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The public has been deluged
with critics' lists of the Best of
1989, and this list of the five best
movies of last year is no better (or
worse, hopefully) than those of
other critics.
The most important reason for
critics to exist is to describe movies
for the potential viewers so
the audience will know whether or
not they will like them. The critic's
own opinion is secondary.
The main reason I put this list
together is so the readers can compare
their taste in movies with
mine. That way they can gauge my
reviews by my past opinions.
To start, I picked what I feel
should be the Academy Award
nominees for Best Movie of 1989.
These nominations are supposed to
go to the five best artistic efforts
of the year, so I made my picks
accordingly, in order of greatness.
Crimes and Misdemeanors:
The best movie of the year.
Woody Allen debates the existence
of God and morality in one of his
greatest films. By the end, life is
shown as meaningless with love
and compassion almost nonexistent
(this isn't a comedy, in
case that wasn't clear).
Martin Landau should get a Best
Actor nomination if anybody
should. The movie itself might not
even get nominated in the real
awards, which would be a shame.
sex, lies, and videotape: Firsttime
director Steven Soderbergh
gives a realistic look at all three
topics of the title. Soderbergh has
a cynical view toward love, but the
ending is quite romantic.
The acting is fantastic by all involved,
especially by Andie
McDowell, who plays a nice little
housewife who realizes her life is
a waste (besides being a great actress
and all-around nice-looking,
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just fine, but it gets very
old.
Cruise is inhibited by this bad
screenplay for he rarely gets a
chance to say something noble or
profound. For the most part, he
just curses a lot
Nit-picking the criticism, in the
commercials for this film, a great
song by Buffalo Springfield, "For
What It's Worth," is played fre
quenuy. uniortunateiy, ine song
was never heard in the movie. Too
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Driving Miss Daisy: This is a
great storv about the relationship
between a white woman (Jessica
Tandy) and her black chauffeur
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the Right Thing.
If the world was fair, Freeman
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Do the Right Thing: It wasn't
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end. I hope the playing of Public
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was facetious.
Casualties of War: That this
movie was a commercial failure is
a mystery to me. Brian De Palma
is one of the best American directors
for good reason. This was the
best Vietnam movie of the year
(see review of Born on the Fourth
of July in this issue). Michael J.
Fox and Scan Penn were terrific as
good and evil, respectively.
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