Movie reviews

posted by The Vidiot @ 9:52 AM Permalink

Saw Jesus Camp and All the Kings Men.

Jesus Camp was very interesting. Kids speaking in tongues. A mad women telling them to put their lives on the line for Jesus. It was crazy. It's definitely worth a viewing since nobody outside of these holy-roller places has any idea what goes on inside of them. Biggest irony in the movie: the camp program was called "Kids on Fire" and the camp was held in Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

All the Kings Men was decent. Every time I realize how good an actor Sean Penn is, I have to remind myself that he was the Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Mr. Vidiot was a bit disappointed in that it wasn't true enough to Huey P. Long. But other than that, it was good. Not great, but good. My only real big question: Why did they feel the need to cast two brits to play people from Louisiana?

Oh, and we watched Stalag 17 on TCM the other night. (Mr. Vidiot's watched movie list is woefully lacking in the classics.) I'd forgotten what an excellent movie that is AND it makes a very big point of how damn important the Geneva Conventions are.