Recent Magical Movies
My girlfriend and I have watched a lot of movie lately, some together, some I’ve watched by myself. Some were magical, some average, but mostly decent at the very minimum.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (#61 on IMDb) was freaking phenomenal. So beautiful. That and Slumdog Millionaire (#46 on IMDb) are my two favorite movies this year. Just wanted to make that clear since I recently said that only Slumdog was my favorite of 2008, but that was before I had a chance to watch TCCoBB and I figured that it was too late for another movie to be as good as that.
Other movies I’ve bought and enjoyed recently, both by Tim Burton: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The latter I watched for the very first time with my girlfriend and we both enjoyed it immensely! In fact, we loved it.
Then there’s the classics like Dumb & Dumber and Forrest Gump.
The Basketball Diaries with Leonardo DiCaprio was heartbreaking. That guy can sure act! One of our favorite movies to watch together is Catch Me If You Can. On that note we’ve also bought What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which I’ve always wanted to watch.
Yes Man (Jim Carrey) was so good we wanted to watch it twice at the cinema. And we did. That leads me to The Truman Show, which should get here soon.
Then there’s Memento, which I’ve only watched once a few years ago.
So many movies…
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street was a fantastic musical/movie! I must admit I hadn’t heard about it until a couple of days ago when I watched a commercial, which led me to watch the trailer, but what matters is that I saw it. It was really, really good. So different. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve never actually watched any Tim Burton movies, but I thought this one was pretty unique and Johnny Depp certainly deserves that Oscar nomination. Highly recommended.
Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
And a fun little fact: it’s currently #160 on IMDb. Very impressive.