Posted by Cass on September 17, 2004, at 16:36:32
What movies have you all seen lately? In the theatre or rental?
In the theatre I recently saw, "What the Bleep Do We Know?" I really loved it. It filled me with such a sense of wonder and optimism. I was very uplifted, and it intellectually stimulating. The movie entwines science and spirituality, discusses perceptual shifts, paradigms, quantum physics... It's mostly a documentary, but there is also a plot line that runs through it which stars Marlee Matlin. There are a lot of interesting ideas in the movie, and I know I'm going to see it more than once.
I also saw "Mean Creek" in the theatre. It's an independent film by a first time writer and director. The main theme of the movie is bullying. A group of kids plots revenge on a school bully, but there are other bullies in the movie too. There was something in the end of the movie that really took me by surprise. I won't tell you what it was, but I didn't think the director really prepared the audience for the change in the character. It was an interesting, but it didn't seem entirely justified to me.
Anyway, I think it's entirely worth seeing.In terms of rentals, I want to get "SpellBound". All I know is that it's about a spelling bee, and it's based on a true story. Everyone who's seen it can't recommend it highly enough.
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