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      <title>Film:The Fall</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> The Fall<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2008<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Tarsem Singh<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Visually minded filmmaker Tarsem Singh returns to the director's chair for the first time since 2000's <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/149039/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>The Cell</a> with this psychologically complex tale of a hospitalized paraplegic with a curious knack for storytelling. Unable to free himself from his sterile confines, the immobile patient's deepest fears form the basis of a dark story that he shares with his young companion - a little girl who is sharing his room as she recovers from a nasty fall. As the eerie tale unfolds, reality and fantasy gradually merge to form a strange world in which anything is possible. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 55<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 20<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 10<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:56:59 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>The Fall</spout:Title><spout:Year>2008</spout:Year><spout:Director>Tarsem Singh</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Visually minded filmmaker Tarsem Singh returns to the director's chair for the first time since 2000's &lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/films/149039/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;The Cell&lt;/a&gt; with this psychologically complex tale of a hospitalized paraplegic with a curious knack for storytelling. Unable to free himself from his sterile confines, the immobile patient's deepest fears form the basis of a dark story that he shares with his young companion - a little girl who is sharing his room as she recovers from a nasty fall. As the eerie tale unfolds, reality and fantasy gradually merge to form a strange world in which anything is possible. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>55</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>20</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>8</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>10</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/The_Fall/290377/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for June 1: Through A Child's Eyes</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/2/2009 9:20:43 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> There are two film that came out over the past few years that seem to fit the topic. I loved them both from a storytelling aspect as well as visually. First is Guillermo Del Torro's Pan's Labyrinth. This was the story of a child living in a world of fantasy in order to escape her own harsh reality. The second is The Fall. Again, this is basically a children's fairy tale that we are watching unfold through her imaginative eye.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:20:43 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/2/2009 9:20:43 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>There are two film that came out over the past few years that seem to fit the topic. I loved them both from a storytelling aspect as well as visually. First is Guillermo Del Torro's Pan's Labyrinth. This was the story of a child living in a world of fantasy in order to escape her own harsh reality. The second is The Fall. Again, this is basically a children's fairy tale that we are watching unfold through her imaginative eye.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:DVD Box Set Giveaway</title>
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<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/21/2008 3:55:45 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 1. The Fall - "That movie was very pretty." 2. Sukiyaki Western Django - "What the hell was that!?!??." 3. Burn After Reading - "Why are you making me sit through all of these crappy movies?" 4. In Bruges - "What language were they speaking?" 5. The Strangers - "Oh my God.. Lock the door!!!"<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:55:45 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/21/2008 3:55:45 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>1. The Fall - "That movie was very pretty." 2. Sukiyaki Western Django - "What the hell was that!?!??." 3. Burn After Reading - "Why are you making me sit through all of these crappy movies?" 4. In Bruges - "What language were they speaking?" 5. The Strangers - "Oh my God.. Lock the door!!!"</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Spout’s Last Minute DVD Shopping Guide</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/12/19/38614.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/19/2008 2:00:53 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Because there’s nothing like waiting until the last minute to do some holiday shopping, we’ve compiled this handy-dandy shopping guide to the best DVDs of 2008 that you can use now, or wait until the dust settles and clean up with any cash that Santa or Hanukkah Harry happened to leave you. It’s broken down by the person you’ll be shopping for to make things easier, even if that person happens to be yourself.
When noted, we’ve picked the Blu-ray version over the standard definition, because we try to be all about 1080p and other technical terms whenever possible. But, the regular versions are just fine as well. Still, it’s true what they say: once you go HD you’ll never go back.


The Superhero Fan


Iron Man: In my opinion, this was a much better movie than The Dark Knight. Why? Because it nailed the whole comic book formula so well. This literally made me feel like I was back on my grandma’s summer porch reading a huge stack of comic books.
Hancock: It was darker than the commercials let on, and Will Smith didn’t make his “concerned face” nearly as much as he does in Seven Pounds. That’s a plus that’s definitely not listed on the back of the DVD box. The Blu-ray version includes both the unrated and normal cuts of the flick, and also has producer Michael Mann popping up from time to time in the commentary.
The Dark Knight: Even though I didn’t go bananas for it, this recently became the first Blu-ray DVD to sell a million copies. The best thing about the movie is Heath Ledger’s lip-smacking performance, and although the DVD lacks commentary from Christopher Nolan, it’s packed with enough extras to make you forget that.


The Dreamer

The Fall: This goes down as the most under-appreciated movie of the year. It’s part Princess Bride and part The Wizard of Oz, and is just incredibly gorgeous. Catinca Untaru, the little girl in the film, will charm your socks off, and the cinematography is stunning. It even features underwater shots of swimming elephants.
Son of Rambow: This appeals to the filmmaker inside of all of us. It’s about a boy who has never seen movies before trying to make his own home video version of First Blood. It’s also a good way to jumpstart your own under-utilized imagination.
Wall-E: Disney/Pixar’s robot-in-love story won’t just please any kids who happen to be within viewing range, adults will love it too. Plus you’ll be humming “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” from Hello, Dolly the rest of the day.


