Deer Hunter......

Ok, this movie took completely off guard! I was expecting a movie about some deer hunters. Boy was I wrong! I'll be honest. The first 45 minutes of the movie were slow and I was starting to get a little annoyed even but then the second half where the buddies are in Vietnam..... whoa It was none stop intense until the finish. I started watching the movie laying down in my bed and then by the end of it, I was on the edge of my bed closest to the TV screen with my hands clutching my face. The Russian Roulette scenes killed me! I totally see how this won best picture. I can't even begin to describe the terror I felt at times and honest yearning to hug some of these characters. Christopher Walken did a stand out performance and earned a well deserved academy award for best supporting actor. Robert De Niro did equally as stellar and it's fun to see him so young! He's actually quite handsome. And finally our leading lady Meryl Streep. It's hard to ever criticize her so...I wont. She looked young, beautiful, and played her role well. I was mostly focused on how she could handle shooting all day when her Fiance was suffering so much during this time. For those that don't know, this was John Cazale's last film. The Director shot all of his scenes first and he unfortunately passed away before Deer Hunter was finished. Meryl was very devoted and loving all through his sickness. He had terminal bone cancer. She even stated once that the role wasn't even all that interesting to her, they just needed a girl to between the two guys and she was it. Mostly I'm sure she liked that she could be on set with him.
So to rap it up I say this is a classic. A ruff one to watch tough, I don't imagine I will watch it again for a long time. Brovo to an excellent cast, directing, and writing.

Jaclyn Lassetter

p.s. Next up: Holocaust (a miniseries)

The watching of Julia finally!

well I finally saw Julia! It took forever because there was a hick-up with Netflix for a while and no rental place had it. But here are my thoughts. I give it a....7 out of ten. It was a story about friendship during WWII and to be honest I couldn't quite grasp the idea behind what I was supposed to take from the movie. My mother who watched it with me said she thought it was just a depiction of how awful times were during WWII with the added fact of how far true friends will go for each other. Jane Fonda was the main character in this and she did a wonderful job. I understand that Oscar nod for sure. Meryl's role was ever so tiny which was weird because she generally is a principal role in her films. She looks so young and beautiful playing a high society snoody type character that even though not on screen more then twice, has a pivotal role to the plot. She represents the reason for Jane Fonda and her best friend hating the arrogant ignorance of the upper-class. She sported an accent as well that threw me off at first. I think for her first film she held her own very well but I have to admit, there was a difference in her experience and perhaps confidence with herself in this film vs some of her later ones. Next up is Deer Hunter. My In-laws own it so I'm gonna borrow it from them. Then it's a television Mini-series called Holocaust which I'm really excited for because this supposedly got her on the map. Well my husband is snoring and I should really try to sleep after I plug his nose to get him to stop snoring and then pretend I'm asleep. Wish me luck.

Jaclyn Lassetter