--- In [email protected], "Stu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I *love* that other 10%, but at the same time I > > don't want to lose the ability to enjoy a 90%er > > every so often, just for the hell of it. > > I too like the 90% as well.
I'm actually looking forward to downloading and watching the new Rambo movie, just to see Stallone play Fat Elvis. :-) > > That said, what movies in the last few years > > have really contained "new ideas" for you? > > We have been down this road before Barry. Yeah, I know, but I was shamelessly trolling for movie suggestions, maybe some I haven't seen. :-) > But some examples off the top of my head. Amelie, An amazing film. > I Am Not Here, I saw that and to tell the truth it was too Dylan- esque for me. > The Diving Bell... even No Country > For Old Men, though flawed, had a stark nihilism that gave food for > thought. It was gutsy as are most Cohen Brothers movies. Atonement > played with reality and subjectivity in an interesting way. All three were among my faves for the year. > Its interesting to note that nearly every film championed by the > Academy this year was non-mainstream and not made by a Hollywood > studio conglomerate. > > As I said before, you and I generally have the same taste. I have > been listening to Bruce Cockburn since the 70's. An indicator of a truly high and noble birth and probably lifetimes spent formerly enlightened, in my humble opinion. :-) . . . > Interestingly enough Jinks/Cohen who produced Daisies also produced > American Beauty. These two guys, besides being really down to earth > nice people, don't mind taking a risk now and then. That's fascinating. I would never have made that connection, but it makes perfect sense.