The Drama Queen (or King)


Juno: While I wouldn’t have thought that a movie about teenage pregnancy would end up being one of my favorite dramatic films from 2008, here it is. It retains all its charm on DVD, and adds a ton of special features like blog posts, screen tests, and the “Diablo Cody is Totally Boss” featurette.
There Will Be Blood: I just watched this again last night, and I’m still amazed by what Paul Thomas Anderson can do with so little. There are scant few extra features on the DVD unfortunately, but there’s a great extended scene in the restaurant with Daniel and H.W. where Daniel Day Lewis cracks up at the end. That’s pure gold.
How The West Was Won: Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart and John Wayne star in this sweeping Western epic. The first disc contains the movie formatted for regular television screens, but the second disc features the full three-camera Cinerama process, and they’ve digitally erased the lines between each image. While this really needs to be seen on a giant screen to be appreciated, it will look pretty darn good in your living room too.


The Space and Fantasy Crowd

CJ7: Stephen Chow’s slapstick comedy version of E.T. didn’t really connect with audiences over here, but it’s a really fun movie that deserves a second chance. Spielberg meets Wile E. Coyote is about the best way to describe this, with the touching story of a little boy (who is played by a girl) and her down on his luck father.
Southland Tales: Yes, this movie is still a trainwreck, but what I can’t figure out is why it’s such a watchable trainwreck. With the new edition of the DVD out, writer/director Richard Kelly actually offers up a commentary track that leaves you even more perplexed. But for some reason, it’s impossible to turn this off and walk away.
MirrorMask: Full disclosure: I actually did notes on the early drafts of scripts for this when I worked at Henson. It’s truly spectacular that Dave McKean was able to pull this off on a shoestring budget, and it’s a fantasy written by Neil Gaiman. Pure escapism and gorgeous visuals.


The Election Buff

JFK: New to Blu-ray this year was a special edition of Oliver Stone’s JFK in Warner’s “digibook” format that features the disc along with a slim book in one package. This director’s cut added 17 minutes of unused footage, a lot of special features, and it’s the perfect movie to herald the dawn of new hope with our new President-elect. While the film focuses on the assassination of Kennedy, it also shows the impact his presidency meant to people, and what drove one man to pursue justice to the brink.
Nixon: Also new to Blu-ray in the hopes of capitalizing on an election year was Oliver Stone’s Nixon. Even the case for it shouts Election Year Edition on the front cover. But it adds more than a half hour of footage to the movie and includes great extras, like the documentary made by Stone’s son Sean called Beyond Nixon. I missed this in the theaters, and saw it this year for the first time and it did not disappoint.
Recount: It’s hard to watch this HBO Films movie and not get angry while doing so. Yes, it’s been eight years since the election, but seeing this is like tearing the band-aid off a wound that’s almost closed. Kevin Spacey is really great in this, but it’s Laura Dern, as former Secretary of State for Florida Katherine Harris, who you’ll find yourself loving to hate .


The Documentary Addict


The Unforseen: This documentary screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s an extremely impressive (and scary) look at the effects of land development on the watershed in an area of Austin, Texas. It’s both tragic and hopeful, and it’s coming out on DVD during the start of the U.S. recession, which can be blamed on poor real estate planning and development. Eerily timely.
John Adams: This HBO miniseries is based on the David McCullough book of the same name and produced by HBO Films. While it might take a few liberties with creating historical dialogue, it’s a great way to learn about our nation’s history. Paul Giamatti really hits all the notes as Adams, and Tom Wilkinson is surprisingly perfect as Benjamin Franklin. Also includes a nice documentary about the author called Painting With Words.
This American Life: This Showtime series based on the long-running radio show falls between entertainment and documentary. All of the stories are real, and they’re some of the most hilarious and moving things you’ll ever see. Episode four’s animated Chris Ware piece is worth the cost of the whole set alone.


The Gamer

WarGames: Yes, it’s an oldie. But the 25th (god, I’m old!) anniversary edition of this came out this year, and it’s bargain priced. It’s also been beautifully restore, and has never looked better. Toss in the fact that both Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick came back to do new interviews for this version, and it’s a perfect stocking stuffer.
Tilt: The Battle To Save Pinball: I’ve written about this movie previously, but I can’t say enough good things about it. If you or someone you know loves pinball machines, you really can’t go wrong with this one. Just don’t complain when they ask for a full-sized machine of their very own next year.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters: Despite the controversy that swirls around it, this movie is so entertaining that I’ll usually end up watching the whole thing when I flip past it on cable, even though it’s sitting on a shelf a few feet away. It also cements Steve Wiebe in place as probably the nicest guy in the entire known universe.


