Movies
My friend Susan teaches this really interesting film course every semester; the class always fills up quickly with folks hanging out on the waiting list long after the semester begins, hoping someone will drop. Someone never does.
She was giving me a mini-lecture on films, then sent me a list of the "25 movies to see before Oscar night" that is published by Entertainment Weekly every year.. The Oscars are broadcast on Feb. 22nd, so if you intend to see any of these films, you better get busy. Here is the list of must-sees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Night
Doubt
Revolutionary Road
Wall-E
The Wrestler
Gran Torino
The Reader
Rachel Getting Married
Changeling
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Tropic Thunder
Happy Go Lucky
The Visitor
I've Loved You So Long
Frozen River
Nothing But the Truth
Man of Wire
Synecdoche, New York
The Duchess
Defiance
Australia
Quite a list; haven't seen a single film on it. (My friend the film expert has only seen 4 of them). Have any of you seen any of these? Any favorites?
Just wondering. And procrastinating from doing the work I'm really supposed to be doing. This just seemed to be so much more fun . . .
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Sadly, I've only seen one of them--Wall-E. It was a sore disappointment for me since I was hoping a movie with our name would be as fabulous as us! I fell asleep. My kids love it though!
I guess I sort of saw "Dark Knight", but I was sound asleep on Ben's lap about 5 minutes into it.
Maybe I'm not the person to review a movie. I seem to have a sleep disorder.
We saw Wall-E and while it was cute to begin with, it sort of bogged down in the middle. It wasn't enough to keep the younger kids interested. My son and friends have seen Dark Knight and say it is really fabulous. Every movie that "I" would recommend is not on the list. For example, Fireproof is one I haven't seen yet, but is supposedly the absolute best, made by same people who made Facing the Giants which was great.
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