Sadface.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
amyth - Jan 26, 2012 6:34:58 pm PST #17854 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 26, 2012 10:06:11 pm PST #17855 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Alan Ruck would never deceive us so.
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2012 3:49:28 am PST #17856 of 30000
hwæt
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Sean K - Jan 29, 2012 10:56:31 am PST #17857 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Strongly recommend Five Minutes of Heaven, starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt (both of whom are from Northern Ireland, and both lived through The Troubles). Neeson is a former UVF volunteer who shot and killed a Catholic boy, right in front of the boy's brother, back in 1975. After serving time for the murder, Neeson's character becomes a well known spokesperson for peace, and someone who works with other violent offenders helping them comes to terms with what they've done.
The film primarily centers on the two of them meeting face to face for the first time since the event, in front of a TV camera crew, as a stunt for some program. The meet in front of the cameras never happens, but watching these two men deal with the various, roiling emotions inside themselves for an hour an a half was rather electrifying.
It's on Netflix streaming.
le nubian - Jan 29, 2012 11:04:42 am PST #17858 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
excellent. that is on my "to watch" list.
Sean K - Jan 29, 2012 11:14:21 am PST #17859 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Nesbitt in particular is amazing.
Two weeks ago, before starting Jekyll, I'd never heard of the guy. In that time, with a tiny handful of performances, he's rocketed to the top of my list of favorite actors.
Polter-Cow - Jan 29, 2012 11:30:31 am PST #17860 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh, glad you watched Jekyll. I've only seen him in that, but he was great.
le nubian - Jan 29, 2012 11:33:28 am PST #17861 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm bitter about there not being a followup to that. I loved it.
Sean K - Jan 29, 2012 11:34:08 am PST #17862 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Me too, le nub.
askye - Jan 29, 2012 1:52:02 pm PST #17863 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Check out Murphy's Law, which is on Netflix, but not on streaming. Nesbitt plays an undercover police officer - from Northern Ireland but working in London. It can be dark at times but Nesbitt is really good as Tommy Murphy.
There are 5 seasons but Netflix only has the first 2 (the other three are "save") but it's really worth it to watch those 2.