Last night we watched two movies. Well…we watched one movie and I finished watching a movie that I’ve been trying to struggle through for a few weeks.

Saint Ralph (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was very good. I wanted to see it two years ago at the film festival; since then Stanzi went to see it at Cinematheque and confirmed that it was, indeed, good. Great performances all around, except for a couple of wooden child actors playing Ralph’s friends. Oh, and Gord Downie butchered a cover of “Hallelujah”.

Heaven’s Gate (imdb | rotten tomatoes), on the other hand, was a pile of crap. Cinematography that could only be described as “dusty yellow”, horrid over-acting, prolonged scenes of foreign tongues with no subtitles, a criminally underused John Hurt, an equally criminal overuse of Isabelle Huppert, and a running time that seemed to stretch on forever. I honestly can’t imagine watching the original cut that ran four hours. I’d put my head through the tv in the hopes of achieving sweet, restful peace. It’s too bad; the topic — the Johnson County War — is such an interesting one, but they went and made a stinker about it. I always wanted to know if this movie deserved the “disaster” tag stuck to it. Survey says: oui.

.:.

You know…when Edmonton lost game 1 after Roloson got hurt I thought they were in serious trouble. When they got blown out in game 2, I thought they were done. They won game 3 in Carolina, but then they lost again to go down 3-1 and I figured that was it for sure. But hold on; they won game 5 in Carolina and just took game 6 by a 4-0 score, forcing a game 7. It would seem I wrote them off too soon. Prove me wrong, kids…prove me wrong!

[tags]saint ralph, gord downie, heaven’s gate, edmonton oilers, carolina hurricanes[/tags]