INVICTUS
There are a lot of beautiful things in this film about Nelson Mandela and a rugby team he hoped would bring his racially-divided South Africa together after apartheid was ended. The fact that the movie's name comes from one of Mandela's favorite poems is quite fitting – Invictus, the movie, unfolds like a bit of poetry.
Unfortunately, rugby does a terrible job of translating onto film and makes little sense to an American audience that has little experience with the game. The rugby scenes do little to heighten the emotion and intensity of the movie like they should. Still, there is a wonderful story to enjoy here, along with some heavyweight acting performances by Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.
THE ROAD
There is nothing easy about watching this movie about a man and a boy traveling on a road to the coast in search of a better life – or one that is not as tragic as the one they currently have. The road is fraught with the perils of a post-apocalyptic earth: a lack of food, death and cannibalism.
It is a dirty, cruel and ugly movie. It is also a desperately hopeful, well-acted and well-crafted movie. It is not for everybody and the story will leave you as malnourished as its painfully thin characters, but there is something very engaging in The Road if you are willing to give it a try.
Tomorrow I will discuss SHERLOCK HOLMES and THE BLIND SIDE.
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