Burn After Reading

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Comedy

I have to qualify: the movie actually gets 3 stars, the extra star is for Brad Pitt!
THE MOVIE: Find out how the CIA pays for a desperate woman's cosmetic surgery. Gave me a few laughs. I like how the story slowly unfolded where seemingly unrelated events are woven into a single plot.
CAST: Superb casting but Brad Pitt remains to be my favorite. As Mike and I always say, Brad Pitt is such a great actor. He readily surrenders himself to the characters he plays allowing the audience to easily forget the actor and immerse themselves with the story and the characters on screen. (Can you tell I'm fan??? ha-ha)

Planet Terror: Planet Rodriguez

I always knew that Roberto Rodriguez was an unconventional director. I became interested in his work the first time I saw El Mariachi (which incidentally I rented at then ACA Video on tape, can't remember if it were already on VHS hehehe). I started to admire him more with his works on Four Rooms and From Dusk Till Dawn. I thought he showed diversity with his flicks for the young, Spy Kids and The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. And Sin City really showed his cutting edge directorial style.

Indeed Roberto Rodriguez knows his movies and his audience.

So when Planet Terror (aka Grindhouse) came out, I didn't hesitate to watch it even with the bad local version of the poster which forcibly featured Fergie just because she's the more recognizable talent in the Philippines.

But Planet Terror is all about Planet Rodriguez. I bet this is a movie he's been raring to do in quite a while. He made this movie more for himself than anyone else (and possibly a tribute to all other B movies). I can almost imagine him tripping with buddy Quentin Tarantino during the process of this movie making.

Between me and Mike, only Mike saw the humor of this movie. Really a guy's movie.