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20 Jan 2009, 9:13 pm

TWILIGHT
RED ROAD
MORVERN CALLAR
TIPPING THE VELVET
FINGERSMITH
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (decent TV version)
SHERLOCK: CASE OF EVIL (mediocre TV movie)
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
I WANT YOU
BECOMING JANE
DRACULA (1979 version w/ Frank Langella)
SEA OF LOVE
BLACK SNAKE MOAN
SHALLOW GRAVE
FREAKS (strange & interesting 1932 movie)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (very good movie)



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I rented "No Country for Old Men" and watched it last night with family.

Will someone explain WTH we watched?
It was a brilliant movie, but WTH did we watch?


That is an arthouse movie. Which means that some or all characters might be something other than what they seem.

[Spoilers follow]

I recognised the Anton Chigurh character as being 'Death' only near the end of the movie when something supernatural happened (he was hit by a car and didn't seem bothered by it). For most of the movie I thought he was some exceptionally cold serial killer, but that was not quite right. He didn't kill for fun, or money, or any one thing, it seemed...

His emotionless state made me think he was a psychopath. The movie writers were instead making comments about how death strikes suddenly, and sometimes pure luck means that you avoid death, as when Chigurh flips a coin to decide whether someone will live or die.

There's probably a lot more than that in the movie, the Coen brothers are clever. This particular enjoyment of No Country for Old Men is meant to come from discovering the subtext - and having it explained to you probably less fun.

My last good movie that I could recommend was "Waltz with Bashir". It was an animated documentary :!:



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23 Jan 2009, 10:58 pm

I went to see "Bedtime Stories" today. It was funny.



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07 Feb 2009, 4:28 am

Chocolate - 8/10
The Negotiator - 8/10



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07 Feb 2009, 7:39 am

Star Trek TNG today (using MplayerGUI software).


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07 Feb 2009, 6:47 pm

Cloverfield

The new TV that was purchased
in January wasn't working well, too much static.

But the static worked because the movie was filmed on digital video.


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07 Feb 2009, 11:19 pm

Gran Turino. Clint Eastwood's finest, and his last.


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07 Feb 2009, 11:48 pm

Casino and Goodfellas, mafia based movies with the actors robert de niro and joe pesci, both really good.



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08 Feb 2009, 5:01 am

Pink Panther 2, a mediocre film.

We'll be seeing Push today.


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08 Feb 2009, 12:41 pm

mikebw wrote:
Pink Panther 2, a mediocre film.

We'll be seeing Push today.



I saw Push yesterday... had chosen it over PP2...you'll enjoy it!


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08 Feb 2009, 1:47 pm

Other than the ones they show on Comedy Central, none.



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08 Feb 2009, 2:16 pm

Simmian7 wrote:
mikebw wrote:
Pink Panther 2, a mediocre film.

We'll be seeing Push today.



I saw Push yesterday... had chosen it over PP2...you'll enjoy it!


8) And I did enjoy it, just got back from it. :D


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08 Feb 2009, 6:10 pm

I saw Coraline in 3-D today, I wouldn't reccomend it for kids under 8.



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08 Feb 2009, 6:15 pm

JimmyNeurtonRules wrote:
I saw Coraline in 3-D today, I wouldn't reccomend it for kids under 8.


I really want to see Coraline! (And don't worry, I'm over 8 :P)

Last movie I saw was Slumdog Millionaire. It was really good, it definitely deserved all those awards.



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08 Feb 2009, 10:53 pm

Saw Burn After Reading finally.

Which incidentally, was awesome (although the fact that it was a comedy kinda made it a lot more depressing :()


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10 Feb 2009, 7:06 pm

JimmyNeurtonRules wrote:
I saw Coraline in 3-D today, I wouldn't reccomend it for kids under 8.


Seconded. It was great, but it would've been better if not for the incredibly loud kid that constantly asked her parents questions. I "love" it when the parents just ignore people (not just me) turning around to give them pointed looks.