The Million Dollar Hotel
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Movie Reviews of The Million Dollar Hotel
Movie Review: FELLINI IS BACK!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Million Dollar Hotel" is truly a movie about the magic in every person's life. A group of freaks, junkies, mentally deficient people, [prostitutes], people without money, people without expectations, etc. In other words, the other side of the coin of the "American Dream". Yet, just like in a Fellini movie, we are made to watch, and somehow understand them, and like them and love them. They are much better adapted to their "underprivileged" world than we are to ours. They have the magic of life in them. This movie is a great Love Story in many different levels. It is also, a movie about friendship, passion, greed, jelousy, hate, revenge, etc. On a personal level, on a HUMAN level. Certainly it puts us ("The Privileged", with our diregard for others, our consummerism, our wars, our weapons, our fears, our hatreds)to shame.Another great movie by Wim Wenders. May he continue showing us that deep down we are better than we can see us in a mirror. We need his magical mirror to de the trick!
Movie Review: Quirky and Addictive
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film and watch it repeatedly. I can't get enough of the ambiant forces Wenders brought to this cautionary tale of life on the down and out in America.Mel Gibson's role as Special Agent Skinner is a hoot and it has been remarked that he goofed his way through this one. So what? Wenders has been lambasted for the ad hoc feel of the film, on the one hand, and for the obsessive stylistic effects of the digital edit, on the other hand. Again, so what?
Milla Jovovich is a pleasure to watch, as she flits about, and Jeremy Davies, as agitated nerd, is a mannered play on the fidgeting fool well-loved by Shakespeareans the world round.
There are numerous sendups in this piece - e.g. the John Lennon impersonations (Peter Stormare) or the swipes at Schnabel by Schnabel (via the tar paintings) - but overall there is a shimmering, magic aura around this film that won't go away.
And, O that soundtrack! by Eno, Lanois, Bono et alia ...
Movie Review: ALL THINGS MILLA!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Honestly my favorite part of this DVD is the special features interview with Milla Jovovich talking about her haircut, because it's just Milla being herself. I'd watch Milla stare into the camera for 2 hours and give it 5 stars. However there is one thing I really need to know about this film. I'm wondering if anyone else picked up on it and wether it was planned or just a fluke. The first time Eloise walks into the book store she picks up about 4 or 5 paperbacks and the one on the top caught my eye immediately, because it's unmistakebly Carlos Castasneda's "A Seperate Reality". I have been a Castaneda devotee for many years. So I'm just curious as to who's idea this was, because I honestly don't think it was a fluke. I will also give the film 2 thumbs up for the Castaneda cameo. I loved "The Milla-ion Dollar Hotel"Movie Review: Wenders' romanticism at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
This film combines Wenders' great romanticism and his loving, if not uncritical glances toward Americans--their sickness, loneliness, and lovingness. First time I saw it, I thought it was a somewhat commercialized (or Americanized) version of Wenders' earlier work, "Wings of Desire." Second time, I got into the story and felt it's real. It is such a powerful and smart movie that strings love, sadness, and their once-ness in life together. Music by Bono is also great. If you like Wenders, it is a must-see. If you do not like Mel Gibson in his usual role, then you will find it amusing. At any rate, do not trust the ad. on VHS/DVD... They say something like "everyone has a secret," trying to present the film as a Mel Gibson detective story. It is not a detective story, but much more than that!Movie Review: trust me- see this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
this is the best movie I have seen in a while! Being a film student I am very critical of the movies I do see. When I see a big blockbuster movie with romance and mystery and action I usually have to force myself to se the end, and usually halfway through I know what the ending is going to be. Although this film might not be for everyone, because it is based mostly on dialogue, it is a nice film to see if you are bored with all the BIG Hollywood film movies. If any one enjoyed this movie as much as I did, I am sure you would enjoy films such as The Man Who Cried, The Princess and the Warrior(German)or Run,Lola,Run. In addition- Tom Tom played by Jeremy Davies is an incredible character along with Eloise played by Milla Jovovich. Also the sountrack rocks! (Milla Jovovich sings several songs)