As OCD as it gets

I don't know about you but I sure love sarcastic-clever-bad-tempered characters. If you're like me then you're going to have a ball watching "As good as it gets".
Although both Greg Kinear and Helen Hunt are in this movie, it's relly Jack Nicholson the big star. And it's not that the other two didn't have great performances, they did, but Jack is simply outstanding.
The story is about this novel writer, Mr. Udall(played by Jack Nicholson), who is just brilliant, nevertheless has a severe case of OCD(obsessive-compulsise disorder), is homophobic and racist. Just to make things worse, he lives right next to a homossexual (Greg Kinear) whose boyfriend is black (Cuba Gooding Jr.). But the real story begins when Mr. Udall has to drive his gay neighbour to Baltimore, and asks the only waitress he allows to serve him (Helen Hunt) to join them.
During the trip Mr. Udall realizes what an annoying person he is by being forced to listen to Carol-the-waitress-and-Simon-the-gay-guy's critics about him during the journey. Although this group of unusual friends is good for some gags, the best feature of the movie definetely is Mr. Udall's remarks about everything and everyone, full sarcasm and prejudice, but Udall can and will surprise you.
Another great aspect of the movie is the drama of people, such as Udall, whose OCD is severe. Nicholson's acting is supreme and when you're not laughing you're feeling pity for him.
"As good as it gets" is a great movie and shouldn't be missed.

Watchmen - Watch me!

First time I saw the Watchmen trailer I just didn't feel like watching it. I do like super-hero movies (such as Spiderman), but the idea of a blue gigantic human being (I would latter discover that he isn't even human) just didn't called my attention. As time passed a friend of mine recommended it to me and I felt a bit curious (I really trust this friend's taste for movies).
So yesterday I finally watched it and at the end I just couldn't help thinking "how could I have lived until now without watching this!” Watchmen is great basically for two reasons: the characters are all real, not in the way that they really existed in real life, but in the way that their personalities are just human, unlike Spiderman or Superman, they hate, they cheat, they love, they make mistakes, each one of them has their own morale; the other reason is the incredible exciting and dynamic plot, you feel lost the whole movie, you don't know why things are happening or why the heroes are acting like that, but in the end it all comes together to a great and surprising conclusion. I don't know about you, but I just love the sensation of being lost and then suddenly it all makes sense.
The movie, which is based on the graphic novel "Watchmen", takes place in the USA, in 1985. The Americans and the Russians are almost starting a nuclear war and at the same time somebody kills The Comedian, a former member of the Watchmen - a group of policemen who worked with costumes. Rorschachs, also a former member of the Watchmen, decides to investigate the death because he thinks somebody is trying to eliminate all of the Watchmen. As the plot goes on we discover many things about the past of the Watchmen and the problems they face nowadays, once the group was prohibited.
Other great features of the movie are the moral and ethic discussions that emerge during the whole film. You start to question yourself whether some actions are justified or not, whether they are moral or not. I just think that's a great exercise.
I must also say that the adrenalin addicted ones won't be disappointed, since the action scenes are great, though I admit sometimes they exaggerate on the violence (there are scenes such as arm breaking with bone appearance and arm amputation with a circular saw), but you can always close your eyes to avoid seeing it if that's not your thing.
In the end "Watchmen" proves to be a great action movie, with a great plot and very interesting moral discussions. I guess there's nothing else to say but WATCH IT!