Davis Freeberg's DVD AllStars

The Big Lebowski is an absolutely classic tale.  It's what Pulp Fiction would have turned out like if it was a comedy.  I'd love to see them come out with a sequel.  The film is set in the Los Angeles Valley and Dude Lebowski is the victim of a mistaken identity and spends the whole movies trying to get justice after a couple of dumb mobster ruin his rug.  The film itself can be a little surreal, but well put together and delightfully entertaining.  On my list of favorite movies of all time.

I rented The Others from Netflix this weekend and was a little confused at why the film was so highly rated there.  Nicole Kidman plays a conservative widow who is responsible for raising two kids with a rare condition that makes them alergic to light.  The movie does a good job of exploring the supernatural realm and a few of the twists and turns are delightfully unexpected, but overall the film is very slow, boring and lacks the chemistry necessary to keep a viewer engaged for two hours.  Part horror movie, part psychological thriller, but all PG13.  The movie had all the appeal of a traditional thriller without the body count.