The Boxed Set Obsessetarian

Casablanca: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition: Casablanca is probably one of my favorite films, and this edition is the ultimate for any movie geek. Not because the transfer is excellent and the sound pristine: it’s because it comes with a replica of the Letters of Transit! Now you too can pretend to be Peter Lorre and wheeze “Hide me, Reek!” to people. Okay, the movie is also gorgeous, too, and it’s been given the Blu-ray treatment. There’s also a great documentary here called Jack Warner: The Last Mogul. This is some good stuff.
The Godfather Trilogy: The Coppola Restoration: The Godfather films have been released before on DVD, but this new set runs rings around it. Coppola called up Steven Spielberg when Viacom acquired Dreamworks, and asked him to let them release money for a Godfather restoration project. This is the end result, and it has been digitally restored and packed with amazing extras. A real gem.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition: This boxed set features four of the best MST3K episodes, along with a 3-part documentary about the history of the show, as well as video coverage of the MST3K reunion panel from this year’s Comic-Con. Plus if you can find the limited edition version of this set in a collectible tin, it comes with a little Crow figurine. Rad.


The Non-Tivo Owning TV Watcher

Mad Men: If you think it’s impossible to like this show, then you need to head out and pick up the first season on DVD. It will definitely change your mind. You’ll either want to be Don Draper, or have sex with him. Just stay away from my Joan Holloway. The first season DVD includes commentary on all 13 episodes, and a nifty “Advertising and the American Dream” documentary.
Dexter: Michael C. Hall made the near-impossible jump from one highly successful series to another, only now he’s playing a lovable serial killer instead of a gay undertaker. This is one of those shows I hate to miss, and the new Blu-ray of the first season looks great and is packed with nifty features, including the first two episodes of the Steven Spielberg / Diablo Cody tv show The United States of Tara.
I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series: Earlier this year Sony released a boxed set of I Dream of Jeannie, and it comes in a big purple bottle carrying case. That’s almost reason alone to pick this up. It’s the complete series, and features commentary from Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, and Bill Daily. This is one of my true guilty pleasures, and this is the first time I’m publically admitting it.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:00:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/19/2008 2:00:53 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Because there’s nothing like waiting until the last minute to do some holiday shopping, we’ve compiled this handy-dandy shopping guide to the best DVDs of 2008 that you can use now, or wait until the dust settles and clean up with any cash that Santa or Hanukkah Harry happened to leave you. It’s broken down by the person you’ll be shopping for to make things easier, even if that person happens to be yourself.
When noted, we’ve picked the Blu-ray version over the standard definition, because we try to be all about 1080p and other technical terms whenever possible. But, the regular versions are just fine as well. Still, it’s true what they say: once you go HD you’ll never go back.


The Superhero Fan


Iron Man: In my opinion, this was a much better movie than The Dark Knight. Why? Because it nailed the whole comic book formula so well. This literally made me feel like I was back on my grandma’s summer porch reading a huge stack of comic books.
Hancock: It was darker than the commercials let on, and Will Smith didn’t make his “concerned face” nearly as much as he does in Seven Pounds. That’s a plus that’s definitely not listed on the back of the DVD box. The Blu-ray version includes both the unrated and normal cuts of the flick, and also has producer Michael Mann popping up from time to time in the commentary.
The Dark Knight: Even though I didn’t go bananas for it, this recently became the first Blu-ray DVD to sell a million copies. The best thing about the movie is Heath Ledger’s lip-smacking performance, and although the DVD lacks commentary from Christopher Nolan, it’s packed with enough extras to make you forget that.


The Dreamer

The Fall: This goes down as the most under-appreciated movie of the year. It’s part Princess Bride and part The Wizard of Oz, and is just incredibly gorgeous. Catinca Untaru, the little girl in the film, will charm your socks off, and the cinematography is stunning. It even features underwater shots of swimming elephants.
Son of Rambow: This appeals to the filmmaker inside of all of us. It’s about a boy who has never seen movies before trying to make his own home video version of First Blood. It’s also a good way to jumpstart your own under-utilized imagination.
Wall-E: Disney/Pixar’s robot-in-love story won’t just please any kids who happen to be within viewing range, adults will love it too. Plus you’ll be humming “Put on Your Sunday Clothes” from Hello, Dolly the rest of the day.


The Drama Queen (or King)


Juno: While I wouldn’t have thought that a movie about teenage pregnancy would end up being one of my favorite dramatic films from 2008, here it is. It retains all its charm on DVD, and adds a ton of special features like blog posts, screen tests, and the “Diablo Cody is Totally Boss” featurette.
There Will Be Blood: I just watched this again last night, and I’m still amazed by what Paul Thomas Anderson can do with so little. There are scant few extra features on the DVD unfortunately, but there’s a great extended scene in the restaurant with Daniel and H.W. where Daniel Day Lewis cracks up at the end. That’s pure gold.
How The West Was Won: Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart and John Wayne star in this sweeping Western epic. The first disc contains the movie formatted for regular television screens, but the second disc features the full three-camera Cinerama process, and they’ve digitally erased the lines between each image. While this really needs to be seen on a giant screen to be appreciated, it will look pretty darn good in your living room too.


