Being John Malkovich
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Movie Reviews of Being John Malkovich
Movie Review: Refreshing twist..
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie with others and they all said, "What the f*ck?". I was amazed that a director that could put together a piece of artwork crazier than a Picasso paintaing but it all fits together through some sort of weave. Each minute the movie gets crazier and crazier with its doubtful plots about going into the mind of John Malcovich and bieng dumped out on the side of a highway. Cameron Diaz did an excellent job potraying the confused wife who goes into the portal to fulfill her sexual desires for Catherine Keener who becomes John Malcoviche's love interest. It was refreshing for her to play such a powerful role instead of the dumb blonde she usually portrays. John Cusak also did excellent as the troubled pupeteer who completely takes over Malcovich's body and mind controlling his life and fulfilling his life on becoming a professional pupeteer with Keener as his new companion. The movie endlessly goes nowhere but it was delicously entertaining and I strongly recommend it if your sick of the action/blood/guy-gets-girl themes in most movies today.Movie Review: A Wild Ride
Summary: 5 Stars
There aren't many films that will force you to think differently. This is one of those rare exceptions, and a funny one to boot.
It explores the age-old question of what it would be like to be inside someone else's head (and body, with riotous gender switches).
Great quote from Cameron Diaz, who plays Lotte Schwartz in this film: "It's been said that in Hollywood there are only 14 different scripts. Well, this is number 15."
A film to be watched in one sitting, it is the perfect entertainment for a Friday evening, after a tough week.
Highly recommended. Once you've seen it, read The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Susan Orlean and then watch Adaptation (Superbit Collection), the follow-on film by Spike Jonze.
Movie Review: Metaphor for Our Age
Summary: 5 Stars
Spike Jonze has directed a film about people who want to get lost inside a portal of a celebrity John Malkovich and as such has made a film that is an allegory of our age: a society of tormented souls, who loathing their perceived mundane existence, seek transcendence by living vicariously through a celebrity. In our tabloid-soaked culture where we want our celebs dished out to us for our feasting, we now take our worship a step further: live inside and takeover a celebrity; get inside his brain and try to render our sense of being invisible by being John Malkovich.
Great idea but how does the film work in terms of pacing, plotline, and coherence? Amazingly, the narrative is tight and follows easily enough. The satire is always two steps ahead of us. There are too many laugh-outloud surprises in here to mention. But beneath the satire is a brooding, tormented meditation on a society that, without the razzle-dazzle of celebrity, is overcome by a sense of worthlessness and ennui.
Movie Review: Who writes this stuff?
Summary: 5 Stars
I already know Charlie Kaufmann wrote this, but still. I seriously think this is one of the only movies that I enjoyed enough to watch all of the credits. Great story, great cast, great soundtrack, great writing; you get the hint. Everything about this movie blew my mind.
Craig... something or another works in a cramped (to say the least) office between the 7th and 8th floor of a big corporate office building. He is a puppeteer at heart, but to make ends meet he takes this job, and loves it! He works as a filing clerk, but two factors heighten the working experience. He is smitten with his co-worker (Katherine Keener), and he discovers a trap door that leads him into the mind of celebrity John Malkovich (John Malkovich)! Holy Wow!
But what does a door into the brain of John Malkovich mean? Does Malkovich know? Is it a hallucination? Is it something else? Believe me, I really want to blurt it out, but I won't. See this movie, it's great.
Movie Review: A TRIP FOR YO MIND!
Summary: 5 Stars
I SEEN THIS AMAZING FILM IN A MULTIPLEX AND WENT HUH???I TAPE IT OFF OF TV WEEN IT WAS ON HBO.I GET IT.THE GUY THAT WROTE THIS,CHARLIE KAUFFMAN IS A GENIUS.THIS IS A GREAT COMEDY AND EVERY TIME I WATCH IT.I SOMETHING TO CHUCKLE AT.SEE THIS FILM SEVERAL TIMES.IT'S A RICH TAPESTRY OF COMIC WRITING.SPIKE JONZE HAS DONE A FINE JOB IN 1ST FILM AFTER MANY INVENTIVE MUSIC VIDEOS.ALL THE ACTORS ARE GREAT.MY FAVORITES ARE ORSON BEAN,CATHERINE KEENER,CAMERON DIAZ AND THE ONE AND ONLY MR. MALKIVICH.THE SCENE WHERE HE GOES INTO HIS OWN PORTAL IS CLASSIC.I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME POSTERS HERE GIVE THIS FILM LESS THAN 5 STARS.A FILM LIKE 2001 OR BRAZIL IS TOO DEEP FOR THE COMMON MOVIE LOVER.THIS IS A GREAT FILM.IT HAS MOVIE SCRIPT LIKE CITIZEN KANE MOST SCRIPT WRITERS WOULD KILL TO MAKE!IT MAKES THE OVERRATED 'FIGHT CLUB'THE SHALLOW BRAIN DEAD TRASH IT REALLY IS.A REAL MAN COULD SEE THRU THAT BUNK.