--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > > As for the resulting tsunamis, if you've never really > > thought about what it would be like to be in one, I > > recommend renting Clint Eastwood's recent (and WAY > > overlooked) "Hereafter." Clint and his crew received > > a Special Effects Oscar nomination for filming what > > has been called the most realistic depiction of what > > being in a tsunami looks like ever. Scary shit. > > > > I don't think the film itself has been discussed here, > > or if it has I don't remember it. Pity. It's very good. > > Clint managed to make a very "European" film, in which > > three seemingly unrelated stories all come together > > to show that they're not the least bit unrelated. It's > > a surprisingly good film, one that I think many here > > would enjoy immensely. > > Yes I discussed it here because it was my "Halloween getaway" > film last year. And I was trying to figure out what the bridge > was at the plant that Matt Damon's character was working at. > It didn't look like the Bay Bridge (since the film takes place > in San Francisco). Duh, in the film Damon's character is > working at the C&H plant in Crockett and a scant few miles > from where I live and the bridge is the Carquinez linking > Crockett and the bankrupt town of Vallejo.
Cool. I actually really like "Hereafter." Clint makes a really tight movie. I've seen one that you may or may not find inter- esting, if you haven't already seen it. I watched "The Fighter" last night, and understand now why it got so many Oscar nominations. Although a "boxing movie" might not be everyone's cuppa tea, this one is a little like Rocky Meets Irish Dys- functional Family Drama, and it's good on almost all levels. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo more than deserved their Oscars, and to be honest Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams deserved one too for being such great "straight men" to Bale and Leo's over- the-top-ness. "Season Of The Witch" kinda sucked, except for the witch herself, who was 'way cute. If I've seen other films since I last "checked in," they made so little impression on me that I can't remember them right now. Which, if you think about it, is a good sign for "Not worthy of reviewing." :-)
