You’ve probably seen the recent trailers for “Monuments Men,” in which George Clooney and Matt Damon play a special unit during World War II assigned with recovering works of art stolen by the Nazis.
The movie opened this weekend, though the rating at Rotten Tomatoes is rather low. If anyone’s seen it, let us know. I watch almost everything at home, but was thinking I’d see this one in the theater.
The movie is based on a true story, and many of the real Monuments Men were Ivy guys, such as Mason Hammond of Harvard, captured here later in life:
In other movie news, James Franco stars in “Maladies,” which was filmed a couple of years ago but just getting a release later next month. Franco plays a washed-up soap-opera star (rim shot — thank you very much), who decides to start writing. The movie is set in 1960s New York, and the trailer has Franco looking a trifle trad, in blue buttondown and what looks like knit tie. He’s pictured below in white butondown and matching shaving cream:
And here’s the trailer:
It was quite bad. Over-used war plot lines and cliches abound. The whole time I was just wishing I had successfully convinced everyone to go see the Lego movie.
“At Middleton” was pretty good if anyone has the chance to see it.
Will likely wait until Monuments Men is on Netflix (perhaps it is already). See The Train (1964) with Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau and Paul Scofield for a different take on the same topic. One of my all time favorite movies. Lancaster is amazing.
Rick
Great movie
Saw Monuments Men. Felt like and Oceans 11 movie in WWII costumes. Too many smirks and giggles. Interesting story concept, but too cute x 2.