Recent movies thread

[Blondin]

Chris, if you liked Dr Strangelove you might want to look for a movie called "Failsafe" from the same year (1964). Very similar plot but without the tongue-in-cheek campiness. It starred Henry Fonda as President of the USA, Larry Hagman as a Russian interpreter and Walter Matthau as Professor Groeteschele.

I suspect these two movies did a lot to raise awareness of the insanity of the cold war. In 1971, when Nixon decided to proceed with the Cannikin underground nuclear test on Amchitka island (off Alaska), some friends and I took part in a protest that began with screening both movies at the U of Manitoba and then proceeded with a march around the American Consulate offices in Winnipeg. A good time was had by all though it was kind of surreal.

Incidentally, Kubrick and Sellers worked together again in "Lolita" - not completely true to Nabokov's book but very watchable. Another must see from Kubrick is "Paths of Glory".

[Kiefer]

I saw Get Him to the Greek a few days ago. Going into it I thought it would be pretty bad but it turned out to be one of the funniest movies I've seen in a very long time. I'm almost tempted to say that it's as funny as The Hangover.

[Demojen]

Dear Zachary

Documentary. Awesome story full of twists, turns and an ending you won't see coming.

[Chris]

Hey Blondin, thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to try and watch them before the summer is over. I've heard about Lolita before, someone else told me it was good.

[zensunni]

I just watched splice and toy story 3.

Both are great shows. I was really surprised by toy story, as I didn't have much expectations.

Splice was one of the craziest shows of it's kind. It's not the whole "killer creature is on the loose" plot. They make it really interesting and messed up.