Ha-ha! I never saw "American Beauty" either. No real reason, just didn't make my list. Same for "The Reader". I saw "Closer" and really didn't like it. A bunch of screwed up people playing odd games, a lot of really foul explicit language that didn't belong to me (as if they said "let's make this an adult film and shock some people"") Forest Gump, same thing.
I did like Slumdog quite a bit. I think you'd like it. Sometimes really good films become victims of so much hype that we may sub-consciously avoid them, not wanting to be part of the in crowd, not wanting to support some flavor-of-the-moment. (At least, I feel that way sometimes). With some movies that's quite true: they're overhyped. Slumdog, however, is really good, especially the first two thirds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grayson Reyes-Cole" <grayson.reyesc...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 9:23:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Perfectly Fine (Probably) Movies Grayson Hasn't Seen Keith you asked, so here are a just a couple movies beyond Titanic and Monster's Ball on the list of award nominees/winners that are probably great and all but I haven't seen the, and don't plan to see them. What I will say is that for every popular movie on this list, I have seen a fringe movie that expanded my horizons. American Beauty The Reader Closer Forest Gump Mamma Mia (If this movie was about a black lady who slept with three guys and didn't know who her baby daddy was, with a Brothers Johnson soundtrack, I'm not so sure it would have had the same reception or be a huge production on the Vegas strip) Slumdog Millionaire - I have no idea why this movie is on my list. I listened all about it on NPR. Got the concept, was excited about it. Listened to the soundtrack. Rented it. Had it for two months before Netflix asked me if there was a problem at which point I returned it. Now it's on HBO on Demand and I *still* haven't watched it. So maybe it's not me rejecting the movie, it's just on the list by default. I'll figure it out later. Atonement - Pretty much anything featuring Keira Knightley that is not Pirates of the Caribbean makes my list, although my mother seems to think I would like The Duchess. Grayson Facebook Bright Star The Builder The Prescription Playboy
