The "last movie I saw" thread

[MarkGrace]

Mary Poppins.

Has anyone else see this yet? Lots of songs.

[Green Lantern]

Mary Poppins.

Has anyone else see this yet? Lots of songs.

That dude who plays Bert is my favorite British actor of all time.

[BoylenOver]

"Waltz With Bashir"

Devastating and well-done. Great animation, and fantastic storytelling.

[CJF]

I saw Buried recently. Overall it sucked, but the ending was decent.

[Katy Lied]

Megamind. In glorious IMax 3D. A strangely adult theme.

I enjoyed the Obama-style posters saying "No We Can't"

[Green Lantern]

"Waltz With Bashir"

Devastating and well-done. Great animation, and fantastic storytelling.

I just watched that as well. Fascinating movie.

[oxcoug]

Client 9.

Fittingly watched w/ a couple of high-priced hookers in New York - actually I don't know this, but since the two neighbor ladies have a great pad and no apparent source of income that I can identify I have concluded that they're high-priced hookers. We had a floor-wide 'movie night' on Friday and they came over and joined in, very conservatively dressed in jeans and sweaters like they're not hookers or something. I could be wrong about them. -)

SO - yeah, the doc itself was well-made but overly apologetic for Spitzer. It really worked too hard to present his Wall Street hell-raising as work of a man determined to serve the people and to spin his whoring as the tragic flaw of a man who carried too much weight on his shoulders.

To be fair, they brought in plenty of critics, but I felt that it was clear in the end that the producers wanted Spitzer to be viewed as some kind of tragic hero.

[Katy Lied]

Client 9.

Fittingly watched w/ a couple of high-priced hookers in New York - actually I don't know this, but since the two neighbor ladies have a great pad and no apparent source of income that I can identify I have concluded that they're high-priced hookers. We had a floor-wide 'movie night' on Friday and they came over and joined in, very conservatively dressed in jeans and sweaters like they're not hookers or something. I could be wrong about them. -)

SO - yeah, the doc itself was well-made but overly apologetic for Spitzer. It really worked too hard to present his Wall Street hell-raising as work of a man determined to serve the people and to spin his whoring as the tragic flaw of a man who carried too much weight on his shoulders.

To be fair, they brought in plenty of critics, but I felt that it was clear in the end that the producers wanted Spitzer to be viewed as some kind of tragic hero.

Did your ladies of the demimonde offer up any insights?

[oxcoug]

Did your ladies of the demimonde offer up any insights?

I tried baiting them into some confessional commentary but they acted convincingly naive. Again, obviously an act any girl who wears jeans and a sweater in NYC is hiding something.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We watched Babies this weekend.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/

I was a little skeptical but was pleasantly surprised. Very enjoyable documentary.

[Surfah]

We watched Babies this weekend.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/

I was a little skeptical but was pleasantly surprised. Very enjoyable documentary.

Gidget made me watch this with her a few weeks ago. It was pretty good. It's amazing to see the difference culturally and how kids are raised, and yet they all kind of turn out the same generally speaking.

[Green Lantern]

We watched Klute the other night. One of those 70s classics that's long been on my to-do list. Very good, and Jane Fonda manages to remain hot even while sporting the world's worst mullet haircut.

We also re-watched Winter's Bone, which just came out on DVD. One of the best films of the year. I highly recommend it.

[Maximus]

A few good Islamic art films that I have seen for a class recently:

Syrian Bride
-A story of a lady in the Golan Heights (which used to be Syria) who is arranged to get married to a man who lives in Syria proper. The film is basically about her struggle, the struggle they have in actually getting her to Syria when the day comes, and the struggle of her family in going towards modernity and living in the Golan Heights. Very good film.

Lemon Tree
- A story of a widowed Palestinian women who has a grove of lemon trees in the West Bank. The Israeli Defense Minister moves in across the street, and eventually the military wants to cut down her grove for security purposes. It is based on a real story, and shows how she is able to go to the Israeli Supreme Court and actually win her case vs the Israeli military.

Paradise Now
-A story of two Palestinian men who lose their jobs and decide to become suicide bombers. It shows the reasoning behind their decision, the internal struggle they go through when the time comes, and paints a very real and sad picture of what reasoning there is for Palestinians who turn to violence and how that violence does not work. some say it glorifies suicide bombers, but I saw it simply as a film that shows the human side of people who would make a decision like that and how actually that decision is wrong and how it does more harm than good.

All 3 are good films.

[Katy Lied]

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Paradise Now
-A story of two Palestinian men who lose their jobs and decide to become suicide bombers. It shows the reasoning behind their decision, the internal struggle they go through when the time comes, and paints a very real and sad picture of what reasoning there is for Palestinians who turn to violence and how that violence does not work. some say it glorifies suicide bombers, but I saw it simply as a film that shows the human side of people who would make a decision like that and how actually that decision is wrong and how it does more harm than good.

This brings up a question I have had for years that I cannot find an answer to. Perhaps you might know. I've heard that suicide bombers are lauded by their families and villages after they are gone, and that money comes in to their familes, who are made financially secure as a result of their sacrifice. (I've no idea how true this is). If it is, why don't the victims of the suicide bombing sue the family of the bomber for compensation? This would deprive the family of funds and nullify some of the incentives for suicide bombing.

(I am not asking this question in a normative sense; I'm not saying suicide bombing is right or wrong. I am merely asking why Israelis do not pursue this tactic to decrease the incidence of suicide bombing)

[Uncle Ted]

This brings up a question I have had for years that I cannot find an answer to. Perhaps you might know. I've heard that suicide bombers are lauded by their families and villages after they are gone, and that money comes in to their familes, who are made financially secure as a result of their sacrifice. (I've no idea how true this is). If it is, why don't the victims of the suicide bombing sue the family of the bomber for compensation? This would deprive the family of funds and nullify some of the incentives for suicide bombing.

(I am not asking this question in a normative sense; I'm not saying suicide bombing is right or wrong. I am merely asking why Israelis do not pursue this tactic to decrease the incidence of suicide bombing)

Well, they don't do it for the "72 virgins in paradise".