Sometimes you want to sit at home. While it’s not encouraged, it’s understood. It sucks to rent a bad movie so the Lost Reel Review is here to help guide you on your path to good movie rentals.
Triplets of Belleville (2003) is almost creepy. With earth-toned shades of dreary brown dominating the animation. Triplets takes viewers on a mostly silent journey as a elderly woman tries to track down her grandson who was kidnapped while competing in the Tour de France. The grandmother teams up with her aging canine and sisters to create one of the greatest getaway scenes I’ve ever watched. It’s clearly geared to adults – greatly to blame for losing to Finding Nemo for Best Animated Feature – and features a rhythmic, timely, strange but masterful soundtrack. The story is well constructed and dialogue perfect (when used). Comedy comes in doses as grandmother flaunts uncanny frog-gigging ability.
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Waking Life (2001) – A digitally enhanced live action masterpiece directed by Richard Linklater which dances through a young man’s thoughts while in a constant state of lucid dream (I think). Discussions of reality, existentialism and even the age old meaning of life question prevail. Fascinating animation make it visually exciting.
I Heart Huckabees (2004) – Jason Schwartzman is the frontman for an environmental group which is trying to keep a box store – Huckabees (Wal-Mart/Target) – from opening. Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin play existential detectives and Jude Law is the Huckabee’s CEO. Hilarity ensues. If that’s not enough, Naomi Watts is involved and she hasn’t to date harmed interest.
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