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If you watched a movie recently, let us know what you thought. Rate it whether you saw it in theaters, watched it on video, or saw it on TV. Rate it even if you've seen it several times. Hopefully some people will rate movies we don't see discussed too often.
Tonight after a rather unfulfilling experience with "Bend It Like Beckham," I decided to pull a DVD out of my collection that I don't sit down and watch too often. I grabbed
Ghost World starring Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, and Scarlett Johansson.
The movie starts off with two best friends graduating from high school. Both girls are kind of social misfits and have a pretty interesting way of viewing the world and finding entertainment. Enter Steve Buscemi: Buscemi's character is sort of a geeky music collector. He's sort of strange, but is a good guy. The two girls meet him after answering a personal ad, then standing him up. Before long, Thora Birch's character gets to know him better and begins hanging out with him regularly. Without giving the movie away for those who haven't seen it, I'll just say thing get pretty crazy from there on.
The movie is categorized as a comedy, but it's a very subtle kind of comedy. It's funny, but you almost feel bad for laughing, because it's pretty dramatic too. Another one of the things I enjoy about this movie is that it leaves room for the viewer to do some interpretation. Not everything is spelled out for you.
The acting is superb all around, and the story is enjoyable. I would definitely recommend this movie to my friends.
****/****