Seen any good movies Lately? 2009

[cousinlucky]

I finally got around to using Fingal's list of foreign films at the video rental store. I just got through watching Pan's Labyrinth and I enjoyed it very much despite my slow reading of subtitles.

[sagnik]

Is anyone of you a Watchmen fan cos the comic's great and the movie seems to be even better. Hope I can get hold of it soon.

[rokytnji]

I watched Watchman on the net. It was very Dark like The new Batman Movie, Liked it a bunch though. But then, I like Sci Fi and Fantasy. Never read the Comic though. Good Movie.

[oz]

I didn't get to see No Country for Old Men when it first came out, but finally saw it last night.

The bad guy (Javier Bardem) was great in this one. It was easy to see why he won an Oscar for his role... highly recommended!

[fingal]

I finally got around to using Fingal's list of foreign films at the video rental store. I just got through watching Pan's Labyrinth and I enjoyed it very much despite my slow reading of subtitles.

That's very cool Lucky: El Fauno is a great film. I just watched one called 'The Reader' starring Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet and David Kross. A boy falls ill and is taken in by an emotionally distant young women, who is never-the-less kind to him.

He returns home and spends some time recovering, but he later decides to find the woman and thank her. They soon become lovers, and the repercusions of this echo throughout both their lives for years to come. I can see why Kate Winslet is a well thought of actress. The pace is a little slow, but it's the kind of film which makes you think. No subtitles this time!

[cousinlucky]

I didn't get to see No Country for Old Men when it first came out, but finally saw it last night.

The bad guy (Javier Bardem) was great in this one. It was easy to see why he won an Oscar for his role... highly recommended!

Ozar I saw the movie twice in the movie theater with different people and rented the video when it came out. It is one of the few new movies that got five stars from me.

Fingal I still have your list but renting foreign films is difficult now because blockbuster video's does not carry a big selection and it is the only rental chain still standing. I am hearing that they may soon go bankrupt. I am going to look at J&R in Manhattan and online at Deep Discount DVD who take forever to make deliveries to you

[Thrillhouse]

I didn't get to see No Country for Old Men when it first came out, but finally saw it last night.

The bad guy (Javier Bardem) was great in this one. It was easy to see why he won an Oscar for his role... highly recommended!

If you liked the movie, ozar, then you might also enjoy the book. Cormac McCarthy has a unique writing style. Another book of his, The Road, is very good. I heard they were making that one into a movie as well.

[oz]

If you liked the movie, ozar, then you might also enjoy the book. Cormac McCarthy has a unique writing style. Another book of his, The Road, is very good. I heard they were making that one into a movie as well.

Thanks for the recommendation. I read somewhere that many of the lines in the movie were direct quotes from the book and that the movie followed the book closely throughout.

[MikeTbob]

Thanks for the recommendation. I read somewhere that many of the lines in the movie were direct quotes from the book and that the movie followed the book closely throughout.

Same goes for the movie "Appaloosa" by Robert Parker, awesome movie, fantastic book.

[questio verum]

If you liked the movie, ozar, then you might also enjoy the book. Cormac McCarthy has a unique writing style. Another book of his, The Road, is very good. I heard they were making that one into a movie as well.

Funny... I had just started reading "The Road" when my house burned down last year. I always wondered how it turned out. You're right; he does have an unusual (but compelling) way of developing a narrative. I'm sure I'll see the movie, but I'll probably pick up another copy of the book first.

I saw an interesting one the other night. Not a movie, but a TV documentary. "Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever" was the title, and I believe it was on the Discovery Channel. It was about the sinking of the Indianapolis, and the aftermath that followed. This one gave me the willies. It portrayed the ordeal of the 900 sailors who survived the sinking of their ship, only to be stranded for 4 days in shark-infested waters with practically no fresh water, food, or adequate life rafts. Only 317 men survived. The rest died horrible deaths from exposure, dehydration, ingestion of ocean water, and shark attack... lots of shark attacks. The narrator claimed it still stands as the single worst incident of sharks feeding on humans that has ever been recorded. The sharks basically fed on them at leisure, like a floating snack bar. The thing that stuck with me was the guys who snapped and drank seawater. Or should I say drank seawater and snapped. They gained superhuman strength and turned delerious. Some just swam down to the sharks in their delerium. Gave me a whole new respect for guys who put out to sea in a uniform.


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