The Space and Fantasy Crowd

CJ7: Stephen Chow’s slapstick comedy version of E.T. didn’t really connect with audiences over here, but it’s a really fun movie that deserves a second chance. Spielberg meets Wile E. Coyote is about the best way to describe this, with the touching story of a little boy (who is played by a girl) and her down on his luck father.
Southland Tales: Yes, this movie is still a trainwreck, but what I can’t figure out is why it’s such a watchable trainwreck. With the new edition of the DVD out, writer/director Richard Kelly actually offers up a commentary track that leaves you even more perplexed. But for some reason, it’s impossible to turn this off and walk away.
MirrorMask: Full disclosure: I actually did notes on the early drafts of scripts for this when I worked at Henson. It’s truly spectacular that Dave McKean was able to pull this off on a shoestring budget, and it’s a fantasy written by Neil Gaiman. Pure escapism and gorgeous visuals.


The Election Buff

JFK: New to Blu-ray this year was a special edition of Oliver Stone’s JFK in Warner’s “digibook” format that features the disc along with a slim book in one package. This director’s cut added 17 minutes of unused footage, a lot of special features, and it’s the perfect movie to herald the dawn of new hope with our new President-elect. While the film focuses on the assassination of Kennedy, it also shows the impact his presidency meant to people, and what drove one man to pursue justice to the brink.
Nixon: Also new to Blu-ray in the hopes of capitalizing on an election year was Oliver Stone’s Nixon. Even the case for it shouts Election Year Edition on the front cover. But it adds more than a half hour of footage to the movie and includes great extras, like the documentary made by Stone’s son Sean called Beyond Nixon. I missed this in the theaters, and saw it this year for the first time and it did not disappoint.
Recount: It’s hard to watch this HBO Films movie and not get angry while doing so. Yes, it’s been eight years since the election, but seeing this is like tearing the band-aid off a wound that’s almost closed. Kevin Spacey is really great in this, but it’s Laura Dern, as former Secretary of State for Florida Katherine Harris, who you’ll find yourself loving to hate .


The Documentary Addict


The Unforseen: This documentary screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s an extremely impressive (and scary) look at the effects of land development on the watershed in an area of Austin, Texas. It’s both tragic and hopeful, and it’s coming out on DVD during the start of the U.S. recession, which can be blamed on poor real estate planning and development. Eerily timely.
John Adams: This HBO miniseries is based on the David McCullough book of the same name and produced by HBO Films. While it might take a few liberties with creating historical dialogue, it’s a great way to learn about our nation’s history. Paul Giamatti really hits all the notes as Adams, and Tom Wilkinson is surprisingly perfect as Benjamin Franklin. Also includes a nice documentary about the author called Painting With Words.
This American Life: This Showtime series based on the long-running radio show falls between entertainment and documentary. All of the stories are real, and they’re some of the most hilarious and moving things you’ll ever see. Episode four’s animated Chris Ware piece is worth the cost of the whole set alone.


The Gamer

WarGames: Yes, it’s an oldie. But the 25th (god, I’m old!) anniversary edition of this came out this year, and it’s bargain priced. It’s also been beautifully restore, and has never looked better. Toss in the fact that both Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick came back to do new interviews for this version, and it’s a perfect stocking stuffer.
Tilt: The Battle To Save Pinball: I’ve written about this movie previously, but I can’t say enough good things about it. If you or someone you know loves pinball machines, you really can’t go wrong with this one. Just don’t complain when they ask for a full-sized machine of their very own next year.
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters: Despite the controversy that swirls around it, this movie is so entertaining that I’ll usually end up watching the whole thing when I flip past it on cable, even though it’s sitting on a shelf a few feet away. It also cements Steve Wiebe in place as probably the nicest guy in the entire known universe.


The Boxed Set Obsessetarian

Casablanca: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition: Casablanca is probably one of my favorite films, and this edition is the ultimate for any movie geek. Not because the transfer is excellent and the sound pristine: it’s because it comes with a replica of the Letters of Transit! Now you too can pretend to be Peter Lorre and wheeze “Hide me, Reek!” to people. Okay, the movie is also gorgeous, too, and it’s been given the Blu-ray treatment. There’s also a great documentary here called Jack Warner: The Last Mogul. This is some good stuff.
The Godfather Trilogy: The Coppola Restoration: The Godfather films have been released before on DVD, but this new set runs rings around it. Coppola called up Steven Spielberg when Viacom acquired Dreamworks, and asked him to let them release money for a Godfather restoration project. This is the end result, and it has been digitally restored and packed with amazing extras. A real gem.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition: This boxed set features four of the best MST3K episodes, along with a 3-part documentary about the history of the show, as well as video coverage of the MST3K reunion panel from this year’s Comic-Con. Plus if you can find the limited edition version of this set in a collectible tin, it comes with a little Crow figurine. Rad.


