What are the best films you have seen this year? Why did you like them so much?

@etan,

Thank you!

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@caribou,

Caribou, thanks for the pointer about changing my avatar size preference. That did the trick, but I couldn't remember where I'd read the suggestion!

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The Lady Diane and I want to see a film next week. Any suggestions?

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

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The Lady Diane and I want to see a film next week. Any suggestions?

See if "August Evenings" is opening in your area. I know someone who saw it in preview and loved it.

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@fbaezer,

fbaezer wrote:

dlowan wrote:

Any really good films from your continent, Fbaezer?

If you're asking about Latin America, last good flic I saw (think it was last year) is "Morirse está en Hebreo", a comedy about Jews in Mexico.

"Morirse está en Hebreo", AKA "My Mexican Shivah" is now on New York City theaters.

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@fbaezer,

Then it'll soon be here...thankee.

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"Dark Knight" and "The Machinist". The latter was very good, and Christian Bale gave a great performance, and I very much enjoyed the film. Almost cried.

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@Quincy,

I just added "The Machinist" to my DVD queue....looks interesting.

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@dlowan,

I saw a Javier Bardem film the other day called The Sea Inside and absolutely loved it....despite the subtitles.

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@material girl,

Dlowan, I have to say I thought The Machinist looked interesting too.Then i watched it.I guessed what was going on in the first 10 minutes and was very disapointed afterwards.Very poor choice by Bale, I reckon he only took it so he could be ridiculously thin, he likes a challenge.Id say only watch it when all other films in the world have been watched.

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@dlowan,

Just saw a 1949 flick on cable Movies on Demand called "All the King's Men".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041113/

It is a great film (ostensibly based on the life of Huey Long) that won a number of Academy awards. It is about politics, and the abuse of power.................a subject that is quite relevent nowadays. If you get a chance to watch it, don't miss it!

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@Phoenix32890,

I agree with you about the original film, Phoenix. It's a classic. But I can't recommend the recent remake starring Sean Penn. It wasn't nearly as good.

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I just watched "Bubble Boy" on cable. Absurd, but enjoyable.

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I saw Vicki Christina Barcelona a few weeks ago. I'm not usually a Woody Allen fan (despite being a native New Yorker... fancy that), but I thought this movie was quite good. It seemed like a parody of so many things at once: academia, artists, American tourists, yuppies, and arguably Scarlet Johansson.

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@DrewDad,

I also just watched Stranger than Fiction which was quite good, and Zodiac which was OK but had a rather disappointing ending.

Edit: My cable stations either appear to be on a Gyllenhaal streak, or Jake or Maggie has been in every movie made in the last two years...

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Gran Torino - Not a fan of Clint Eastwood, but what a brilliant movie I loved it!

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I just got back from [img]Watchmen[/img].

Pretty gory, and I found the sex scenes to be a bit much. Not to mention the blue naked guy. But a good movie.

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@Shapeless,

Oh? I'll watch out for that.

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Watched a great movie last night called 'Miracle in St.Anna' fantastic movie about American Buffalo soldiers in Italy fighting against the germans it was a tear jerker in the end,"untold story of courage and brotherhood" but a great watch, great story line. Movie by Spike Lee.

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@DrewDad,

Had you read the comic book (er, excuse me, the "graphic novel") beforehand? I assumed anyone who hadn't wouldn't get much out of the movie, but when a friend and I saw it last week he seemed to be able to follow pretty easily despite not having read it before.

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