Friday, January 25, 2008

the movies

i've been watching a lot of movies lately, since the video store has a super selection of foreign movies, i wanted to watch all of them. i was on a roll, about 8 or so this week. that is until they eliminated their deal of 5 dvds for 5.41. I now have to pay 3.50 PER dvd, which i guess is reasonable, but most of them are not new releases. So, I've made the decision to switch to Netflix. Here's what i've watched this past week though.

(not foreign)
Junebug (i want to be ashley's friend)
Rushmore (early Wes Anderson)
The King (so so twisted.)
(foreign)
Amores Perros (One of my favorites now, such a great story.)
Volver (also a new favorite, so many twists!)
Bad Education (i was so turned off after i watched this, but you would've never seen it coming)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (New favorite, i can't believe Diego Luna did dirty dancing 2 afterwards)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Made me excited for my trip to Peru. It was intriguing to see the history of young Che, before all the guerrilla/revolution stuff.)

there was another but i forgot what it was. This is what I've got for the weekend;
-Thumbsucker
-L'Enfants

Gael Garcia Bernal is in half of all of those movies listed. I think the worst one out of the ones i watched already was Bad Education, but i actually really liked it. I'm waiting for a really shitty one to come along here.

"This TV is old, the color is fucked, do you see the difference in the shades? But the green is still close to green, my love, And I believe we are the same, And we’ll stay like this, all gold and green, The light collects and projects your heart on a movie screen."-The Difference In the Shades


Here's whats on my list of things to rent in the future (from Netflix);
Au Revoir, Les Enfants
Maria Full Of Grace
Elephant
Curse of the Golden Flower(looks pretty)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (can't find it anywhere)
Broken Flowers
Everything Is Illuminated (I read the damn book just so i could see it)
Sweet Sixteen
All About My Mother
The Squid and The Whale
Babel
Amen
21 Grams
Goodbye, Lenin!
The Lives of Others
Delicatessen

Any recommendations?

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