Life Or Something Like It

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="415b0050.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="261" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> Life Or Something Like It</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="772" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 268 WIDTH="760"><div> This movie works for me.   It's a 'people are more important than things' movie.    This is not an action movie and one could hardly call it a comedy, although there are some laughs.   It's a character movie and Angelina Jolie fits the part perfectly.   One of the things I really liked is Lanie and Pete (he's the cameraman - see storyline below) ask each other to define certain terms throughout the movie.  I think sometimes we say things to others without really knowing what it means.  For instance lots of couples tell each other often they love each other, but how often do they stop to explain why.  I think all of us should stop and ask those around us what words mean.  It makes us stop and think about what we say especially terms of endearment.   This is not the first movie to look at the theme of someone knowing they are going to die and re-assessing their priorities, but this one did it admirably, even if there are holes in the screenplay you could drive a truck through.  Roger Ebert really cuts this movie, but I tend to agree with Roeper, who says it's just a fun movie.  Not all movies need to have it all together to be enjoyable, and I really felt this movie is meritorious for the lessons of what's important in life and what's not.   And even though it misses a few real important ones, it never hurts to start with some basics.   It has a PG 13 rating, with some sexuality but no nudity; no violence, and not too much bad language.  Not exactly a family movie, but then kids watch Austin Powers so what do I know?</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="760"><div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Lutz's Rating  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT> <img src="HTMLobj-1046/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="21" height="21">                          [Rating system explained <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U>At The Movies With Lutz</U></A></FONT>]</div> <div> Judy's Rating  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img src="HTMLobj-1047/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="21" height="21">  </FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="760"><div> Storyline from Yahoo:  Lanie Kerrigan (Angelina Jolie), a feature reporter at a Seattle TV station, leads the ultimate superficial life, even though she thinks she has it all - a superstar boyfriend (Christian Kane), a gorgeous apartment and a shot at a big network assignment. Her perfect world starts unraveling after a homeless street seer (Tony Shalhoub) tells Lanie that she leads a meaningless existence and will die the following week. When the savant's other predictions come true, Lanie begins to re-examine her life and priorities - which include rekindling a relationship with a cameraman (Edward Burns) with whom she has long been at odds. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>