Discuss & rate the movies you've seen this week.

[Pale Blue Dot]

I saw two: Layer Cake, and entertaining but complicated British crime film that I have to admit lost me half the way through; and Brothers, a devastating Danish anti-war film about two brothers who reverse roles when one is presumed dead after a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

You?

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

1. Hotel Rwanda, and Sideways.

Hotel Rwanda was a great, moving film. Equal parts heartbreak and hope. Sideways was funny stuff.

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. Sideways was my favorite film of 2004.

And Don Cheadle was incredible in Hotel Rwanda.

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I saw Alien for the first time a few days ago

Dark, scary, very impressive.

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. You had never seen Alien?

Such a landmark film in so many ways - not the least of which is that it featured a strong, independent female character who (SPOILER ALERT) does not get killed in the end.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Yep, very first time

I was thoroughly impressed.

[Elidor]

7. That was the best of the bunch

Though I love them all.

[enigmatic]

6. Sleepaway Camp II and III starring Bruce Springsteen's sister..

Talk about a film equivalent of a gooey peanut butter and jelly sandwich!

[Gyre]

8. Crash! was excellent

[SarahB]

9. It's been too long since I've seen a movie.

I'm either working or watching DIsney movies. I was going to go tonight, but I overslept. :(

[Quixote1818]

10. Saw Sideways for the third time

Had to explain to my Boss about all the wine metaphors. What a brilliant film.

[Kire]

11. My Dinner With Andre and The Wicker Man

A superb, four star film about a conversation two guys are having about life, love, passion and, well, life. Roger Ebert said it was the only movie he ever saw that had no cliches. I have to agree. My favorite line:

The Wicker Man, a weird movie about a police officer who goes to an island in Northern Scotland on May Day. The naked maidens leaping over the bonfire and the animal masks were his first clues that the whole island was completely mad. I really hope they get a good harvest this year.

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Does anyone else find this serendipitous?

Andre: What does it do to us, Wally, living in an environment where something as massive as the seasons or winter or cold, don't in any way affect us? I mean, were animals after all. I mean... what does that mean? I think that means that instead of living under the sun and the moon and the sky and the stars, we're living in a fantasy world of our own making.

Wally: Yeah, but I mean, I would never give up my electric blanket, Andre. I mean, because New York is cold in the winter. I mean, our apartment is cold! It's a difficult environment. I mean, our life is tough enough as it is. I'm not looking for ways to get rid of a few things that provide relief and comfort. I mean, on the contrary, I'm looking for more comfort because the world is very abrasive. I mean, I'm trying to protect myself because, really, there's these abrasive beatings to be avoided everywhere you look!

Andre: But, Wally, don't you see that comfort can be dangerous? I mean, you like to be comfortable and I like to be comfortable too, but comfort can lull you into a dangerous tranquility.