Thursday, October 1, 2009

Movies

Conspiracy Theory (1997) A nostalgic look back at fin-de-siecle kookery. Takes you back to the good old days of Art Bell Show nuts and their primitive nut-zines. Mel Gibson really was a good actor - I have known actual conspiracy kooks and twitchy oddballs and he really has it down. More chasing around and shooting than I really care for, but the story was complex enough to make it worth wading through all the guys yelling freeze and people crashing through windows or getting hit on the back of the head. Had some good twists on the basic concepts, like why certain nuts always seem to have a copy of Catcher in the Rye. 6/10