1. Miller's Crossing
One of the best movies made by the Coen brothers, and one of the best period pieces ever made, period. Standouts in this movie are Albert Finney and John Turtorro, playing each other's opposites. Albert plays a crime boss, and John plays a sneaky squealer-type guy. Caught in between is Gabriel Byrne's character, trying to work out the conflict in the movie. Excellent film.
2. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The kid in me really loves this movie. Sure, the animation is horrible, the voicework is severely exaggerated and overacted, and the story is laughable. I can't really explain why I like it, but I do. So shoot me.
3. Lord of War
Nicolas Cage acts really well as an arms dealer in this movie, in contrast to the YouTube movie I linked to in my last post. Vastly underrated and overlooked by nearly everyone, with a witty script and beautiful cinematography. Consider renting this when you don't know what to rent.
4. Good Night, and Good Luck
I never thought that I'd see George Clooney get nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards, but this movie gave him one, and well-deserved, mind you. Apart from directing the movie, he also wrote and acted in it. Clooney has come a long way since "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" and "E.R.".
5. The Frighteners
Horror comedy signed Peter Jackson. Not one of his best, but still an entertaining and visually pleasing movie with Michael J. Fox. And who doesn't like Michael J. Fox? I know I do. Like him, that is.
6. Army of Darkness
The third movie in the "Evil Dead" trilogy. Sadly, like the second movie, it's more focused on slapstick humor and catchphrases than the horror, but if you like the other "Evil Deads", you'll want to see this too.
7. Limbo
A somber piece, in which the first two thirds are solely dedicated to character development, and the conflict of the movie only kicks in in the last third. Beautifully directed by John Sayles.
In other news, my girlfriend and me has decided to finally buy ourselves a new 37" HDTV in February. I'll let you know how it turns out. I can't wait!
4 comments:
Yay for 37"! That muhfugg' gon' be HUGE.
The only one of those I've seen was "Frighteners", and I thought it was sort of up there with the better horror-comedies. Not that there are a lot of those, but it was a smart movie. And Mr. Fox -- gotta love that twitchy little fucker. :)
Huge and beautiful! :) I had my mind set on a 50" Sony, but Lina talked me out of it. :P
tip: Farce of the penguins by Bob Saget himself -> http://imdb.com/title/tt0488539/
Another tip: search you tube for down with saget (with bob saget, kennedy etc), best rapvideo from last eyar ;)
Du! Det finns site som jag hänger på sen nån veckor tillbaka ang. film. filmspot.com. Den är lite laggig och så, för det är beta-versionen. men jag har sakta men säkert börjat fylla på mina listor där, med filmer jag vill se, har sett osv. Håll koll på den :)
Filmspot.com hänger ihop med tv.com där jag hänger varje dag sen några år tillbaka, där kan du hitta listor över alla tv-serier jag sysselsätter mig med!
hej förresten! :D
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