Into the wild

Happiness only true when shared... WTF? Love the song though, Eddie Vedder, Guaranteed!

Sideways - monologues

If you ever asked me, I'd probably say this is the most romantic scene I've seen on the big screen; the way they approach each other by talking about wine is not only unique and intelligent, but extremely moving. The music, gestures and words are magic... Mia & Miles in Sideways

Zeitgeist (the documental)

You may want to see this documental!

Zeitgeist
When the power of love overcomes the love of power,
the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix

See more at: http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

12 recommended films (I've seen recently)

The Godfather: Part III - The Good Shepherd - Goodfellas - Rain Man - Science des rêves - Superbad - The Bourne Ultimatum - American Gangster - Annie Hall - Cocaine Cowboys - Control - Eastern Promises

Films I've seen using my RapidSearch account

As I've been so busy lately, I got me a RapidSearch account in order to download some films and have some fun while doing other things, this is the (updated) list... :P

28 weeks later - 8 1/2 - Alfie - A good year - Apocalypto - Before sunset - Das Boot - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Grindhouse - Hannibal rising - Knocked up - Lolita (1997) - Mr & Mrs Smith - Oceans 13 - Paris, je t'aime - Rear window - Shaun of the dead - The butterfly effect - The Italian job (1969) - The last King of Scotland - The number 23 - The pursuit of happyness - The Queen - This is England - X-men: the last stand - Vacancy

An inconvenient truth

Almost cry watching this documental thinking of my sons' future. Don't want to sound alarmist but it's a fact that we're going to destroy the planet we live in; there are things to be done, we all do need to wake up!

The last song is very touching and the recommendations at the end of the film quite relevant.

2006's film, Head-On

Gegen die Wand (Head-On) directed by Fatih Akin.

Do not let the trailer put you off!

Although this isn't a 2006 film, I've watched it only this year and found it quite intense and dramatic. The plot is about madness, love, disillusion, life… Apparently it follows the style of a Greek tragedy, divided into five acts each one separated by a song interpreted by a traditional Turkish group. I couldn't stand all the blood but loved the anti-Hollywood ending, who said life was fair?

At this point, I should cite a comment by Simon Sieverts I've read on IMDB about this film:

The central issue of Gegen die Wand is identity: the identity of Cahit's first wife, Cahit's rejection of the identity-checking done by the doctor in the clinic, Sibel's identity crisis, Cahit's made-up identity for Sibel's family, Sibel's inability to identify herself as a wife, Cahit's inability to identify himself as Turkish, Sibel discovering her identity within the family (finally?), the missing identity of her husband at the end of the film and Cahit rediscovering his identity in the missing town of his birth (eventually?). Yes, this is depth. Shakespeare would love this film, but he would probably have done this scene as a soliloquy. Selma is a surrogate ("Ersatz" -there's a nice German word) for the audience, for he is opening his heart to us, even if we don't consciously identify with her at the beginning of the scene - she's blocking the final dramatic development, after all. What makes us forgive her?