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Quote: Originally Posted by Haha -One scene sticks out to me in particular, a scene that I might have confused initially as a diss to African Americans. Maybe it is, maybe its not, you tell me. The scene is where Precious looks into the mirror while brushing her hair and her reflection is a skinny blonde white girl. Later on, Precious comments on how she wants to be a skinny white girl. I thought this was a somewhat lame attempt to make the...

1. The Incredibles 2. Waltz With Bashir 3. Wall-E 4. Finding Nemo 5. Ratatouille 6. Up 7. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 8. Chicken Run 9. Coraline 10. Monster's Inc.

I hadn't seen 2001 since I was a teenager. I didn't think I had understood it back then. Maybe I underestimated myself a bit? I mean, it is fairly lineal and yes, the last act gets a bit too ethereal and doesn't adhere strictly to real world logic but it isn't that abstract? It's even linked and continues the progression of the rest of the film. I'm baffled that this film is considered like, "the most...

Wow, he's gonna love you come Monday morning.

Quote: Originally Posted by Andy Hall This was good. It took awhile for it to settle in. I sort of felt disconnected for much of the first half, just because of the juxtaposition between Precious' extreme fantasy world and her extreme reality. But I also felt that everything came together in Mo'Nique's big scene at the end, which was really quite riveting. And the acting, of course, is the real reason to see this movie. Gabby...

Quote: I think forizzer overstates the importance of Micah's racial position on their budding relationship, although he (Micah) does pose an interesting theory, at least on the surface: why does indie seem to be a primarily white thing? That's the point though - it doesn't have to be. Just like the rap scene doesn't particularly have to be a white thing. Yeah, I'll admit that seeing a black person in an indie group is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Melllvar And the achievement of telling a completely silent story yet managing to entertain us for an hour and a half is a great one. Yes, it had never been achieved before. We must praise it for that. I’ll call Buster, Charlie, Dave, Friedrich, Fritz and dear ole Sergei so that they join us in the praise.

I need to make myself see A Serious Man , ugh. It just doesn't appeal to me? Anyway expanded thoughts on the de Havilliciousness of To Each His Own and Hold Back the Dawn .

Quote: Originally Posted by Dally I need to make myself see A Serious Man , ugh. It just doesn't appeal to me? I feel exactly the same, D. A friend and I went to see An Education and sort of picked up this elderly French woman in line and she was raving A Serious Man to the high heavens. I have heard nothing but good things about it. Yet, I still don't want to see it.