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Valkyrie. Very strange effect: the bad guys don the nazi costume, but the good guys as well. So it's quite a weird feeling to watch The Hero Tom Cruise striding around with those boots, medals and swastika's. Decent movie, not special. Pity they left Rommel completely out of the picture.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: dissapointing, to me. Slow, humourless, almost entirely devoid of magic, with a boring Brad Pitt. Felt a lot like Forest Gump, but you can't help but like 'Forrust' with all his quirks and naïveté. Apart from the CGI, Benjamin felt like a completely shallow person: no passion, no goal. He's just there, only backwards. Pity, cause I really like Fincher's movies. He gets the picture right, it's all pretty, but I missed his daring, his sense of rebellion and darkness. Sometimes "Benjamin" felt like a contrived Amelie, because Fincher put in a few quirky old movies about a man who's struck by lightning. Those were actually the funniest and most magical moments I think.

The Reader: a good story, well acted (especially by the young German actor David Kross). About shame, trust, love, lust, guilt and the pleasure of reading (and being read to). And an important theme, the blame-question. Reminded me of the whole Demjanjuk trial going on right now.

Saw Avatar yesterday, my first 3D experience after Disney's Captain Eo. Wow. Really really liked it. The story was basically a non-alcoholic cocktail of Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves and Star Wars, but oh the imagery... almost got Stendhal syndrome at one point. Would definitely see it again if the tickets weren't so expensive!

There is an "Avatar Syndrome" now. Apparently people become so depressed about humanity after watching the movie they try to kill themselves. I'm not making that up.

I got to see Mars Attacks! the other day. Not quite what we now think of as a typical Tim Burton film. What do you think?

I think it's an hilarious movie. I often wonder how he was able to pull that cast together.

Never heard of it.... Gonna check it out. Please do share your opinions though.

I agree about the cast. It isn't the usual present-day Tim Burton repertory cast (Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, ...), but a wide-ranging cast of stars including Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening and Rod Steiger, amongst others. The Martians are the real stars, though.

Watched 'The Hurt Locker' last night. And I must admit we watched it solely because it won the Oscar, but having seen it I can see why she won for director and the film won overall. Extremely well done.

Worth it to watch it, then?

watched "lions for lambs" the other night.
clever provoking movie if you talk about just the plot itself, and its sociological/philosophical implications.
the open ending (well, more "just bruptly stopping the movie") leaves a weird taste, and i'm sure that even the star cast (streep, redford, cruise) couldn't convince the usa box office crowd. ($14mln USA, $48mln rest of world). usually a well-grossing movie generate about as much in the usa alone as in rest fo the world (compare with a similar movie, but not as 'negative about the usa way of life'; vantage point ($72mln and $78mln respectively)

Some of the reviews for Lions for Lambs were vicious. Did the reviewers get it wrong this time?


Yes, if you like war movies and aren't in the mood for a chuckle.

You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Lol

I don't recommend this movie, but if you like american crap comedies, you can see it...

Did you win a prize for being the tenth person to see that movie?

Unfortunately, no!

Watched Charlie Wilson's War yesterday evening. Not the most engaging of films, but Phillip Seymore Hoffman's character makes it worth the watch if there's nothing else on the telly.