Andy
Champion of the Sun
Would it be appropriate for a 10 year old to go see?
Yeah, nothing sexual and the language is pretty tame. It has fights but nothing violent/no blood.
Would it be appropriate for a 10 year old to go see?
Finally saw True Grit and The King's Speech over the past two days. Both were pretty awesome. I actually re-watched the last 30 minutes of True Grit again immediately after I finished the movie. It was one amazing chunk of film.
Seen three more films since my last post, managing to cross off more from my list.
One of them was Blade Runner, I've always heard it's the best sci-fi flick so I'm not sure why it took so long for me to watch it. I felt it was pretty slow-paced but it completely redeemed itself with the last 30 minutes. I'm sure it will be the type of film that I'll look back on in time and appreciate even more.
True Grit was very solid, Bridges is a badass motherfucker. The clay pigeon shooting scene was golden.
I just finished watching Gone Baby Gone and I'm really looking forward to any future films Ben Affleck will direct. A young girl has gone missing and two private detectives are hired to help find her. I'll try not to spoil it too much but the ending contained a moral dilemma which really made me question what I would've done in the protagonist's position. A lot of tense moments, great crime story.
I highly recommend all of them.
If you haven't seen The Town yet, you should check it out. It's Affleck's most recent writer/director/actor film and is pretty decent.
If you like Good/Bad, check out High Plains Drifter, it's one of my favorite Eastwood westerns, and he directed it too. You can also make an argument that his character can be the Devil or at the very least a ghost.
Also, Unforgiven is by far his best western and most recent if you haven't seen it yet. Gran Torino is pretty great as well, but now a western.
I loved that movie. Saw it a few years ago at my Aunt's house and ended up buying it, I tend to watch it once a year.Spirited Away - I've always had a bit of prejudice against anime which I knew was irrational so I thought I'd ease into the genre with this. I definitely enjoyed it but I don't think it's the masterpiece everyone claims it is. Still, it's opened my mind to anime so I think I'll watch Grave of the Fireflies next, which according to Ebert is one of the greatest war films ever made.
If you like Good/Bad, check out High Plains Drifter, it's one of my favorite Eastwood westerns, and he directed it too. You can also make an argument that his character can be the Devil or at the very least a ghost.
Also, Unforgiven is by far his best western and most recent if you haven't seen it yet. Gran Torino is pretty great as well, but now a western.
Saw High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven a few days ago, both were very good. Any recommendations for what to see next?
As far as Eastwood westerns go, the only other two I would recommend before you get burnt out are Pale Rider and The Outlaw Josey Wales. Escape From Alcatraz is another Eastwood flick worth checking out. It's one of those movies you can pick up at any place when you catch it on TV, like Shawshank.
If you want to go another direction with westerns just to change things up try Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Only watch that Newman film if you haven't seen Cool Hand Luke yet. If you haven't, you should enjoy it.
@Frozen - I feel like I've already seen all of 1st Class from the trailers.