The Non-Tivo Owning TV Watcher

Mad Men: If you think it’s impossible to like this show, then you need to head out and pick up the first season on DVD. It will definitely change your mind. You’ll either want to be Don Draper, or have sex with him. Just stay away from my Joan Holloway. The first season DVD includes commentary on all 13 episodes, and a nifty “Advertising and the American Dream” documentary.
Dexter: Michael C. Hall made the near-impossible jump from one highly successful series to another, only now he’s playing a lovable serial killer instead of a gay undertaker. This is one of those shows I hate to miss, and the new Blu-ray of the first season looks great and is packed with nifty features, including the first two episodes of the Steven Spielberg / Diablo Cody tv show The United States of Tara.
I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series: Earlier this year Sony released a boxed set of I Dream of Jeannie, and it comes in a big purple bottle carrying case. That’s almost reason alone to pick this up. It’s the complete series, and features commentary from Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, and Bill Daily. This is one of my true guilty pleasures, and this is the first time I’m publically admitting it.
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2008</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/12/2008 6:33:57 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here's a list of '08 releases that I think you should see. I really think that this was a year for fun movies.   1. The Fall &ndash; This was probably the best movie watching experience I&rsquo;ve had this year. I went into this expecting not much more than eye-candy and was completely blown away. This was a beautifully told children&rsquo;s story that rivaled Pan&rsquo;s Labyrinth&hellip;.Keep in mind, no special effects were used in this film.    2. Sukiyaki Western Django &ndash; I used babelfish to translate this title from Japanese to English and it came back with &ldquo;Suck On This, Stephen Chow.&rdquo; Takishii Miike teams up with Quinten Tarentino for his first English language film and it superfreakin&rsquo; coooool.  Hot girls, martial arts and some guy running around carrying a gatling gun; I&rsquo;m getting a bit teary-eyed just thinking about it.   3. Doomsday &ndash; &ldquo;Hey Neal Marshall, you can&rsquo;t make a full length movie without a plot!!&rdquo; say the naysayers. &ldquo;Who needs a plot? I&rsquo;ve got decapitations, explosions, cannibalism, fast cars, tattoos, cleavage, tattooed cleavage and medieval knights.&rdquo;   4. The Strangers &ndash; I&rsquo;m not really into the horror genre usually but I thought this movie did a great job of setting a terrifying mood.   5. In Bruges &ndash; This was a tragic drama disguised as a British dark comedy. It really surprised me how much I liked it.   6. Wanted &ndash; Director Timur Bekmambetov is very quickly gaining a reputation of way over-the-top action with this one and his previous Night Watch and Day Watch. If you pay too much attention to this one, you undoubtedly fall into one of the many plot holes. Just watch it. It&rsquo;s pretty fun.   7. Burn After Reading &ndash; This is the part where I get called a &ldquo;Coen Brothers apologist.&rdquo; I can&rsquo;t help it. I love their films and this one is no exception. Again, it was fun and I loved the dialogue.   8. A Dirty Carnival &ndash; This one, like The Fall, was made in &rsquo;06 but I don&rsquo;t think anybody in the states actually saw it until its dvd release in October of &rsquo;08. It&rsquo;s a Korean gangster story with a soft and a times comedic side. It&rsquo;s a bit long but well worth the time.   9. Horton Hears a Who/Kung-Fu Panda &ndash; Both of these were a hell of a lot of fun. I think I liked Horton a bit more but Who&rsquo;s counting&hellip;&hellip; he he.   10. Hellboy II: The Golden Army &ndash; I&rsquo;ll be honest, I missed about half of this movie and still have yet to find the time to sit through it but what I saw was pretty damn incredible. Guillermo del Toro is on my short list of directors in which I&rsquo;ll see everything they come out with. Also worth noting are recent Criterion Collection dvd releases of Wes Anderson&rsquo;s  Bottle Rocket and Costa-Gavras&rsquo; Missing. Older films with new material... good stuff.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:33:57 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/12/2008 6:33:57 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here's a list of '08 releases that I think you should see. I really think that this was a year for fun movies.   1. The Fall &amp;ndash; This was probably the best movie watching experience I&amp;rsquo;ve had this year. I went into this expecting not much more than eye-candy and was completely blown away. This was a beautifully told children&amp;rsquo;s story that rivaled Pan&amp;rsquo;s Labyrinth&amp;hellip;.Keep in mind, no special effects were used in this film.    2. Sukiyaki Western Django &amp;ndash; I used babelfish to translate this title from Japanese to English and it came back with &amp;ldquo;Suck On This, Stephen Chow.&amp;rdquo; Takishii Miike teams up with Quinten Tarentino for his first English language film and it superfreakin&amp;rsquo; coooool.  Hot girls, martial arts and some guy running around carrying a gatling gun; I&amp;rsquo;m getting a bit teary-eyed just thinking about it.   3. Doomsday &amp;ndash; &amp;ldquo;Hey Neal Marshall, you can&amp;rsquo;t make a full length movie without a plot!!&amp;rdquo; say the naysayers. &amp;ldquo;Who needs a plot? I&amp;rsquo;ve got decapitations, explosions, cannibalism, fast cars, tattoos, cleavage, tattooed cleavage and medieval knights.&amp;rdquo;   4. The Strangers &amp;ndash; I&amp;rsquo;m not really into the horror genre usually but I thought this movie did a great job of setting a terrifying mood.   5. In Bruges &amp;ndash; This was a tragic drama disguised as a British dark comedy. It really surprised me how much I liked it.   6. Wanted &amp;ndash; Director Timur Bekmambetov is very quickly gaining a reputation of way over-the-top action with this one and his previous Night Watch and Day Watch. If you pay too much attention to this one, you undoubtedly fall into one of the many plot holes. Just watch it. It&amp;rsquo;s pretty fun.   7. Burn After Reading &amp;ndash; This is the part where I get called a &amp;ldquo;Coen Brothers apologist.