Before Sunset

I love movies that are talky as long as the talk is interesting or speaks to me in some sense. I just finished watching Before Sunset, the sequel to Before Sunrise starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy and it's definitely talky...but I loved it. Rick Linklater is a big fan of making films that are heavy on the dialogue, like Slacker and Waking Life, and Ethan has dabbled in making films like Tape and Chealsea Walls, so these guys know what they are doing. They understand the importance of the dialogue and the flawlessness of the acting. You don't have much else, so you better make what is said as strong as possible. Some of the sentitments in Before Sunset hit some incredibly close to home, it's kind of intense. I remember when I was getting out of college, I felt the movie Kicking and Screaming had the same kind of effect on me. I felt like the movie was meant just for me. Anyway, I guess the point of this late night entry is to say....rent this shit!

Sidenote: I think Ethan Hawke is probably the best actor to come out of my generation. (River Phoenix would have been a shoe in had he made it.) I'm putting Johnny Depp a little ahead of my generation just to clarify. But look at Ethan's resume, it's really strong.

Dead Poet's Society, A Midnight Clear, Waterland, Alive, Floundering, Before Sunrise, Reality Bites, Gattaca, Great Expectations, Hamlet, Tape, Training Day and Before Sunset.

Depsite the fact that he is beginning to look more and more like shit (heroin?), he has an intensity and naturalistic approach to his acting that mesmerizes me. Call it a man-crush or something. I've just always liked him.