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Nim's Island
Apr. 12th, 2008 11:50 pmIt's a good movie, clearly geared toward the pre-teen female crowd, and met with Sam's approval, as she was quite pleased with the rather spontaneous decision to go see it today. While there's no shortage of plot-holes, there's enough continuity to keep things moving along, and at only 96 minutes the pace seems even a bit quicker. The story is cute, the characters more than engaging, and the drama just worrisome enough to keep up the interest.
I don't recall the last Jodi Foster movie I've seen. I don't know that I've seen her at all on the Big Screen prior today. Probably Maverick, which I have on VHS (which ought to tell you something right there), is the last movie of hers I think I've seen. So I was not prepared to see her looking so old--not that she's all that old, only two and a half years older than I am. But to be fair, she also doesn't look like she's the mother of two, either.
Abigail Breslin was good, but then the role didn't require a huge range on her part either, mostly alternating between happy and sad with some anxiety and a bit of determination thrown in. After Drew Barrymore did E.T., there was a lot of expectation from her from many so-called Hollywood Insiders. Breslin is facing some of the same expectations, although I'd say that Dakota Fanning is the current darling of the movies. It's going to be interesting to see how both of their careers go.
Being herd animals, people instinctively look for the leader of the pack. After John Wayne died, Clint Eastwood was more or less the new de facto king of the westerns, but right now that role seems up for grabs. George Clooney has stepped up to fill the Leading Man shoes that were occupied in the past by the likes of Mel Gibson, Rober Redford, and Paul Newman. I think that the act that has been most difficult to follow has been Shirley Temple, Hollywood's original "Little Darling". Drew Barrymore had shot, but her parents didn't exactly manage her early career well. Dakota Fanning has made a good a run at is any, including Haley Joel Osment (gender aside) who hasn't done as many movies as Fanning or Breslin (but with whom I share a birthday).
I don't recall the last Jodi Foster movie I've seen. I don't know that I've seen her at all on the Big Screen prior today. Probably Maverick, which I have on VHS (which ought to tell you something right there), is the last movie of hers I think I've seen. So I was not prepared to see her looking so old--not that she's all that old, only two and a half years older than I am. But to be fair, she also doesn't look like she's the mother of two, either.
Abigail Breslin was good, but then the role didn't require a huge range on her part either, mostly alternating between happy and sad with some anxiety and a bit of determination thrown in. After Drew Barrymore did E.T., there was a lot of expectation from her from many so-called Hollywood Insiders. Breslin is facing some of the same expectations, although I'd say that Dakota Fanning is the current darling of the movies. It's going to be interesting to see how both of their careers go.
Being herd animals, people instinctively look for the leader of the pack. After John Wayne died, Clint Eastwood was more or less the new de facto king of the westerns, but right now that role seems up for grabs. George Clooney has stepped up to fill the Leading Man shoes that were occupied in the past by the likes of Mel Gibson, Rober Redford, and Paul Newman. I think that the act that has been most difficult to follow has been Shirley Temple, Hollywood's original "Little Darling". Drew Barrymore had shot, but her parents didn't exactly manage her early career well. Dakota Fanning has made a good a run at is any, including Haley Joel Osment (gender aside) who hasn't done as many movies as Fanning or Breslin (but with whom I share a birthday).
