<p>I saw Waitress and liked it
I saw part of Paris je t’aime, and I really liked it, I want to go get it and finish it. It’s in french, but you just put on the subtitles =)
Its set up similarly to Love,Actually and is reallllllly funny.
like.
reallllllly funny.
haha</p>
<p>Here’s one I can’t recommend: Rashomon. Popped it into the DVD player last week for my umpteenth viewing and Hubby’s first. His reaction was along the lines of “Huh…mmmmph?” He has, however, taken to chortling “HA HA HA!” at odd moments ever since.</p>
<p>We both like My Cousin Vinny through repeated viewings. More recently in theaters, Eastern Promises (good news for me: a naked Viggo Mortensen; bad news for me: it came in a hideously realistic armed fight scene) and The Prestige.</p>
<p>We’ve both been enjoying a lot of the movies TCM ran in November for guest programmer month. One of my all-time favorites that I was surprised he liked was Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast. Another good one that neither of us expected to like was On Golden Pond.</p>
<p>One of my all-time favorites that I was surprised he liked was Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast.</p>
<p>Beautiful film so romantic
Ive even gotten to see it in the theatre when they do repetory.</p>
<p>WHen H & I started dating there was a whole slew of french film.
Get out your Hankerchiefs, Tall Blond Man, La Cage Aux FOlles.
He liked them, but do you think I could get him to see Jean de Florette?</p>
<p>He did like Brother where Art thou however , the music was great.</p>
<p>My H liked Jean de Florette and sequel, so sure, why not? That is, if he can stand subtitles. They can be more annoying on TV than on the large screen, especially with questions of reading/distance glasses, etc.</p>
<p>(I’m thinking of my H whose various prescriptions don’t do justice to all types.)</p>
<p>oh sorry it was a rhetorical question 
When we started dating he let me decide pretty much whatever I wanted which was a welcome change from previous boyfriends.
I even drug him to see Tess which eventually won oscars- but was over three hours long.
He hasn’t done much like that since.
I had to go see Pearl Jam in concert either with girlfriends or myself for years before I could get him to go ( although now he is a big fan)</p>
<p>Our tastes are just really different in movies.
For instance two movies I really wanted to walk out of- he just loved.
Forrest Gump & Mystic River.
While we both just saw Into the Wild and liked it, I also thought it was overly romanticized & H went on and on about what Penn had accomplished.
So I rent movies and watch them on my laptop in bed.</p>
<p>I do miss those few years when there was a new Harry Potter or LOTR movie around Thanksgiving that we would all ( inc girls) go see after dinner.</p>
<p>I even miss when D used to sit on my lap, way past the size that kids usually do that and I couldn’t see a thing. boo.:(</p>
<p>Mudder’s Mudder:</p>
<p>If your H doesn’t like Rashomon (the first person I’ve heard of!), would he watch Tampopo (“Noodle Western”?) How about Yojimbo (the original of Clint Eastwood My Name is Nobody) or Hidden Fortress (inspiration for Star Wars)?</p>
<p>Oooooo, good suggestions, Marite. He’d have to be strapped into a chair to watch Star Wars, but I bet he’d really like Hidden Fortress. He does like Seven Samurai and everything Clint Eastwood except the comedies but especially the more recent Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River. My secret plan is to ease him into The Seventh Seal. Hey, he saved Dante (which he loves!) for middle age.</p>
<p>It may be the subtitles-with-glasses, mythmom, except he loved Das Boot on TV. Go figure.</p>
<p>I just remembered two little Pierce Brosnan movies we both liked: Evelyn and Grey Owl. </p>
<p>Emeraldkity, re the Coen brothers: My quirky-movie-loving little brother turned me on to them (we both especially love Miller’s Crossing). Here are some of his favs that I also like: Groundhog Day, The King of Comedy, Fargo, Mulholland Dr., A Simple Plan. Regarding this last, Scott B. Smith has finally gotten around to writing a second novel, The Ruins, which I just finished. As weirdly and compulsively compelling a disaster as A Simple Plan, like watching a multi-vehicle turnpike wreck devolve into no good outcomes. Brrrrrr.</p>
