The Road: man, what a hard movie to watch. Bleak, devestating, beautiful, hard. It was like the black version of Firefly with Reavers and surviving vs. living and I kept expecting the reavers to win, the fear was so palpable.

I wouldn't call it a good movie, but it was certainly an experience.

Juliebird, had you read the book?

megan, where are you seeing these? At the Kabuki?

No, do you recommend it?

Any thoughts on The Hurt Locker?

I thought Jeremy Renner's performance was fantastic, and the direction was as raw and gritty as it needed to be, but ... I think I was expecting something else. Like, a plot. It came off as a character study to me, which is fine, but like I said, not what I was expecting, I guess.

I didn't get the buzz over this one, Amy. As a character study I didn't care for it. Not that it wasn't well done, but in the end I was disgusted with the character.

I saw The Hurt Locker over the summer, so I don't remember a lot of specifics, but I do remember loving it. I think it's right to call it a character study, though it didn't feel like there was no plot, just that the plot was mostly about the experiences of these few guys.

megan, where are you seeing these? At the Kabuki?

They are showing all week at the Lumière and the Opera. Since I know they didn't show up in my Yahoo listings, here are the times:

Lumière
Animated (Fri 2/26 - Thu 3/4): 4:45, 9:40
Live Action (Fri 2/26 - Sun 2/28): 2:20, 7:10
  (Mon 3/1 - Thu 3/4): 7:10 

Opera
Animated (Fri 2/26 - Thu 3/4): 2:20, 7:10 
Live Action (Fri 2/26 - Sun 2/28): 4:40, 9:30 
(Mon 3/1 - Thu 3/4): 4:40  

Sweet! You're hardcore, I never see the shorts.

I've never seen them before, but now I would do it again in a heart beat. Both programs were really good, with great audiences, and it's nice to have an opinion on these categories for once.

Oh, cool.