Are there any movies out now worth seeing

[4_Legs_Good]

for a film snob? I don't like gratuitiously snobby films, but I gotta admit I hate Vin Diesel too.

I'm staying the night in Santa Barbara instead of going home because I gotta drive my folks to the airport tomorrow morning, so I have time to kill if there's anything worth seeing...

david

[Beaverhausen]

1. Million Dollar Baby

If you haven't seen it yet go now. right now. but bring your hanky!

:cry:

[4_Legs_Good]

3. I forgot about it!

I think that's gonna be the winner, but Hotel Rwanda looks good too...

Thanks!

david

[4_Legs_Good]

17. Million Dollar Baby was great! (spoilers)

Thanks for the advice! I had no idea what it was about. Reall good through and through, though I was really pulling for the Hillary to develop into more than just a fighter after the injury. I had hoped that she could find a way to move on. Sad really, but I guess if you've lived your life with a single vision, it's hard not to want to leave it on a high note.

Great work Clint! (for a Republican)

david

[Beaverhausen]

24. Glad you liked it

Clint really did a fine job. He somehow made the choices all the characters had to face all the more complex yet, in the end, believable.

[4_Legs_Good]

26. Yup. I have to admit, though, with the Morgan Freeman voice-overs

alls I could think about was Shawshank.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Kinda the same message here too.

david

[maveric]

2. Hotel Rwanda

A great performance by Don Cheadle. This movie will scare you, piss you off and make you cry.

[saltpoint]

4. 4_Legs_Good, have you seen FINDING NEVERLAND --

-- with Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp? It's very good.

If you can hunt down Jonathan Cauette's TARNATION, it's worth a look also.

[4_Legs_Good]

6. I did see Finding Neverland...

I thought it was much better than I had expected. Not incredible, but not bad either.

Unfortunately Tarnation isn't playing anywhere in the area. Metropolitan Theaters has a monopoly in Santa Barbara which totally bites!

david

[saltpoint]

7. Well, I'm out of suggestions on the current 'playing' list --

-- but if you bump into something good, pass along the recommendation.

(I love Santa Barbara... you have yourself a great evening out there!)

[4_Legs_Good]

10. Will do! Thanks!!

I grew up in Carpinteria, went to college in Northern California, and ended up back down here. I work in Santa Barbara, but live about 50 miles north in Lompoc.

I find that the older I get (I'm 34) the more I love Santa Barbara. I just wish I could afford to live here!

david

[saltpoint]

11. Well, I don't blame you for loving that area & the city.

The coastline there knocked me out when I was 16 and I have never really gotten over it.

There's a song by an Iowa folk singer named Don Lange (he's popular in the midwest, but I don't know about the west coast).

It's called "Santa Barbara," and it's a wonderful tune about a man who misses his love, a woman he met there on the beach. The chorus is:

"I walked down the beach toward Santa Barbara
Ducked into a cave
Half of my heart said 'Head for home'
The other half said 'Stay...'

---

Anyway, that early visit and Don's tune keeps your area close in my thoughts.

Nice to meet you on DU, 4_Legs_Good.

all good wishes to you & yours.

[4_Legs_Good]

12. Nice to meet you too!

Is Old Crusoe, Robinson, or the composer guy? (Or something totally different??)

Anyway, If it's the composer guy and you haven't seen it, you gotta see Fitzcarraldo. Best Movie EVER! (not really, but up there!)

:hi:

david

[saltpoint]

14. You're right -- it's from Defoe's book, Robinson Crusoe --

-- and I have MEANT to get to FITZCARRALDO and still haven't done it.

I will rent it this weekend. I shouldn't have put it off for so long (I know what it's about).

I'll take your suggestion.

[4_Legs_Good]

19. Great! Enjoy Fitzcarraldo! Herzog is the BEST!

Aguirre: The Wrath of God is my favorite of his films, but Fitzcarraldo runs a close 2nd, and I haven't seen them all ("Every Man for Himself and God Against All (aka The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser) is often considered his best, but I've never seen it)).

If you rent it on DVD and have the time, listen to the audio commentary as well, it's probably even more entertaining than the film. And the documentary "Burden of Dreams" which is about the production is also fantastic!

Oh and watch on a HUGE TV or projected with an LCD projector if possible, with the sound turned up really loud.

Aguirre is absolutely hypnotic if you watch it on the appropriate screen with the sound set correctly. It's like you've been moved into another time. Incredible.

david

[Guy Fawkes]

5. Six String Samurai

Try to find a place that has indi films, then rent it.

[4_Legs_Good]

8. Added it to my Netflix list

Thanks!

david

[pres2032]

9. Friday Night Lights

incredibly powerful movie on the obssesion of a small texas town with its HS football team. have tissues handy.

[underpants]

18. For rental yes I would add "Garden State"

GREAT movie

[China_cat]

13. Phantom of the Opera

[CBHagman]

15. I loved "A Very Long Engagement"

A love story, a mystery, and a war epic rolled into one. It's not without humor, too.

I just saw "Finding Neverland" last night and was very impressed.

And if you want a movie that really needs to play in both blue states and red states, check out "In Good Company." It manages to cover everything -- soulless corporations; the value of a good, old-fashioned salesman, etc. -- without indulging in cliches. Quite a pleasing movie.

[saltpoint]

16. 4_Legs_Good -- I forgot Pedro Almodovar's --

-- MALA EDUCACION.

It's not for every audience, but I saw it in Sarasota at the Burns Court Cinema and it was just terrific.

A little Hitchcock, a little high drama.

[Squatch]

20. Motorcycle Diaries.

Loved it.

[4_Legs_Good]

21. Gah! I'm bummed I missed it!

it's not playing anywhere around here anymore.

I sooo miss going to the movies often.

david

[phusion]

22. Might be for rent where you are...

It's already out on DVD. I rented it over the weekend.

Excellent movie...really enjoyed it.

[4_Legs_Good]

23. Fantastic!

Netflix will take care of that for me!

david

[AllegroRondo]

25. Because of Winn-Dixie

Seriously, its not just for kids. Good story about being the new kid in town, growing up, and dealing with loss. And it has Dave Matthews in it too!