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It was a good movie. Kind of hard to watch at parts because Matt Damon's character slowly dragged himself into a deeper hole because of his condition in the movie.

I find Matt Damon's character hard to watch in any movie.

Terrible actor. Gut wrenching, really.

A Serious Man
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I normally hate comedies, but I saw that this was supposed to be dark comedy so I gave it a try. The characters really worked, and actual thought was put behind the script. Even made me giggle a few times. Then when I got to the end and all of a sudden saw the tornado coming toward the kid, I realized I had absolutely no clue to what the hell this movie was all about. But once I looked it up on the internet it all clicked, but to me having to go research the ending detracted from the impact. Maybe I'm simply a dummy and you guys wouldn't have that problem.

6/10

Trainspotting
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So I've heard a lot of hype about this movie. Maybe I was expecting too much. I was dissapointed. Heroin addicts acting like heroin addicts getting clean then acting like heroin addicts again then eventually self-destructing or getting clean again. It didn't excite any of my senses really, just wore me out. Wasn't terrible by any means though.
5/10

Amelie
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Beautiful. Heard the soundtrack first and loved it so much I had to watch the film. It had everything I want. And so different. The subtitles didn't bother me a bit. Maybe a tad bit on the girly side. I mean its not really something I would sit down and watch with my old man but that doesn't change the fact that it is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I want to live in Paris.

100/10

Lonesome Dove
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My brother loaned me this and told me it was the greatest thing he had ever seen. Well I have a different opinion. Pure shit. If I thought Tommy Lee Jones is an arrogant bossy loud mouth before I saw this I can't even put into words how I feel about him now. For christs sake give it a rest you old jaw bone! This movie is nothing but one one-liner after another all the way from Texas to Montana. Don't spoil a good Western collection with this turd.

0/10

I don't dislike his films... I actually enjoy watching them. It's not that I want to be spoon-fed an easy plot and message under a standard film-style overlay. I just don't think that the only good movies are the ones you have to put together in your own mind after the fact. I like the atmosphere he creates, and I like most of the concepts he actually makes apparent. But I just get the nagging feeling that his movies contain more surrealism than is actually needed, unless his entire point is to be as surreal as possible.
I guess if I was supposed to feel like I was watching a moving painting by Salvador Dali and not really get anything out of it except what I wanted to, then I'd be happy. I'm just not much of a daydreamer. So that may be entirely my fault.

I remember seeing this movie long ago, but for the life of me I can't remember what the plot was. Is there a garden gnome in it? Does Amelie stroll around by some water? Maybe I'll have to watch it again, because I remember liking it, but can't remember *why*! :(

By the way, Flower Child, I did watch those other two movies you recommended...the one about the young woman and her dog, and the one about the sister and brother who have to care for their aging dad. I especially liked the latter...it *was* funny and sad to see the sis and bro wrestling with their problems and insecurities and jealousies and love, and making their lives better in the end. I liked how they could see each other's problems so clearly, but didn't want to face up to their own...yet having each other helped them do so. I agree that was a very good film!

The movie about the woman and dog was unusual, like a documentary almost, a short clip of time. The line that sticks with me is when the security guard expresses frustration about this catch-22: you need an address in order to get a job, and you need a job to have the money to have an address. That is an important point he makes. I don't think the woman and dog ever reunite, I'm afraid. I wish I knew!

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I'm not sure... something about this was just profoundly unsettling in a way I can't quite put my finger on right now. It was more focused and less explicit than I was expecting and I think that kind of sucker punched me or something--I feel like I watched something I shouldn't have seen, but it has more to do with the emotional content than actual carnality. That's kind of rare now--there are movies more shocking in an in-your-face kind of way, but not that many that cover this kind of territory in such an intellectually serious way.

I suppose that makes it sort of an achievement and both players were f-cking amazing, but I dunno. I'm not sure I can say I liked it, exactly.

This:

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It was a pretty good movie, but perhaps a little slow. I feel like there could have been more passion coming from the actors as it was in a war.

