La Haine - Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)

        "Hate" in English.  I recommend this because it's interesting. Its message is super clear and a good lesson...  I enjoyed watching it, but I think it's given more credit than it deserves. There's not much to it.. not real creative cinematography or dialogue. I really like Vincent Cassel - he kinda made the movie want it is.
Overall, it is a very simple movie. I liked it. I liked the hopelessness and "hate doesn't accomplish anything" message. Made me wanna chill in Paris and smoke green.  :)

Watch it.

The Road - John Hillcoat (2009)

         Beautifully tragic, emotional, and suspenseful. Life is tragedy. What made it worth watching for me was seeing the sweetness of the father-son relationship in the midst of everything. I was hoping they'd survive through it all.
I don't know if it's weird to connect so much with movies.. I just love watching people - movies become real life to me.
So, watch it! It's not sappy sad, it's intense and scary and pretty entertaining while being multidimensional.

P.S.  I chose this shot because it was an impactful moment in the movie (in my opinion.. of course). Viggo Mortensen is the main actor... that's his hand.  heh

Watch it.

The Orphanage - Guillermo Del Toro (2007)

       This movie is not worth watching.  Not creative or unique in any way. Cinematography is the typical cheesy scary movie style. No good actors. Worst of all, pretty boring and hard to stay interested in.
So, don't watch it.   It's dumb.  Imdb has it as a 7.6 - it's about a 4.

Don't do it.

The Milky Way - Luis Bunuel (1969)

          The Milky Way...  it was entertaining. It is goofy and strange without looking like it's trying to be. I didn't understand much of it because it is about Catholicism, but I felt what they were saying and could enjoy their take on religion in general. I post it here to recommend watching it.  I don't really like dissecting movies until all the experience of it is gone away - that makes the movie very one dimensional.
Watch it. Experience it. Tell me what you think if you want, but I'd rather you just...


Watch it.

Apocalypto - Mel Gibson (2006)

     I watched Apocalypto for the first time tonight.

Intense.  Heart-wrenching. Keeps you hooked throughout the whole movie. The main actor was really great - I'll look him up to see if he's doing anything else. The costumes/make-up was very diverse and realistic and interesting.
The cinematography was a little cheap-looking at times - it took me out of the story somewhat because it didn't look real, but that was only certain parts. The beginning scenes are a little cheesy because of dialogue - just doesn't seem realistic of the time in which it's set. Also, some actors (mostly in the beginning) are not entirely believable.

Overall, it's definitely worth watching - has a good ending. Most of all, I loved the intensity of it.

P.S.  I watched this movie as fiction - didn't expect it to be accurate historically. I didn't care about that. It was a great experience.

Dooo it.