Re movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Miss Sunshine, The Bourne trilogy and my favorite of recent times The Lives of Others which has the best ending i think i've ever seen.
Other series dvds the bbc's Bleak House and Cranford if you like that sort of thing (which i do, obviously)
I can't stress often enough that I hated "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
BTW I've seen some people mention "Crash". I think they should specify that they mean the Paul Haggis version (2004) not the David Cronenberg version (1996). Two entirely different films with the same title.
About George Clooney...You should go and see "Burn After Reading". In it he plays a total loser (along with Brad Pitt) and they are both absolutely hilarious. Not the best film ever but worth it just to see their acting.
Thanks martin I'll tape it..
2- V for vendetta is also a good one.
some highly recommended recent watching of my own:
citizen ruth
frenzy
an angel at my table
tony takitani
lord of the flies (the original one, not the 90s remake)
kao
G
a film by Gad Elmaleh,
my favorite French comedian,
can't wait to see this movie !!!
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Could not take seriously. Just a joke and too long.
- La Classe (Entre Les Murs) - Okay, can appreciate how realistic it was, but this was just plain boring. Don't understand what all the awards were for.
- Revolutionary Road - Just blah and depressing.
- Doubt - Great acting (love Philip Seymour Hoffman), but horribly trite ending. So much buildup and drama and then a letdown.
- Slumdog Millionaire - good, but overrated.
- Vicky Christina Barcelona - Don't know how Penelope Cruz won best supporting actress Oscar for this.
- Milk - Sean Penn unquestionably deserved the best actor Oscar (really amazing), but the movie overall did nothing for me.
Anyone see The Wrestler ? Thoughts? That is next on my list.
Last good movies I can remember seeing in the theater were Juno , No Country for old Men and Burn After Reading.
Some of my all-time favorites for rental are:
- Old Boy - As good a display of raw emotion as I have witnessed in any language (movie in Korean). The story is gripping, the emotion human, and the feeling I was left with at the end of the film is one of awe. A masterpiece.
- Sideways - Hilarious. Paul Giammatti performs flawlessly. Was robbed of an academy award nomination.
- Cinema Paradiso - Truly great movies manipulate your perception of reality, suspend your disbelief, and ultimately either alter or affirm your view on life. This is such a movie. One of the most powerful, memorable endings you will ever see.
- American History X- Edward Norton gives a flawless performance as an extremely intelligent white supremacist who realizes the wrongness of his views and must then try to prevent his younger brother form going down the same route.
- Buffalo 66- Fascinating character study as well as a non-typical love story. Billy Brown's life is so terribly tragic and bizarre, you have to break the tension by cracking a laugh. Jaw dropping cinematography.
- Maria Full of Grace - It probably sounds depressing -- three girls from a village in Colombia find themselves broke, are hired as mules to smuggle drugs into New York by swallowing little condoms full of cocaine, get mixed up murderous receivers in America, and find themselves almost broke again, or worse. But this is a powerful movie that will leave you thinking.
- Run Lola Run - Riveting movie about fate.
These movies can all be found at "Les Videos" on Zahringerstrasse in Zurich. They have a great selection of films (if you are not just looking for Hollywood Blockbusters). You'll find lots of obscure titles.
Thoroughly enjoyable if a tad long
so went to see Benjamin Button last week. meh. first off not a huge brad pitt fan but i am a fincher fan...
it really wasn't a fincher film...it was like a boring version of forest gump...IMO
ps. oldboy is excellent, so is 'the host' (also korean)
I will have to see "The Host" as you suggested swissotter. Is it from the same director as "Old Boy?"
Lastly, why is this thread under TV/Internet/Telephone? Suggest we move it to a more appropriate place.
Old Boy (chan park woon) is part II of the Vengeance trilogy , so there's more of where that came from, if u like the ol' ultra-violence
"the host" is excellent, not anything like oldboy more a monster film.
300 8.5/10
Sin City 3/10
Pulp Fiction 9.5/10
Kill Bill 5/10
just my own personal scores