As for the movies I saw today, here are some very brief thoughts....
"Babel" - I had no idea what this movie was about, and I'm glad I came into it that way. I had heard that it was put together like "Crash" was, but that was about it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and even found myself crying at the end. I would really love to know how it all was done, coordinated considering all the various locales and languages involved.
"The Queen" - Again, another movie I had no real idea about, except that it was about "the Queen", and the period after Princess Diana's death. I marveled at the conjecture involved in creating the story. And then you had that juxtaposed with actual news footage from that time 10 years ago.
"The Departed" - I liked it the first time I saw it, and I liked it again this time too. -And I really think Leonardo DiCaprio should have gotten nominated for this performance rather than the one in "Blood Diamond".
-Then came the 45-minute dinner break.
"Letter from Iwo Jima" - Again... All I really knew about this movie was that it was sort of a companion piece to "Flags of Our Fathers", and that it was in Japanese. Like DR edisaurus (I think), I liked the movie but I thought it could have been a bit shorter. -I guess Clint just likes to make long movies? *What was really interesting was the conversation the two women next to us had after the movie: "I can't believe Clint Eastwood made that movie... It's so anti-American... Why is that movie even nominated? It's not even in English?... I hated it..." -Etc., etc., etc..
And finally...
"Little Miss Sunshine" - The other movie that I had seen before today. It held up well to a second viewing too. However, I'm guessing a lot of people had already seen it before too... There were a lot of empty seats when the movie began, lots of people had left after "Letters". But still some great laughs.
