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Burn After Reading

Trailer: 9/10
Brad Pitt: 9/10
Film: 5/10
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Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)

The earliest Bergman film I've seen so far, and one of the better of the dozen or so of his films I've seen. Since I'm currently immersing myself in Murnau, it's hard not to see echoes of Sunrise (and City Girl) in the pastoral scenes, but in throughline it really feels more like Vidor's the Crowd if updated to a pessimistic post-War Europe.

7/10
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Indiana Jones: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

8/10

It would usually be 7/10, but hey, we had Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg, John Williams and the brand of Indiana Jones.. :)
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Die Hard 4.0

7.5/10

Kill me, but i enjoyed it. :)
And i love Bruce Willis. :D
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Happy-Go-Lucky

6.5/10

I didn't love Sally Hawkins, and I don't think she'll make my year-end list. I felt kinda bad for the audience, as I think most of them were duped by the trailer which made it seem more laugh out loud and pop-song filled, rather than the Mike Leigh dramedy that could have used subtitles for those not used to watching EastEnders. A couple of great moments, including ones with Eddie Marsan.
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Mirrors

8/10

Surprisingly good! Very eerie and spooky, with a great score by Javier Navarrete!
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Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)

7/10

Dragged during some parts, especially the wedding rehearsal dinner and the wedding and reception scenes. It was the most fun and coolest wedding I have ever seen but they spent, IMO, too much time on it with scenes that showed various people having fun but not developing characters or moving the story. But what a great wedding!

Very good performances. A lot of needlessly melodramatic scenes but it worked for me because the actors do such a good job. The scene late in the film when Rachel comforts her sister when you were not sure how Rachel would react to what her sister had just done made me tear up a little. I think Rosemarie Dewitt deserves a supporting Oscar nom more than Anne Hathaway deserves a leading nom, though both are very good. She was good as Don Draper's beatnik girlfriend but I did not suspect she had such talent. When Anne and Rosemarie were on the screen together, I was looking at Rosemarie.




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City Girl - silent version (Murnau, 1930)

Thanks to Damien for inspiring me to make sure I watched this on my current F.W. Murnau kick. Wonderful film and, as he says in another thread, a fascinating comparison piece to Sunrise. The scene in which the couple run through the fields when they first arrive on Charles Farrel's father's farm is clearly one of those magical scenes in all cinema. I'm almost certain I'd rate this film even higher if I were to see a decent copy, not the highly-dupey VHS version I rented.

8/10
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Quantum of Solace

6.5/10

Fun, but clumsy sometimes...
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Grace Is Gone

9/10

Beautiful.
A wonderful score by Clint Eastwood...
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The Class
8/10
A wonderful film, but not the Academy's cup of tea. I wouldn't be suprised if it was left out of the Best Foreign Film nominations.
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Finally caught up with C.R.A.Z.Y. What a fantastic film! Everything that has been said about the soundtrack is true, but Vallee's attention to detail and some wonderful performances (especially Michel Cote as the father) carry the film to a greater level. I love how rounded and three-dimensional the entire film. Whereas lots of other filmmakers would turn the father into a villain, or condemn Zac for his heterosexual experiences, this film treats them as realities and thinks that every person and move in the film is acceptable and alright. It almost makes the ending even more powerful than it would be in a more conventional film.
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007 Quantum of Solace 8/10
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The Hunger (Steve McQueen)
7/10
Difficult film to sit through.




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Eagle Eye

7/10

Fun!
And Shia LaBeouf is a terrific actor with a splendid future.
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