&amp;rdquo; I can&amp;rsquo;t help it. I love their films and this one is no exception. Again, it was fun and I loved the dialogue.   8. A Dirty Carnival &amp;ndash; This one, like The Fall, was made in &amp;rsquo;06 but I don&amp;rsquo;t think anybody in the states actually saw it until its dvd release in October of &amp;rsquo;08. It&amp;rsquo;s a Korean gangster story with a soft and a times comedic side. It&amp;rsquo;s a bit long but well worth the time.   9. Horton Hears a Who/Kung-Fu Panda &amp;ndash; Both of these were a hell of a lot of fun. I think I liked Horton a bit more but Who&amp;rsquo;s counting&amp;hellip;&amp;hellip; he he.   10. Hellboy II: The Golden Army &amp;ndash; I&amp;rsquo;ll be honest, I missed about half of this movie and still have yet to find the time to sit through it but what I saw was pretty damn incredible. Guillermo del Toro is on my short list of directors in which I&amp;rsquo;ll see everything they come out with. Also worth noting are recent Criterion Collection dvd releases of Wes Anderson&amp;rsquo;s  Bottle Rocket and Costa-Gavras&amp;rsquo; Missing. Older films with new material... good stuff.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2008</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Collaboration_Best_Films_of_2008/643/38152/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/9/2008 6:30:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Liked these (in no particular order): Cloverfield Incredible theatrical experience. Might be hampered watching at home. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Cutesy teen flick. Had a great 80's feel to it. Hamlet 2 Perverse and just plain hilarious throughout. Great original music. House Bunny I'm a sucker for Anna Faris and she plays a ditzy Playmate perfectly. The Dark Knight A comic geek's wet dream. My Winnipeg Immensely creative, original film. A flurry of emotions in a bizarre little package. WALL-E Heartbreakingly sentimental love story; action packed galactic adventure. Iron Man Another comic geek's wet dream. And Robert Downey Jr. Nuff said. The Fall Just insanely wondrous film. Deserves the comparisons to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Speed Racer Seizure inducing fanboy fun.  Savage Grace Frightening 'Based on a True Story' film. Amazing performances. The Strangers Nothing new, but executed perfectly. Dark, abysmal terror. My Blueberry Nights Subtle, nuanced performances and beautiful direction. Packed with emotion. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Carefree, fanciful period flick. Amy Adams and Frances McDormand are a perfect slapstick duo on screen. Jumper Big budget Sci-Fi blockbuster without all the annoying garnishes.  Watching the Detectives Made for cinephiles about cinephiles. Hokey fun.   Movies that might be on my list that I haven't seen yet: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Spirit Doubt The Wrestler The Brothers Bloom Revolutionary Road Repo! The Genetic Opera Humboldt County Just Buried Milk Australia Rachel Getting Married W. Fear(s) of the Dark Synecdoche, New York Zack and Miri Make a Porno Towelhead Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Wackness Brideshead Revisited Glass: A Portrait in Twelve Parts<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/9/2008 6:30:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Liked these (in no particular order): Cloverfield Incredible theatrical experience. Might be hampered watching at home. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Cutesy teen flick. Had a great 80's feel to it. Hamlet 2 Perverse and just plain hilarious throughout. Great original music. House Bunny I'm a sucker for Anna Faris and she plays a ditzy Playmate perfectly. The Dark Knight A comic geek's wet dream. My Winnipeg Immensely creative, original film. A flurry of emotions in a bizarre little package. WALL-E Heartbreakingly sentimental love story; action packed galactic adventure. Iron Man Another comic geek's wet dream. And Robert Downey Jr. Nuff said. The Fall Just insanely wondrous film. Deserves the comparisons to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Speed Racer Seizure inducing fanboy fun.  Savage Grace Frightening 'Based on a True Story' film. Amazing performances. The Strangers Nothing new, but executed perfectly. Dark, abysmal terror. My Blueberry Nights Subtle, nuanced performances and beautiful direction. Packed with emotion. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day Carefree, fanciful period flick. Amy Adams and Frances McDormand are a perfect slapstick duo on screen. Jumper Big budget Sci-Fi blockbuster without all the annoying garnishes.  Watching the Detectives Made for cinephiles about cinephiles. Hokey fun.   Movies that might be on my list that I haven't seen yet: Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Spirit Doubt The Wrestler The Brothers Bloom Revolutionary Road Repo! The Genetic Opera Humboldt County Just Buried Milk Australia Rachel Getting Married W. Fear(s) of the Dark Synecdoche, New York Zack and Miri Make a Porno Towelhead Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Wackness Brideshead Revisited Glass: A Portrait in Twelve Parts</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: The Fall rocks</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2008/12/9/38132.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/17539/default.aspx'>dibot</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/9/2008 2:00:04 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> For some reason, I thought The Fall was a foreign film. It's not. It's just a beautiful, tragic story of a little girl in the hospital and a young man who tells her stories while they heal. Only it's way more. It broke my heart. I cried and laughed and enjoyed the visual delight of the stories. See it.