Movie Recs?

If you want more depressing Romanian movies check out The Paper Will Be Blue.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
We just netflixed "Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days", which, though not quite as good as its metascore rating of 97, was still very good.

Thanks. Nothing beats celebrating the holidays with depressing Romanian films!

Originally posted by econo:
If you want more depressing Romanian movies check out The Paper Will Be Blue.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
We just netflixed "Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days", which, though not quite as good as its metascore rating of 97, was still very good.

For sad, depressing movies, see: The Color of Paradise. Saddest movie I've ever seen.

Anyway, I've got on Netflix now:

-Switchblade Sisters (A-)
-Hannah and Her Sisters (B) [I'm trying be a Woody Allen completist and watch all of his films.)
-You Can Count on Me (A-)

All three were pretty great on their own merits, and I highly recommend 'em.

OH, and I recommend This Is England. One of my favs.

I finally saw Bergman's Monika which I'm not sure where anyone would see (maybe AFI will get it). Very very good. The cinematography is just gorgeous.

Slumdog Millionaire is definitely worth seeing. Prob one of my favs from danny boyle.

And I laughed far too much during Twilight which Im not sure was the intention (esp as my friends and I were laughing at the non-funny things). Easily can wait for video.

Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
For sad, depressing movies, see: The Color of Paradise. Saddest movie I've ever seen.

welcome to the dollhouse and george washington were two of the most depressing movies i've ever watched. . .

i just sat through welcome to the dollhouse furious and eventually resigned myself to depression that dawn would suffer through middle child syndrome.

as for george washington- the whole southern gothic doesn't come close to explaining it. . .how the director was able to find those kids to play those characters should be a study in itself.

See:

Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Happy-Go-Lucky
Synecdoche, New York
Man on Wire – maybe the best movie of the year!

Skip:

Quantum of Solace – it was "just OK"… wait for DVD
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Man on Wire comes out on DVD in 2 weeks (or maybe sooner).

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
See:

Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Happy-Go-Lucky
Synecdoche, New York
Man on Wire – maybe the best movie of the year!

Skip:

Quantum of Solace – it was "just OK"… wait for DVD
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

just saw slumdog over the weekend-must be seen on the big screen-tremendous movie

Is MILK playing locally? I thought it would generate Oscar buzz for Penn, but the reviews are mixed. (for the focus of the story, mostly)

So, Rachel Getting Married is pretty good, eh?
Thanks for the other tips.

Netflix:
Don't watch DIRT. It's just that.

Oh, and "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is sad as well….but watch the behind the scenes, it's a beautiful little film.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
welcome to the dollhouse and george washington were two of the most depressing movies i've ever watched. . .

really has nothing to do with what you are saying, but the next movie by both these directors are in my top 10 favorite movies (Happiness and All the Real Girls)

decided to see let the right one in last night and that mess is kinda creepy and funny. good story now i want to read the book

slumdog is next on my list

Originally posted by Greer Zoller:
So, Rachel Getting Married is pretty good, eh?

Yeah, I really loved it. Excellent performances. Well written. Nice doc-style cinematography. Plus it has the lead singer from TV on the Radio (he's the groom, it's a small role and he's not bad in it) and a cameo by Robyn Hitchcock (as himself, singing a song at the wedding).

Originally posted by pdx pollard:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
welcome to the dollhouse and george washington were two of the most depressing movies i've ever watched. . .

really has nothing to do with what you are saying, but the next movie by both these directors are in my top 10 favorite movies (Happiness and All the Real Girls)

I'm a big fan of David Gordon Green's. I prefer George Washington to All the Real Girls, but they're both excellent. FWIW, I don't find George Washington to be depressing really. More thoughtful than depressing. And much of it is actually funny. I also really like his third film, Undertow, which is similar tonally to George Washington. Snow Angels was a big disappointment. It was OK, but not as good as his previous films.

Happiness. Man, that movie just hurts so good.

RocknRolla was great, plenty of laugh out loud moments

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
I'm a big fan of David Gordon Green's. I prefer George Washington to All the Real Girls, but they're both excellent. FWIW, I don't find George Washington to be depressing really. More thoughtful than depressing. And much of it is actually funny. I also really like his third film, Undertow, which is similar tonally to George Washington. Snow Angels was a big disappointment. It was OK, but not as good as his previous films.

Yeah Snow Angels was fine, but nothing special. I feel the same way about Undertow, althought it was better than Snow Angels. Pineapple Express was definitely a weird choice for him.

Originally posted by Relaxer:
Happiness. Man, that movie just hurts so good.

He is working on a movie which he says isnt really a direct sequel to Happiness but is related. Starring Paris Hilton. I dont expect much.

I haven't cried at a movie in a long time the way that I cried last night watching Milk. Seriously, it was gut-wrenching for me.

I think everyone should see this movie. Everyone.

Saw Slumdog last night and really liked it a lot.

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