Movies watched this weekend:
Waiting for Guffman (reviewed here before, I believe) 10/10
His first time! Watching him guffaw - yez, I think he actually guffawed - was a huge treat.
For those of you who don't know, the film is a mockucumentary about a show being put on to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Blaine, Missouri.
I know I've posted this clip before - over on the funniest movie scenes thread - but I never get enough of it.
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Best In Show 9/10
Another mockumentary (also by Christopher Guest with a nearly identical cast) this time on the subject of purebred dog shows.
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Raging Bull 10/10
Probably reviewed here before, but again, it was
mi amor's first time.
The bio-pic of the life and times of middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta.
Wish I could have found a good fight scene clip...they are so beautiful.
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Lust, Caution by Ang Lee 10/10
This film is stunningly beautiful. The story of a young girl who gets caught up in the resistance movement in Japanese-occupied China. Plus, it has some of the hottest, most explicit sex scenes ever put down in a non-porn film. It has an NC-17 rating, which must explain why I didn't hear about it until P told me about it. But it is lovely. Very, very good.
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