i kind of know why I stopped watching movies. They got bad. Then, they got terrible. And, then they just got plain unwatchable. And, i went from being someone who would watch a movie a day to one who watches one every 2 months, and that too because it is work 🙂

This year, part of my resolution is to watch atleast a movie a week and some TV. I have been managing to stick to that. This week’s TV outing was a random episode of Yes Prime Minister, and the film outing was Pride & Glory !

“Pride & Glory” – what can i say about it. Even the combined talents of Edward Norton & Jon Voight cannot save a film that has nothing new to say.

The story is basic. 4 officers get killed in a drug bust gone wrong, and as Edward Norton begins investigating he realises that things in the police department aren’t as clean as they ought to be. Problem is that big brother runs the department, dad is both their boss, and brother-in-law is super crooked cop (the type who will threaten to iron babies to get their dad’s to talk).

The film tries to be about the dilemma — family or truth ?
But, there isn’t really any dilemma. The bad cops are so bad that they have no redeeming features – and the ‘good’ cops have no choice but to take them down. And, this takes two hours !

If you want to watch a good film on police procedure, loyalty and that kind of jazz watch “L.A. Confidential‘ or Serpico. This film is terribly retarded…