I didn't like 2 Days in Paris, in which a female photographer (Julie Delpy) and her boyfriend (Adam Goldberg) complete their disastrous European vacation with two days in her home town visiting her parents, meeting her numerous old boyfriends and slouching more and more toward a break-up. The big problem is that Goldberg's character is a self-centered whining jealous jerk that I don't believe would last beyond the first date with the photographer. Although she is vision-impaired, I don't think she's supposed to be deaf as well. Delpy's better but not great, and her character is pretty obnoxious herself. A lot of this is the sort of ripping each other apart that happens when a relationship goes sour, but it's not not promising when you not only root for the couple to break up, you want them to do so the moment they hit the screen.

This film has a couple of Blanche nominations for foreign film. I wonder what they saw in it.

SHOOT 'EM UP is a fast-paced cartoonish action picture starring Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci and Paul Giamatti. Director Mike Davis drew 17,000 cartoons which he animated for all the action sequences. He used these both as a presentation for financing and to show the actors and DP exactly what he had in mind for each scene.

Owen plays a carrot-wielding action hero who is trying to save an orphaned infant from a band of ruthless killers led by Paul Giamatti. Giamatti is just as evil a villain as I have ever seen. He is both funny and genuinely creepy.

I wonder how Trish liked Owen. I thought he was just about perfect in this movie - one of the best things I've seen him do.

This is a very rentable movie. A guilty pleasure and a whole lot more. I loved the rooftop scene with the lit sign. Davis throws in a lot of offbeat humor along with all the violence.

I wouldn't say it was the BEST thing he's been in (haven't you seen Croupier, Children of Men or Closer) but I enjoyed it for what it was - basically a sarcastic spoof of /tribute to action flicks and I enjoyed his brief (thank god for the "pause"button or I would have missed it ) nude scene with Bellucci. I thought some of the dialogue worked very well while a few choices fell sort of flat. Giamatti was wonderfully nasty. It looks like the actors had a ball

I didn't like 2 Days in Paris, in which a female photographer (Julie Delpy) and her boyfriend (Adam Goldberg) complete their disastrous European vacation with two days in her home town visiting her parents, meeting her numerous old boyfriends and slouching more and more toward a break-up. The big problem is that Goldberg's character is a self-centered whining jealous jerk that I don't believe would last beyond the first date with the photographer. Although she is vision-impaired, I don't think she's supposed to be deaf as well. Delpy's better but not great, and her character is pretty obnoxious herself. A lot of this is the sort of ripping each other apart that happens when a relationship goes sour, but it's not not promising when you not only root for the couple to break up, you want them to do so the moment they hit the screen.

This film has a couple of Blanche nominations for foreign film. I wonder what they saw in it.

I loved the movie, and thought Goldberg's willingness to play up his character's obnoxious side was pretty daring. Delphy cracked me up, and I love that she didn't make her character a victim. The movie worked for me.