New Year Movies

The last film I saw in 2006 and the first film I saw in 2007 could not have been more different. Container is a Swedish film by Lukas Moodysson, who made ‘Together’ and ‘Lilya 4-ever’.

"A silent movie with sound" it chronicles the life of a fat man who wishes he was a woman. There is no dialogue except for a stream of consciousness voiceover, spoken by Donnie Darko’s Jenna Malone.

A lot of mad pish is about the only way to describe it. It’s completely off the scale in terms of Tom Stars. There were some bits I quite liked and it felt relaxing in places, but really it’s mad arty pish.

"A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in Mary's stomach. The water breaks. It floods into me. I can't close the lid. My heart is full."

Mad pish.

So into 2007 and The Holiday (**). A love story for the festive period it features Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black in the romantic roles.

The Cameron Diaz/Jude Law segments were really boring, but the Kate Winslet parts were quite good. It’s obviously daft, romantic nonsense, but it does really sag in places.

Handy that all the characters were rich and had tough, but glamorous jobs that would let them up sticks whenever they wanted to. No one would ever want to watch a love story where a couple of the protagonists were on minimum wage eh?

I find it a bit odd that Jack Black is now playing straightforward romantic leads. He’s a guy you would think would be destined for the best pal or loser roles, but here he is playing opposite Kate Winslet.

The one actor in the cast I found most watchable though was Eli Wallach. Shame that he was in such a boring film.