Dead Man (1995) **** Director: Jim Jarmusch Back home, no one seems to care about accountant William Blake; but in the wild west, he is wanted for dead.
Excellent film! Col. Depp is great as always, and this time he's brought an over-weight Native American lad named "Nobody" with him! Jarmusch seems to recreate the feeling of an old smoothly put together Spaghetti-Western film, while bringing new ideas to the table. Leone himself would be proud... And what better sets the tone of the old Leone western's than a beautiful score? The score is excellent as well. Just an overall great film.
The Cooler (2003) **1/2 Director: Wayne Kramer When the unluckiest man in Vegas falls in love with a casino-beauty, problems arise with his mob friends.
Not a bad film; but also not a spectacular film. Overall, it was average. It had its moments, and some great acting. The story was good too... So were the camera tricks and special effects (the coolest would probably be an X-ray of a hand as the casino-regulated dice were switched with cheater's dice in the palm of a hand). But I also felt it was a tiny bit corny at times (the most obvious being the random saves-the-day moment at the end... I won't give too much away). Anyways, this still isn't a bad film. It's a nice film to catch, I just wouldn't put it at the top of any must-see lists.
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
