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We still need to see American Beauty so I can see whether I agree with Patrick about that one.We saw Galaxy Quest last week, which was fun but not exactly thought-provoking. That's about it for recent movies.
Did you see Fight Club? Did you like it? Did you find it offensive, compelling, or trashy?
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
The last most "thought-provoking" movie that I saw was 'Election Day'. That was about a month ago though. I want to see every one of those movies dammit and doubt that I will any time soon.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
I just saw "The Cider House Rules," and both my husband and I loved it. It has some thought-provoking moments, but overall it's just the kind of movie that you spend every minute from the start enjoying the heck out of yourself and not wanting it to end. I thought Tobey Maguire was wonderful, and Delroy Lindo was amazing as usual. It's one of only two Irving books I haven't read yet; my name is now on the reserve list for it at my library...
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
We're still talking about American Beauty. Love it or hate it, it makes you think about stuff.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
Recently I saw The Nephew, the story of an American tenager who returns to his now-deceased mothers home, a small Irish village. There are family secrets and feuds and loves, but in the end an incredibly cathartic healing. Feel-good movie.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
I only just saw "Summer of Sam" and really enjoyed it -- the fear and the suspicion created by the Son of Sam killings was fascinating.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
"Election" 'American Beauty" "Dogma" and "American History X"All of these made me think. And I thought all of them were good.
Didn't want to see Fight Club -- the idea of all that blood and bruising just didn't appeal at all.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
The Matrix. Anybody but me disturbed by the idea that the main characters are all cop-killers?
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
Matrix and Dogma.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
Dogma was definitely thought-provoking. I never thought I'd say that about a movie starring Jay and Silent Bob.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
The last movie I saw in the theater was Fight Club. I have yet to see Dogma, Sleepy Hollow and American Beauty. I'd like to see The Talented Mr. Ripley because I like Cate Blanchett.However, I have watched my copy of Mulan (given as a present by my boyfriend) 6 or 7 times now. Call me obsessive.
I have to admit, Donny Osmond sounds really sexy singing "Be a Man." It surprised me. Really!
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
Oh, by the way. I saw fight club with a couple of boys. The next night, they beat each other up in the parking lot of my apartment building. Just to see what it was like.Who am I to judge the guilty pleasures of violence between to men friends?
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
All About My Mother, which is Pedro Almodovar's latest movie, was beautiful and funny and tragic and uplifting (but not sappy) all at once. It really made me think about what makes a family, the nature of motherhood, and the relative importance of truth versus fiction in relationships. It was amazing and hugely entertaining, too, so if you go more for fun than reflection in your movies, this is a good one all around.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
I cried in my car for about an hour after watching American Beauty. It made me take a good look at every relationship in my life. Especially my marriage. I agree with Lizzie, love it or hate it, it still makes you think.By the way, I loved it.
-- Anonymous, January 13, 2000
The last two films I saw were "Sleepy Hollow" and "Buena Vista Social Club". Latter didn't do much for me but the former was a bit of a bender until it lost the plot near the end. I thought "Fight Club" was a cracker, though I can understand why the violence would freak people out. Any reports in the media of just how ugly the violence is have probably not been exaggerated. "Being John Malkovich" was also excellent. "American Beauty" doesn't get released in Australia until the 27th of this month, so I'm looking forward to that.http://www.geocities.com/jgwr/
-- Anonymous, January 14, 2000
Dogma. A good movie that I thought was both entertaining and thought provoking. I usually end up seeing the more escapist type movies, such as Galaxy Quest(which I enjoyed).
-- Anonymous, January 14, 2000
David Fincher is a very, very, very sick man. After Seven I vowed never to watch anything this guy had made ever, ever again. Unfortunately, some reviewers talked me into seeing Fight Club, assuring me that this was the best comedy ever made about consumerism. It wasn't. There was nothing even remotely funny or thought-provoking about it. It made me sick. It's a repulsive piece of ultra violent trash which makes Cannibal Holocaust look like a monument to good taste.So what's next for Fincher? A 'comedy' about the Columbine shootings? After seeing Fight Club, I certainly wouldn't put that beneath him.
-- Anonymous, January 14, 2000
well, i hate to be totally repetitive, but the last few movies i've really enjoyed have been fight club (with some reservations, to be sure), american beauty, toy story 2 and boys don't cry.i wasn't terribly impressed by the green mile or being john malkovich. and dogma remains one of the WORST movies i've seen in a Very Long Time. message to kevin smith: stop it. please. we all thought you were terribly clever after clerks, and you've spent all this time since then doing an excellent job at proving us wrong.
-- Anonymous, January 14, 2000
American Beauty was excellent, I agree. And, Toy Story2 I took my granddaughters and I loved so much I did not want it to end!The best movie I've seen recently though is Magnolia. What a very interesting and complex movie. It felt very different than most movies, more like a novel in some ways, with many interconnected plots and subplots. Very fresh direction. Though in some ways it reminded me of some older Altman movies.
To me it seemed to mainly address various issues of child abuse...or at a minimum issues about relationships in which parents take advantage of their child for their own gain in one way or another. It's loaded with visual and verbal symbolism, references to salvation and/or redemption, and other vaguely (or not?) religious innuendoes. Definitely very thought provoking; it would take a very long essay to go into it all. One clear key to me is the name of the game show in the movie What Do Kids Know?.
Jason Robards and Tom Cruise gave excellent performances, as did most of the cast. The person who played the character of Robard's male nurse also gave a notable performance. Aimee Mann's music was perfect.
Even though it was a three hour movie, I was fascinated and didn't even notice the length.
-- Anonymous, January 16, 2000
Lovers of the Arctic Circle. quite thought-provoking. Romantic in a non-sentimental way, and setting up so pretty heavy but also unusual symbolism. it took me a little bit to get into it, you can't really rush it, but it's very very interesting.Also Out of the Past and Night of the Hunter. Both fabulous, especially Night of the Hunter, very strange symbolist movie, with my man Robert Mitchum in a creeeeeeepy role. A local movie theater has a Sunday double feature of old movies, which is just right for me on a Sunday afternoon.
-- Anonymous, January 17, 2000
Night of the Hunter, an all time favorite creepy movie...excellent, I agree.
-- Anonymous, January 17, 2000