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Given the tremendous restaint the Hollywood had demonstrated during the last Oscars, I gave myself the word to break my rule of not paying to see American films... for once.
So I ended my several months long hiatus and ordered two on Pay-per-View last night. $3.95 a pop... OK, OK, Susan Sarandon, TAKE my money, honey!
I recall all the discussions about these two and I sat back anticipating.
The Greek Wedding... the best analogy that comes to mind after watching it is one of those Mother's Day greeting cards you write when you are ten. They are sweet, corny, syrupy, and completley devoid of any sparkle of talent.
A kind of stuff your relatives will later read and smile, but certainly not ready for any public display.
This movie is to the fine cinema what that card is to the serious literature. Watch it once, smile and forget. Its only redeaming value is not being offensive.
The Road to Perdition... One could hardly jam more cliche's in one film, even this long.
It gets incredibly boring after just first twenty minutes. Fortunately, while a bit more offensive than the Wedding, it is not overpoweringly so. So you CAN watch, knowing full well there will be no revelations, no discoveries, and not much really to talk about afterwards... just another bit of well prepared all-American kasha that is not gonna poison you.
My eight bucks... well, I could have done better, and I could have done far worse. So Susan WILL get a few pennies, no sweat. And for me - many more months of not paying to watch any American movies.
I think I will break that rule again when About Schmidt hits the PPV.
Until then - there are sooooooo many good films still unwatched.

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