May 18, 2005
Sweet and Moving
When I watched The 13th Warrior (which I liked, wanna make something of it?!?!) I was mesmerized by the Scandinavian babe, Maria Bonnevie, who treated Antonio Banderas' wounds.
I was wondering the other day what other movies she may have done and found one on Blockbuster. It turned out that James Caviezel * was in it, too, and since I like him I rented it.
The movie is I Am David and it is wonderful. It took me a few days to get around to watching it...unfortunately. As it turns out, the two performers I was originally hoping to see were barely in the film - though what they did was pivotal.
There is only one person in my immediate circle that I wouldn't expect to really enjoy this film. It is currently making the rounds in my family; my sister had it last night, my mom and step-dad have it now....
That earns it a rare perfect score on the Word of Mouth Scale: 
* the actor who portrayed Pilate, condemning Caviezl's Jesus in The Passion of the Christ, here portrays the prison commander, condemning Caviezel's Johannes.
James Cavielz was also the pivotal character in The Thin Red Line, a WWII movie with a haunting Hans Zimmer soundtrack. That Cavielz is in Thin Red Line is of note because the story is not one about THAT war or THAT battle as much as about what the nature of humanity is; Cavielz plays an extremely Christ-iconic type character. (with a gun) I thought immediately when I read that Cavielz was chosen to play the Christ in Gibson's The Passion of the Christ that it was due to The Thin Red Line. Oh well, what do I know? The Thin Red Line would have gotten far more notice had it not been for it being released at the same time as Saving Private Ryan. The movies aren't comparable.
Posted by: Dave at May 20, 2005 04:03 PM