Sideways
I saw Sideways on Sunday night. I know I've left it a bit late, but we felt like going to the flicks and I'd been meaning to see it for weeks.
I was very impressed. It's a simple story, but all the best ones are. I prefer to let a simple story wash over me and engage me than having to try to keep up with an "oh so clever" plot which twists and turns, desperatly trying to make up for lack of actual substance. The film tells the tale of 2 men: Miles, a wine loving divorcee teaching English but who wants to be a writer, and Jack, Miles' college roomate who's about to get married. The story tells of their trip around the Northern California wine coutry, a middle aged stag party.
We see the stark differences between the two friends. Jack the outgoing womanizer determined to bed another girl before he begins married life is in sharp contrast to the introverted Miles, whose life seems to shudder from one depressing revelation to the next, with only his wine fetish cushioning the blow. He can find beauty in a glass of Pinot Noir, but not within himiself.
There's a beautiful scene where Miles and Maya are talking out on the porch late at night; there's alot of emotion, the dialogue is perfect, the moment serene. A perfect setting for a first kiss.
There's comedy in there, some tragic, some laugh out loud funny. I liked it. It's a movie that made me think. It's nice to be engaged, to come out of the theatre feeling slightly changed. The intensity doesn't usually last for very long before the monotony of existance drowns it out; but the theme, the spirit, can stay with you forever.
See the film, make up your mind and perhaps have a good sniff before you empty your next glass of Pinot Noir.
Oh, and the ending's the kind I really like. I don't seem them very often at all and I revel in the chance to shout about this one.
posted by Jamie @ 10:34 am
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