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Complete garbage, 2/10

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Strangely enough, I had actually never seen this movie before. I thought it was decent but not great. It seemed like they were trying to make a trippy, 2001-esque kind of a movie, and they succeeded to an extent, but I don't think that kind of a movie works out to be a very good fit for the Star Trek characters.

Heh. "Bandwidth stealing jackass". That's great.

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Pretty good, but not 'The Best Movie of 2009'
8/10

Was it at least ferociously suspenseful?

More like just regular suspenseful.

Yeah, they definitely were trying to cash in on the 2001 craze. The effects shots were almost painful they were so long and drawn out. It was still an enjoyable movie, though. I am glad they changed the uniforms again with the Wrath of Kahn...those pajama looking things were just not going to work.

What was your best?

^Pretty much sums up the state we live in. On both sides, if we're in our lands, or abroad. Good Lebanese music used in there (except for damn Nancy Ajram butting in, in every Arabic film I've seen). Anyway, good film.

I don't think the Arabic film industry will ever do a film that doesn't talk about the war with Israel or Immigration any time soon. Well Immigration mostly, and now Racism (Thank you Bush for the new material).
So for now, this is all we got, loathing the land we live in until we find something better to do. Ugh, I know realise how depressed this film made me. Feel good movie my ass!

that review completely sold me on watching this :)

i watched Antichrist over the week-end....i am still blown away by how beautiful it was...nopt as 'shocking' as i thought it might be....but absolute eye candy....and i thought it had a remarkable script

then i poisoned my mind last night with
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it was not that good considering the people in the movie...i was think it would be a bit more crass...yet i laughed out loud a couple of times and had no problem watching the entire thing.....

Glad it did. Might be one of my favourite Arabic movies thus far... and Alia Shawkat is in there (so that's a plus).

I haven't seen as many 2009 movies as I want to, but based on what i have seen: Where The Wild Things Are

^^ Seconded.

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Lovely... and surprising OST by Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi.
Didn't get the low rating it got on IMDB.

^I have to say I was so bored by that movie I shut it off after about half an hour. Maybe it just caught me in the wrong mood.

^ I never did understand how people get bored from watching any kind of film.
I do think this one caught you in the wrong mood. Not bad at all imo.

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Pretty good.

LOVE DIS MOVIEe

^It IS quite lovable :D

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It started out a bit silly, but then turned to be a not bad dramedy.

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A new favourite of mine, absolutely loved it.

Preferring baby fairytale shit over an insightful look at the war in the Middle East.

Good for you.

Yo Flower Child, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish, but Inglourious Basterds was one of the best movies of 2009.

That joke is really STILL going?

Nope, but I decided to bring it back. :cool:

I want to bring yoyos back as well.

uh, NO.

I won't be your Northwest homeslice (can't believe I've used this term) if you do. I had to have 8 stiches thanks to a yoyo.

Richey Edwards had to have 16 stitches for carving "4 Real" into his arm with a blade... and you had to have half the amount of stitches, thanks to a yoyo...

But that was self inflicted, it's his own stupid fault. This was through no fault of my own.

'sides, me > Manics. troof.

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^ Ever wondered what happened when Harry and Lloyd met? Me neither. Didn't stop this apology of a film being made though. Didn't even make it through the first half hour.

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^ This is one of the best things I've watched in years though, so it hasn't all been bad lately.

Worthy of a sig quote for sure :love:

I dunno... I watched The Hurt Locker before reading or hearing most of the hype and I thought it was a decent movie but certainly not as good as people are saying. I don't know if it's because I was in the Army and deployed in Iraq that I found the movie to be slightly stale and same-old because of that, or what. Or I could just be really bad at spotting what makes a movie good... I was generally under the impression that all you had to do was like it or not. If that's the case, then don't mind me.

I got it a few days ago and haven't seen it yet but that quote from Flower Child is golden I have to say!

Haha.. yes it is. I agree with it too... I saw Where The Wild Things Are, and even having read the book as a kid, I can't say I would ever put that movie as the best of 09'. Not as an adult, anyway.

I could be biased though... 'cause that kid's cat-ear hoodie costume thing reminded me of CoryAllen2 the entire time. Made me ill.