Last movie you watched......

That's the only episode I can't watch again. Way too powerful.

 

That is just the most brilliant, horrifying, gut-wrenching hour ever. It's so brutal, you feel every emotion the actor feels. You can almost smell the smells. If you don't cry, I don't know... Band of Brothers is just awesome and this particular episode seals it.

 

Two docs on Netflix's Instant Queue you should check out immediately:

I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW — Two dudes claim to be in love with the 80's pop singer Tiffany. It's funny and sad at the same time. Short doc, too.

THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA — (from imdb) Shoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing , drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing - what do these all have in common? These are just a few of the parts of being a member of the Wild and Wonderful White Family. The legendary family is as known for their wild, excessive criminal ways as they are for their famous mountain dancing members, including Jesco White, the star of the cult classic documentary "Dancing Outlaw." Exploring both the comic and tragic sides of life on the other side of the law, this stylish, fast-paced family portrait exposes the powerful forces of corruption, poverty, and West Virginia's environmentally and culturally devastating coal mining culture that helped shape the White family, a dying breed of outlaws preserving a dying form of dance.

I could not look away. If you liked Winter's Bone, this is similar except it's true. Crazy, crazy, crazy. Check these out. Do it.

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - I had been meaning to watch this for a couple years and wish I had caught it much sooner. The cinematography is brilliant. To make such a small world so captivating for almost two hours was nothing short of tremendous.

 

If Jesco White interests you, I'd recommend White Lightnin', a 2009 film based loosely on his life. It has a "Natural Born Killers" element to it, which may turn off a lot of viewers, but I thought it was fascinating. Humor mixed with violence at a nice rate, and an upside down take on the usual music biopic. I'd call it the anti-"Walk the Line" film.

Carrie Fisher (yes, THAT Carrie Fisher) is great in it.

 

I got the book for Xmas a year or two ago. Haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

Re-watched Robin Williams in "The Final Cut" from early last decade. Awesome idea -- a future company that implants chips into brains and allows people to put together a film of the person's life after they die.

Awful execution. Jim Caviezel cannot act. And his beard looked like Brian Wilson's by the end of October.

Tacked on thriller subplot that sucked.

With a great director and better surrounding cast, it would have been a really good film.

 

You know, since the assassination happened on April 14, you'd think that would be the release date. Fail.

 

Saw No Strings Attached. Totally different film from what I expected. Of course the protagonists were going to end up together; the shocking endgames that leave you breathless (Up in the Air is a recent example) are few and far between in mainstream Hollywood. That said, a very sweet movie; Ashton Kutcher dailed down his normal movie persona by several notches but still sold the character. Portman was fine but not that scintillating. The best part that there were male supporting characters that weren't just bawdy cyphers; they seemed human, and humane. And that the female supporting characters could express sexuality without being sluts

 

How is 'Dogtooth' nominated for best foreign-language film?

 

I believe that the film is Greek. The original title is
Kyodontas.

 

Finally got around to watching "Invictus" after having it on my DVR for about three months.

An inspirational story made all the more poignant by news of Nelson Mandela's recent death. [/bluefont crossthread]