Hallelujah Hatrack

Ok, so my buddy Tim and I were having coffee at the local Cosi this morning and the conversation turned to movies.  Now, having been a film major in college this is a topic that I don’t mind discussing at all.  Specifically we were talking about our favorite movies over the past year or so.  I decided to turn this into a Five for Friday:

-“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”  Emotional pain is not necessarily something that you want to rid yourself of – it is part of who we are.  This one stayed in my mind for months afterward.

-“Lost in Translation”  From what I can tell this is a love-it-or-hate-it film and the ‘love-its’ are in the minority – heartbreaking and uplifting all at the same time and Bill Murray is brilliant.  When it was over I immediately watched it again.

-“Garden State”  Natalie Portman is oddly spectacular and the oddball story is beautiful – great soundtrack, too!  Another immediate repeat.

-“Crash”  Almost painful to watch, as there is some of all of the characters in each one of us.  Wonderful acting by the entire ensemble.

-“Capote”  Being a fan of Truman Capote (if you haven’t read “Other Voices Other Rooms” do yourself a favor) I might be a bit biased, but for Philip Seymour Hoffman to nail this as he did is definitely Oscar-worthy (and as an aside, after I saw him in “Magnolia” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” I predicted he’s one day win a little gold bald guy…he owned those films!!)

There, now you have something to do this weekend.