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[thinwhiteduke74]

I forgot to list my tenth pick, which woke me up in the middle of the night. Here's the complete list:

1. Ray
2. Before Sunset
3. Maria Full of Grace
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Bad Education
6. I Heart Huckabees
7. Hero
8. The Bourne Supremacy
9. Kinsey
10. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Fall...and Spring

Comments

[lexanderblues]

A Very Long Engagement, Kill Bill, v. 2, Closer, Collateral. So, Ray's your top choice, eh? From the clips I've seen, Foxx's performance seems phenomenal. He was also great in his two Mann films. Amen.

[johnvincent]

where did you see a very long engagement?

[lexanderblues]

South Beach Cinema a couple of weeks ago. You know, Morrissey sort of looks like Vanilla Ice on your icon. Amen to that!

[thinwhiteduke74]

I didn't enjoy "Kill Bill" as much as the first one, and I'm a reluctant fan of the first. I haven't seen "Closer" or "A Very Long Engagement." I rescreened "Collateral" last week: I enjoyed the supporting performances (especially Jada Pincket Smith and the jazzman's) much better than RoboCruise's; the direction seems oddly anonymous.

I'm not going to repeat the obvious faults in "Ray" (most of which are the fault of the director; the first four letters of his last name will explain everything); but no other film this year gave me as much pleasure.

[lexanderblues]

I thought Collateral had vintage Mann: cooler than thou protagonist/antagonist, close-ups of cooler than thou's face w/ no discernible expression other than i'm cooler than thou, and good guy's always win ending. I think the color saturation suffered due to dv utilization, but it did capture them night lights all sprinkly. Javier Bardem was good in it, too. The third act was blah, but well directed, imo.

Do you have the Before Sunrise dvd? I really need to see that one.