seal" yet, although I should soon. "Scenes" is just heavy and brutal to watch...the characters rip each other to shreds the entire time. Dig it!