I watched a Netflix On Demand movie last night while working called Monsters, and I was blown away. I think that Roger Ebert probably sums it up best in his review; I enjoyed it for many of the same reasons he did. The titular monsters are secondary to the characters, and the entire thing is shot by an actual photographer with an eye for moving images and subtle performances. The director did all the post production in his bedroom, and it’s exactly enough to serve the story without being CGI for CGI’s sake. Go check it out.
Strange bedfellows (maybe): Kevin Smith and Eli Roth both raved about this movie. It’s in my queue.
That’s funny. I wouldn’t trust Eli Roth to pick a good lite beer, but Kevin Smith is at least someone I respect. It’s an awesome movie.
I just finished it; neat movie! IMDb says they filmed in Mexico and Texas, and given the budget I would assume they mean far south Texas down near the border. But those scenes looked *exactly* like post-Ike Port Bolivar/Crystal Beach, where my parents had beach houses all my life. I think J-Lo went to at least one of them.