The Reader! The Spirit! The Caller!
The Oscar Attempt! The Hilariously Bad Comic Remake! The Film No One Saw or Cares About!
Ach… of all the films out this week on DVD, only The Reader managed to get better-than-average reviews, and… I don’t know. I didn’t see it in theaters and feel almost physically repelled by it. Yeah yeah, Kate Winslet is a truly remarkable actress and the Nazi atrocities can never be forgotten. But… is it wrong that I’d rather watch The Spirit?
The Reader – Average Tier 6.09
In postwar Germany, a young mans decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth. The Reader @ Amazon
The Spirit – Average Tier 2.80
Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. The Spirit @ Amazon
Splinter – Average Tier 4.74
Trapped in an isolated gas station by a veracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror. Splinter @ Amazon
The Caller – Average Tier 4.40
An energy business exec is assisted by a private investigator in his effort to expose his corporation’s corrupt practices. The Caller @ Amazon
Dark Matter – Average Tier 4.33
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics. Dark Matter @ Amazon
The Reader is about love and how about how ill fate and illiteracy causes a kind German woman to move from a happy career as a tram conductor to the unhappy job of prison guard at a Nazi Germany concentration camp. A young boy she befriends and eventually falls in love with, later becomes a law student and witnesses her sacrifice her life for other prison guards but feels incapable of helping her.