Movies: Also Known As Films

I can't properly update you people on the blog, because I'm too filled with laziness.

But, please, let me tell you about the movie-things I've been watching lately.

I just finished watching Andrei Tarkovskiy's Stalker. Very deep, philosophical, and in its own way deeply and philosophically beautiful. I watched the first part (the movie's split into two chapter-like parts) yesterday, and finished the second today. I recall that 2007 game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and now I want to play it again. Too bad it ran too slow on my old desktop. What are the odds it'll run anywhere decent on my MacBook?

One of the best movies I saw recently was the 1976 film The Message (or Muhammad: Messenger of God), which was beautifully done and extremely excellent. Highly recommended. Too bad the subtitles were crap on that edition.

I watched 300 recently. A hell of a lot of people swear by the movie, saying it's awesome-this-awesome-that, but when I watched it, I was distinctly underwhelmed. Except for that bit where the Oracle's dancing, there was nothing particularly great for me. Or maybe because I already knew the story of Thermopylae long before that movie was made.

I probably haven't mentioned I very much enjoyed Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb not too long ago, and I'm giving that a rerun.

I still haven't watched indie Scandinavian movie Om Gud Vil, which stars Nina Persson, and hope there's some way I can find it.

Next: waiting for the arrival of the indie movie Walk All Over Me with LeeLee Sobieski and Tricia Helfer. It's got Tricia Helfer in it. That always means awesome.