The Visitor is supposed to be a great little film. About a guy who comes to his pied a terre in NY to find two illegal immigrants staying there. And he lets them stay. I think it came out last spring and was in theatres for like, a week. It's on my list to rent since it was actually in my local theatre for only a week.
It was here when my sister was here. She recommended it, but it was gone the next week.
I'm really happy about "Jai Ho" and
The Class,
but, looking at that list, makes me think it wasn't really a great year for movies. Granted, I haven't seen
Frost/Nixon
or
Benjamin Button,
but I thought
Milk
was only OK (though the acting was superb) and, while I really liked
Slumdog,
I didn't think it was a "great" film.
One thing I do know, I will not be doing a themed menu this year.
coming in late and piling on the
Crank
love. I've adored Jason Statham since Turkish in
Snatch.
All four Doubt noms made it in. Interesting, I was wondering about Amy Adams. And Kate Winslet's performance in "The Reader" was nominated for Best Actress, but it was Best Supporting at the Globes. Interesting. Guess she won't be winning twice again, and I wonder if that situation will affect her chance of winning even once. I also didn't think The Reader was a strong contender for a Best Picture slot; I'm surprised it won out over The Dark Knight, I really thought this might be the chance for the summer comic movie.
Our weekly Screengrab list is on Favorite Prison Movies, in the wake of President Obama's order closing Gitmo. I wrote about The Grand Illusion in part 1, plus other movies (including Bresson's A Man Escaped, Megan, because I know you just love the guy) in parts 4 and 5.
Bresson's A Man Escaped
La, la, la, I can't hear you.
All I can say is you show excellent taste with Renoir. Glad to see
Out of Sight
and
Escape from Alcatraz
made the cut. I have an unholy love for both of those. And
Stalag 17,
but that's a more obvious classic than the other two.
This is what I hear about Shoot Em Up as well.
I had the 'throw sanity to the wind' response to both Crank and SEU. The first 5 minutes feel like you walked into a party where everyone is loaded but you...then, you just go with it.
It became, 'how much more fucked up can this get?' That much more? NO. WAY!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm a little bummed that Staitham is in Crank 2.
I know. Madness.
But, the organizing principle of the first one...as I recall was that the insanity was in the service of his noble sacrifice.
Didn't his character clearly die at the end?
Not on a par with The Unbearable Lightness of Being, of course, but the death was integral to the resolution.
Perhaps I'm misremembering. And overthinking.
nevermind
Ha, Megan. The fact that I can tease you by mentioning Bresson is one of the reasons you are awesome. I wrote the Stalag 17 paragraph, too.
