Change Your Image
mcmanmacdeb
Reviews
Of Golf and God (2008)
Of Golf and God commentary
I was fortunate enough to see Of Golf and God tonight at the Eugene International Film Festival. I enjoyed this film from start to end. It is insightful, joyful, funny, and irreverent...undoubtedly one of the most perfectly cast, scripted, and directed films I have ever seen. All of the actors are a joy to watch, especially the two male leads. They play off of each other in the grand tradition of Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, or Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz. Of Golf and God is a laugh a minute, but is not without substance, as it has much that just about anyone who has ever been in any kind of romantic relationship can identify with. The director and some of his crew were at the screening, and I was impressed by how humble and grounded they are! This is a do-not-miss movie, and I am looking forward to future projects from this team of filmmakers.
Across the Universe (2007)
Across the Universe had a bad hair day
This movie was pretty good, but the hair almost ruined it for me. Men didn't wear their hair like that in the 1960s! They pretty much either had crew cuts or Beatle hair slicked down with bangs...not preppy, pretty-boy feathered, layered, and styled hair like Max and Jude wore! The women didn't wear red lipstick either. White was trendy for a time, and light pink, but not red like the main actress who played Lucy. The film makers needed to do some research on the hairstyles of the day and make sure they were accurate. I know, I know, the movie is supposed to be timeless, just like the Beatles songs, but it WAS supposed to be set in the actual time period that the songs were popular. I didn't mind the episodic, MTV-styled music video format too much. The singing was fantastic and the Beatles tunes were rendered with much emotion. Pretty good job.