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Having picked myself up from the over indulgence in turkey (above) and the depression of not having anyone comment except my wife… I am back, bringing you the cool things I find, or the stuff on my mind.

Over the break, I saw a few movies: Rent, Unleashed, Shultze gets the blues, and Millions.
Mini Reviews below.

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p>Rent

• This musical-adapted movie worked as a musical. There was a charcter who didn’t really have a point, a few who were plain unlikeable and the music… Let’s just say that the first song, and two songs in the middle were great. Everything else was a little too rock opera for me. I went with a die-hard Rent fan, and I’m hoping that she doesn’t read this: I didn’t like it. I wouldn’t recommend it. I’m sure it’s a great play, but not a great movie. Period.
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p>Unleashed

• An interesting concept holds the amazingly choreographed fight scenes togther. While it’s shy on character development and Bob Hoskins plays an unbelievably cruel charcter, the movie works. Not overly well, but it works. The fight scenes, while painful to watch at times, are great, very fluid, and more realistic that the normal kung-fu showy moves.
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p>Schultze gets the blues

• German movies are slow. I’m married to a German, she’s explained this to me everytime. German movies are slow and this is no exception. The idea that people change over time and don’t really realize it, was well depicted. The actors have portray a great sense of the German dry humor. It’s a slow tragedy, but worth a watch to see what real Germans are like.
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p>Millions

• This was one of the best movies I have seen all year. A touching story about a boy who sees saints and suddenly comes across more money that he could imagine. I don’t want to ruin the movie for anyone, but this one is excellent. The way that it is shot is very smart, with excellent uses of special effects and the story is touching. See it this holiday season.
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