Spike Jonze

Three Kings (1999) - 1/5

This movie purports to be an action comedy, but every joke is just something sad that the audience is expected to laugh at. The action is passably mediocre, and the narrative twists and turns are boring.

Closest comparison: It’s like Tears of the Sun by way of Four Brothers.

Setting: War
Plot: Tragedy
Tone: Drama

Being John Malkovitch - 3/5

It's weird, it's pretty good, it's weird, it's fairly classic, oh, and did I mention it's really freaking weird? Hilarious, certainly, but I imagine it's significantly better if you're high as a kite when you watch it. I was hoping it was going to be more profound or more neatly tied up at the end, but as it is it's just weird. And the more one thinks about it, the creepier the whole premise is, especially at the end.