Frozen River

B.O.R.I.N.G.

Please...save...me...from...this...stupid...boring...movie.

Within 5 minutes of watching this film, I knew I would not like this movie at all. I felt nothing for any of these characters.

Mom is not so bright, her teenage son is full of typical teenage agnst, but not impressive or anything.

Heck, think I would leave that woman too if I were her husband.

I can't think of one redeeming quality of this movie. Not-a-one.

2/10 - 2 points, because this movie made me realize I never want to live in Upstate New York, but I've been to Buffalo on several occasions, so I already knew it.




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I knew there was a baby in that bag.

I knew the car would fall in the ice. DAH, you can't have a movie about a frozen body of water without the ice cracking ... that is just damn silly.

I knew the young chick would end up raising the boys the end.

I knew the teenage boy would smile at the end.

Choke

This movie is a rare find, a unique plot that is well written and very well acted.

Choke is based on a book by Chuck Palahniuk, the dude who wrote FightClub.

Victor played by Sam Rockwell, is a sex addict that was raised by a delusional mother, Anjelica Huston. His job; he protrays an Irish indentured servant at a colonial theme park, where his boss is the typical annoying overachiever and constantly in character provoked by Victors carefree attitude and sexual escapades.


Victor is also a con man, pretending to choke on his food while dining at fancy restaurants. This provides Victor with much needed human affection but he cons his victums into sending him money. This is the money Victor uses to pay for his mothers care. There is a dispicable side to Sam/Victor, yet a loving, caring and sometimes selfless side to him. The duality of Victor is a joy to watch as Sam Rockwell's Victor is both charming and loathsome in the very same scene.



Anjelica Huston's twisted mommy role is incredible. Ida isn't able to recognize her son when he comes to visit yet there is an everlasting love in her that is very much with Ida until the very last scene. Ida is passionate in all things but she is so very insane; kidnapping her son from his foster care parents. Ida is strong minded and driven and she understands the complexities of life, accepts them but she is blind to her effect on her young son. Ida shows us her insecurity when she insists that Victor never fall in love with his many foster mothers. There is so much brain function still at her command yet many parts of it are completely fried to a crisp, damaged beyond repair.



But repair is exactly what Paige (Ida's new doctor, Victor's savior and/or ruination) has in mind. Paige cares deeply for Ida, so much so in fact that she is more than willing to impregnate herself with Victors baby so she can perform experimental sperm cell reconstruction of Ida's badly fried brains.



Denny played by Brad William Henke, Victors best friend is sometimes weak, needing Victors help and strength of mind to help him out of a bad situations then sometimes strong, attempting to help Victor out of his downward spiral.



This is a disturbingly dark and perverse comedy. This is not for everyone but if you think you can enjoy a demented movie - then by all means see this one.

8/10

I kinda feel like a stalker of Paz de la Huerta. She was in The Guitar as a pizza delivery chick turn lesbo-lover and Choke as a fellow sex addict.

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Things I have learned from the latest movies I've seen.

Gran Torino
1. Clint can still kick some butt.
2. Don't call Clint an old man.
3. Clint's been called a lot of things, but he's never been called funny.
4. Everyone wants a Gran Torino.
5. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with WD-40, a vice grip, and a roll of duct tape.



Taken
1. When Liam Neeson says "I will find you, and I will kill you." believe it.
2. When you sit behind a desk. You forget things, like the weight in the hand of a gun that's loaded and one that's not.
3. A flesh wound can turn into a bullet between your wifes eyes unless you help Liam Neeson.
4. 7 inch nails are great conductors of electricity.
5. Paris is a hot bed for Albanian human-trafficking.



The Guitar
1. You can teach old chicks new things, you can teach them how to ROCK.
2. When diagnosed with cancer, you should blow your severance pay on an expensive loft apartment in NYC.
3. Delivery people can be your best friends.
4. You can max out all your credit cards by ordering out everyday.
5. We should all live like it's our last day on earth.