<p>If anyone wants to watch foreign films, here are some excellent Indian movies</p>
<p>Lagaan (it’s about Cricket - rich English vs poor Indian farmers story)
Parineeta (love story, shot in beautiful Darjeeling)
Iqbaal (a motivating story of a deaf and dumb kid who becomes a cricket player despite all odds, a great story for kids to watch)
Swadesh</p>
<p>I think Lagaan won best foreign film at the Caan film festival. It’s worth seeing.</p>
<p>I’m enjoying Station Agent–I think hubby would like it also.</p>
<p>Re: movies out on video-- just finished watching “Enron” with H and s#2. Very interesting for everyone (made more interestig by the fact that S#1’s roomated fa was interviewed for the film-- (NO he was NOT an Enron bad guy)</p>
<p>“The Other Side of Anger” - did anyone mention that? I was surprised I liked it and it is one of the only Kevin Costner movies I liked.</p>
<p>I am still plowing through all the posts (and gathering lots of ideas for “the list”) and I haven’t seen one of my family’s favorites: Life is Beautiful. It’s subtitled in Italian, but worth the little bit of effort. It stars Roberto Benigni as a Jewish Italian who uses his wonderous imagination to convince his young (6?) son that the the Nazi soldiers taking them away on the boy’s birthday are bringing them somewhere to participate in an elaborate contest to win a tank. It is so sweet and imaginative how he protects his young son at all cost and manages to shield him from the atrocities being perpetrated all around them.</p>
<p>oh yeah Lagaan is great- H didn’t watch it but both younger D & I did.
Fargo was also one that both H & I liked- love Frances McDormand.
I think H would also like Thank you for Smoking.</p>
<p>I don’t go to movies much & the things I rent are usually television shows.
Which would suit H, but he would rather read.
I went thru the recent House, too fast & I have already seen Pg Wodehouse.
Now I am watching Sleeper Cell.</p>
<p>Great additional titles (I few of those foreign films mentioned I’d wanted to see years ago…should rent them!). My daughter & I saw “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” a few months ago. She is six (probably too young!) but I read all the subtitles aloud which was interesting for both of us & it featured some strong, female characters which I always think is good for her.</p>
<p>A big movie weekend at our house (cold outside). Hub & I saw the Constant Gardener (his choice…along w/Die Hard 4 which I passed on…). I thought it was thought provoking. His comment: “Too long.” lol. I dont’ think he cared much for the political discussion I tried to start up afterwards (not a fan of those…lol).</p>
<p>I will absolutely recommend Blood Diamond. Enough action, blood and guts for him, but exceptionally intelligent and emotionally compelling.</p>
<p>There was a movie years ago that we both LOVED – can’t remember the name now, maybe someone can help? Robert deNiro, Charles Grodin. DeNiro was a bounty hunter trying to get Grodin across country. It was a delight.</p>
<p>I’ll second whoever said above about getting into the DVD sets of TV shows. Try Lost, Heroes, Veronica Mars, West Wing, the Office, the Office, the Office!</p>
<p>Grodin/Deniro film is Midnight Run. Pretty funny but we thought it was a bit dated. Also applies to My Cousin Vinny.
Loved Constant Gardener.
And yes, we both love the Office (both the british and the american versions)!</p>
<p>We watch DVDs. I’d love to watch all the West Wings I missed reading to the boys. But we’ve been on a sci-fi/fantasy kick for years. Made our way through all the Star Treks, Babylon 5, the recent Battlestar Gallacticas, Stargate, Stargate: Atlantis , Firefly (which led to…), Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The nice thing about TV shows is they are short enough to watch on weeknights and even shorter without ads.</p>
<p>H and I both loved The Candidate. It’s very timely this electoral season.</p>
<p>mathmom: I watched all seven seasons of WW over the summer – kids included. The story reads quite differently in this concentrated way. It was very interesting.</p>