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:00:04 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>dibot</spout:postby><spout:postto>dibot Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/9/2008 2:00:04 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>For some reason, I thought The Fall was a foreign film. It's not. It's just a beautiful, tragic story of a little girl in the hospital and a young man who tells her stories while they heal. Only it's way more. It broke my heart. I cried and laughed and enjoyed the visual delight of the stories. See it.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: The Fall (2006)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2008/12/8/38096.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/7717/default.aspx'>JimBell</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/8/2008 8:48:18 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>  The Fall (2006) is one of those movies you&rsquo;ll either love&mdash;saying it is a wonderful flight of a child&rsquo;s fancy&mdash;or detest&mdash;saying it is a vanity project that may look great but has no substance. It depends how you react to the two stories. The framing story is of two hospital patients in Los Angeles around 1915. The young man is paralyzed from a fall on a movie set, has lost the love of his life, and would prefer to kill himself with an overdose of morphine pills. The five or six year-old girl fell from a tree and has her arm in a cast. He starts telling her a story he makes up on the spur of the moment. I found the little girl charming, but her Romanian accent and some dubious audio made it difficult to catch some of what she said. Some people would find the guy off-putting because he injects a morbid note to a light-hearted story and he manipulates the little girl to get him morphine tablets. Neither of these bothered me. However, I felt little for him because he is not developed as a character. Why and how was he trying to break into silent films? Why and how did his girl friend leave him, and why is he so distraught?    The adventure story he concocts is seen through the young girl&rsquo;s imagination, and that is the strength of the film. But the story is not engaging. A disparate band of characters enact revenge on an evil tyrant. The tyrant remains a cardboard character, and the band of men are all physically distinct but otherwise undeveloped. Supporters of the film might say, &ldquo;What do you expect from an off-the-cuff story filtered through a five year-old&rsquo;s imagination?&rdquo; On the other hand, the story has to engage the adult viewer, and more well-rounded characters would certainly help.          <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:48:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JimBell</spout:postby><spout:postto>JimBell Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/8/2008 8:48:18 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body> The Fall (2006) is one of those movies you&amp;rsquo;ll either love&amp;mdash;saying it is a wonderful flight of a child&amp;rsquo;s fancy&amp;mdash;or detest&amp;mdash;saying it is a vanity project that may look great but has no substance. It depends how you react to the two stories. The framing story is of two hospital patients in Los Angeles around 1915. The young man is paralyzed from a fall on a movie set, has lost the love of his life, and would prefer to kill himself with an overdose of morphine pills. The five or six year-old girl fell from a tree and has her arm in a cast. He starts telling her a story he makes up on the spur of the moment. I found the little girl charming, but her Romanian accent and some dubious audio made it difficult to catch some of what she said. Some people would find the guy off-putting because he injects a morbid note to a light-hearted story and he manipulates the little girl to get him morphine tablets. Neither of these bothered me. However, I felt little for him because he is not developed as a character. Why and how was he trying to break into silent films? Why and how did his girl friend leave him, and why is he so distraught?    The adventure story he concocts is seen through the young girl&amp;rsquo;s imagination, and that is the strength of the film. But the story is not engaging. A disparate band of characters enact revenge on an evil tyrant. The tyrant remains a cardboard character, and the band of men are all physically distinct but otherwise undeveloped. Supporters of the film might say, &amp;ldquo;What do you expect from an off-the-cuff story filtered through a five year-old&amp;rsquo;s imagination?&amp;rdquo; On the other hand, the story has to engage the adult viewer, and more well-rounded characters would certainly help.          </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2007</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Collaboration_Best_Films_of_2007/643/37946/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/122321/default.aspx'>seely</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/4/2008 2:46:41 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Thanks for reminding me about Michael Clayton--I forgot that was '07.  I really enjoyed Clooney's performance, and the movie dealt with ethics in a very deep, real way without making everything obtusely black and white.  But... Ocean's 13?  Really?  I liked the Ocean's series and the Rat Pack/heist flicks they harkened back to, but I thought this to be the weakest of the bunch with a scattered plot and what seemed like endless inside jokes delivered at a pace that left the audience trying to catch up through the entire film, and further obscured any attempts at humor or storyline.  Maybe I'm just too slow for it :-) [quote user="SkyPilot"] I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time.     [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:46:41 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>seely</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/4/2008 2:46:41 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Thanks for reminding me about Michael Clayton--I forgot that was '07.  I really enjoyed Clooney's performance, and the movie dealt with ethics in a very deep, real way without making everything obtusely black and white.  But... Ocean's 13?  Really?  