Catch Me if You Can and Thank You for Smoking both just missed making my top ten. I think Thank You for Smoking is actually better than Jason Reitman's other recent pictures (Juno and Up in the Air) even though those two received a lot more acclaim. Those two films are really good, but Thank You for Smoking is outstanding.

was that larry flynt doing the review?

yeah he's kind of a cross between Larry Flynt and Jamie Gumb.
freakin hilarious if you ask me, especially his Phantom Menace review.

yes, while he sounds like the guy from Idiocracy that "Not Sure" crashes into. He mostly has the movie down.

Brilliant film, with the sorely missed Gene Hackman, I guess he's retired for good.

in no order

300
Old School
7 Pounds
The Dark Knight
Jenna Loves Bella (don't ask)
Gran Torino
Step Brothers
Talladega Nights
Wedding Crashers
Usual Supects

Best movie I've seen in the last few years was "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas".:tro:

everybody left out In Bruges ?

Didn't read all four pages, but in addition to some of the ones already posted, my favorites would be:

Sideways
No Country for Old Men
Million Dollar Baby
Doubt
The Departed
Chicago
Breach
Cinderella Man
It's Complicated
Hangover
Runaway Jury
Gone Baby Gone

Of the mainstream ones that haven't been mentioned - Inglorious Basterds and Donnie Darko

I saw your post and watched this movie last night.

The movie both hit and missed with me. First of all, you have to suspend a lot of disbelief. Huge holes in the story such as:

1. Where were the guard towers and riflemen?
2. How was that Jewish kid able to sneak off to the fence every day without anyone seeing him?
3. How was it possible that an 8 year old german boy during the time, not to mention the son of a death camp comandant, not have already been brainwashed?
4. Why were there guards at the front of the house but none to the rear?
5. If he could get in, why couldnt he have just helped get the kid out?
6. Were there no phones or radios between the house where the comandant's office was and the death camp in which he ran? It would seem simple enough to make a call if his son was missing.


Okay. The director did an amazing job of dehumanizing the victims. The best that i have seen in a movie on the subject. And you don't really catch it until after the movie of what he made you feel. By focusing on the boy and his family and their pain and making the plight of the jews mysterious and hidden for much of the movie, you are almost fooled into thinking the real tragedy is what happened to the little german boy. But what about Schmuel and Pavel and the rest of the poor souls that were gassed at the same time? The director makes them almost an after thought until the fade out with the picture of the striped concentration camp pajamas hanging.

That is the brilliance of the movie in my opinion and it made the movie truly unique. For a second, he brought you into the world of a german during that time.

The Blind Side
 

Anyone else see it/liked it?

Just finished watching the movie and highly recommend it.... Two thumbs up for sure :)

I really liked this one!

My top 5 since 2000:

1. Amelie
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Adventureland
4. In Bruges
5. Sweeney Todd

I may need to add Exit through the Gift Shop to this list.
I saw it last night and I think it is absolutely brilliant (and hilarious). I'm not sure if it has been released outside of NYC, LA, and Chicago yet, but if it is playing near you I highly recommend it.

i just saw this last night and i agree. i think the entire movie is probably a brilliant prank but i don't care. and if it is, i hope it's never outed.

btw: mr. brainwash had a 2nd show in new york (all original material) that just closed.

Five Minutes of Heaven

Mainstream and recent....

Shutter Island
Edge of Darkness.....Opening scene is crazy
Inception
The Town

Anyone seen 10 good films since 2000?



Or heard any good jokes?

No, but I saw Hossy training at the gym with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI