Yeah, I Saw Them

Just for the record: I saw The Hurt Locker last weekend when it was re-released in Miami Beach, and thought it was superb.

Jeremy Renner was engrossing as a bomb-diffusing specialist in this action-packed Iraq war-set drama directed by Kathryn Bigelow – Michael Bay should take notes on how a simpler approach can yield such edge-of-your-seat effectiveness.

I also saw The Road in the fall, which was as bleak as I expected it to be, although I didn’t think it lived up to the Cormac McCarthy book upon which it is based – quite a tall order, indeed.

But Viggo Mortensen was phenomenal as the devoted Father ushering his Boy to some sort of safety in this post-apocalyptic world.

Oh, and I also saw the overrated Paranormal Activity, which just like Blair Witch before was a zzz fest. I mean, seriously?

Photo: Summit Entertainment.