I liked the Ocean's series and the Rat Pack/heist flicks they harkened back to, but I thought this to be the weakest of the bunch with a scattered plot and what seemed like endless inside jokes delivered at a pace that left the audience trying to catch up through the entire film, and further obscured any attempts at humor or storyline.  Maybe I'm just too slow for it :-) [quote user="SkyPilot"] I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time.     [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2007</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Collaboration_Best_Films_of_2007/643/37944/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5582/default.aspx'>csprague</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/4/2008 2:20:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="SkyPilot"] I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time. [/quote] There Will Be Blood was great, but I don't really want to see it again if you know what I mean. It's not like a good friday night movie at all, unless you are feeling in a particularly dark mood, and maybe it's a terrible idea then too. I'm not sure what the proper mood or motivation to watch this movie would be. I eventually just bit the bullet and watched it. When it was over, I was tired and felt like a crazy person, but I loved it. So hard to explain. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is the longest movie title in the world (I would actually really like to know what the longest movie title is). It's so hard to spit it out when people are like "what's good movie you've seen recently?" But, nonetheless, I do spit it out because it was beautiful and interesting and I loved the characters. Skypilot, how on earth did Hot Fuzz beat The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for your top ten? Were you just trying to be diverse in genre? I only say this because I think making a movie about a guy who can only communicate with one eye is incredibly difficult. I expected it to be the most arts, boring piece of crap I have ever seen. Ya know, the sterotypical french new wave kind of stuff that ends with "fin". But it wasn't, it was surprisingly human and colorful and full of life. It fits with something I read recently that "your plight is also your redemption". Good times.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:20:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>csprague</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/4/2008 2:20:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="SkyPilot"] I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time. [/quote] There Will Be Blood was great, but I don't really want to see it again if you know what I mean. It's not like a good friday night movie at all, unless you are feeling in a particularly dark mood, and maybe it's a terrible idea then too. I'm not sure what the proper mood or motivation to watch this movie would be. I eventually just bit the bullet and watched it. When it was over, I was tired and felt like a crazy person, but I loved it. So hard to explain. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is the longest movie title in the world (I would actually really like to know what the longest movie title is). It's so hard to spit it out when people are like "what's good movie you've seen recently?" But, nonetheless, I do spit it out because it was beautiful and interesting and I loved the characters. Skypilot, how on earth did Hot Fuzz beat The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for your top ten? Were you just trying to be diverse in genre? I only say this because I think making a movie about a guy who can only communicate with one eye is incredibly difficult. I expected it to be the most arts, boring piece of crap I have ever seen. Ya know, the sterotypical french new wave kind of stuff that ends with "fin". But it wasn't, it was surprisingly human and colorful and full of life. It fits with something I read recently that "your plight is also your redemption". Good times.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2007</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Community_Recommendations/Re_Collaboration_Best_Films_of_2007/643/37929/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290377.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2470/default.aspx'>SkyPilot</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/4/2008 12:01:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time.    <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:01:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SkyPilot</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/4/2008 12:01:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I agree with a lot of picks from the other people. In no specific order, these are my favorites: 1. Ocean's 13 A heist film with a conscience. 2. Michael Clayton Deceit, courage, human connection, mission. 3. Eastern Promises A frightening gangster film that made London feel like a separate, exotic country. 4. Gone Baby Gone A private detective movie with a conscience. 5. Hot Fuzz Like Leeroy, I liked this one even more than Shaun of the Dead. 6. The Orphanage The closest I've ever come to screaming in the theater.  7. 3:10 to Yuma This really made me soul-search, and the ending leaves me breathless. 8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Like falling asleep from a flavorful and slow-acting poison. 9. No Country for Old Men Looks like 2007 was Year of the Western. 10. American Gangster Not perfect, but I thought it was intense and affecting. I'd like to include The Fall, This Is England, and Rescue Dawn,but Spout says they were made in 2006. Maybe they were released in the US in 2007, but I'm not sure. Movies that didn't quite make my Top 10: Persepolis, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and There Will Be Blood. The last one in particular is great, but after seeing it 3 times I won't need to see it again for a loooong time.    </spout:body></item>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 1044</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 192</br><br/>
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<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 545</br><br/>
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