Midnight Cowboy and the weekend

Jon Voight could act in 1969! For those of you who thought Jon Voight was only Angelina Jolie’s dad and that he did only negative roles such as the ones Dennis Hopper’s portrayed, you need to see this movie. And oh, this is the last X rated movie to win the Oscar for best picture.

Dustin Hoffman does a class act as the crippled sleazy con-man named Enrico Rizzo (that is most of his description from the DVD jacket). But this is just short of his role in Rain Man. The movie has a lovely storyline, with Jon Voight playing the role of this cowboy costume clad Texan named Joe Buck, in NYC who thinks he is god’s gift to women. How the lives of Ratzo (as Rizzo is called for his not so unobvious sleazy tactics) and Joe are intertwined till the rather sober ending, makes for a fine movie with a believable plot.

All other characters just play their parts including two, curiously named Hansel and Gretel McAlbertson!
Definitely Must Watch.

I also did watch The March of the Penguins. Strictly for movie buffs although the movie is only for about 83 mins. Great camera work especially the underwater scenes with the penguins in some absolutely inhuman conditions where the average temperature is -40 C. And some sweet music by Emilie Simon who hums right thru the movie. This won the Oscar for best documentary for 2005