A few movies to watch ....

Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood, filmmaker has made a World War II movie from the Japanese perspective. I have a natural liking to gray-scale movies, may be because I fit on the darker side of the band. Japanese movies to me like art. more of poetry and play of light, but a movie from the eyes of the quintessential American, would certainly be interesting to watch. Bolstering the story line and the director is a 8.3 on the IMDB rating, though it has only 624 votes.

Little Miss Sunshine A more commercial movie and lot more votes 23,000 of them with an average of 8.1 on IMDB is quite impressive. At the same time, Lord of the Rings has an average of 8.8. I cannot say I like the LOTR movies to rate them that high. Movie based on a dysfunctional family on a road-trip. Steve Carell with his dark beard adds to the darkness in the humour. I particularly like the irony in the name, the poster and the content.








The Departed "May be yes, May be no, May be go f*** yourself", the screenplay in this movie is absolutely brilliant. A Martin Scorsese movie, should I say anything more? But with a *heavy* starcast, simple plot playing ying-yong with the good and the bad, screenplay and music do not make you realize you just watched a 2:30 hr movie. A couple more quotes from this movie ...

"Who am I? I'm the guy that does his fuckin' job! You must be the other guy!"
- Mark Wahlberg

"When I was your age they used to say you could become cops or criminals. What I'm saying to you is this... When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?"
- Jack Nicholson