Swimming with Sharks

I just posted my review of Swimming with Sharks. Because this project is training to write reviews, I did what the professionals do and did not give away the ending.

This post, however, is not the review, so I want to talk about Guy's decision here.

>> Spoiler Alert << I believe that Buddy offers power while Dawn champions art [Michelle Forbes makes a kick-ass muse]. Guy snaps at the end of the movie because Buddy is about to fire him [= loss of power], not because he learns that Dawn has agreed to a midnight rendezvous with Buddy. Guy has already picked power over art. He breaks up with Dawn because he wants to please Buddy more than her. And we have seen him imitating Buddy's style: once on the phone in Buddy's office chair and then in the restaurant regaling the wannabes with insider stories.

For me, Guy's murder of Dawn is logical and consistent. During the evening of torture, Guy learns that Buddy lost his wife in a senseless, horrifying gang rape/murder. When Guy shoots Dawn, he is trying to prove to Buddy that he can suffer that same loss. Buddy must like the homage because he is complicit in the story he and Guy concoct to explain Dawn's death.

You can read the review here.

The Road Killers

Of the three Michelle Forbes movies I've watched and reviewed, The Road Killers is my least favorite. I wouldn't have finished the DVD if I wasn't committed to this project. I felt bad trashing a movie with my favorite celebrity in it. Everything I know about movie making I learned while watching Entourage, so I could have gotten wrong all the reasons why this movie failed.

You can read the review here.