What is the last movie you saw, and rating?
- Tralala
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She'll be two at the end of May...my son named her, 'cause she was so skittery when we brought her home.Mairin wrote:
Skittles has to be the cutest name for a rat!! How old is he/she now? My Aremis is 1 1/2... so I'm hoping he'll make it to around 2 but he is obese so who knows.
My fattest rat lived past three years old, so ya never know!
And, because this isn't a rat thread...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 10/10. It's not the last movie I saw, but I've just about got it memorized.
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IMO it's a truly extraordinary piece of work, beautifully filmed and a most disturbing story & I just can't stop thinking about it. Without saying too much it's broadly a Holocaust movie but as it moves back and forth from the '50's to the 30's it has made me think in a way I never did before about the price paid by survivors and the enduring pain that travels down the generations.
It's apparently based on a novel by Philippe Grimbert & I will be on Amazon seeking that book tonight.
I know a lot of people don't like subtitles movies but believe me this one is well worth the bit of effort. I highly recommend it 10/10
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GotThatSwing wrote:I've seen Factotum on the basis of Charles Bukowski's novel and I give it 8/10. I think it could be nice to read.
Bukowski is one of my favorite authors/poets Matt Dillon did a good job of portraying Chinanski but he's too good looking for the part.
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I liked Hedwig and the angry inch as well!! The music in it was great and I thought the ending was excellent.Tralala wrote:She'll be two at the end of May...my son named her, 'cause she was so skittery when we brought her home.Mairin wrote:
Skittles has to be the cutest name for a rat!! How old is he/she now? My Aremis is 1 1/2... so I'm hoping he'll make it to around 2 but he is obese so who knows.
My fattest rat lived past three years old, so ya never know!
And, because this isn't a rat thread...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 10/10. It's not the last movie I saw, but I've just about got it memorized.
You see decay and ruin
I tell you, "no, no, no, no
You make such an exquisite corpse"
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- Mairin
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Very true!!Tralala wrote:John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask are freakin' geniuses!Mairin wrote: I liked Hedwig and the angry inch as well!! The music in it was great and I thought the ending was excellent.
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Its touching in places and a very raw and gritty film, but its also very slow and a little dragged out in places. Good but not great, 6 out of 10.
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PS: I'm now very interested in learning more about the *love story* between George VI (Bertie) and the beloved Queen Mum.
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I must see it. I'm a big fan of Scandinavian cinema. And I don't mind slow moviesStephenKingman wrote:Let the Right One In, its the original Swedish movie about a young boy who befriends the new girl next door who happens to be a vampire, Hollywood made a remake last year called Let me In.
Its touching in places and a very raw and gritty film, but its also very slow and a little dragged out in places. Good but not great, 6 out of 10.
