The Kingdom - Average Movie. Not as good As Syriana. 3/5
Michael Clayton - Excellent Movie. Great performance. 5/5
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Not as Good as the 1st one but still good performance and story. 4/5
Atonement - Too boring for me. 3/5
Lars and the Real Girl - Haven't seen it
Rendition - Haven't seen it
The Kite Runner - Great Movie. Very poignant. 5/5
The Man in the Chair - Haven't seen it
Starting Out in the Evening - Haven't seen it.
Lions for Lambs - Big Disappointment. Great Cast, could have been awesome but it was too boring, bad plot, etc. 1/5
The Savages - Haven't seen it
August Rush - Haven't seen it
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Haven't seen it
Juno - Funny Movie. Great Acting. 4/5
Grace Is Gone - Haven't seen it
There Will Be Blood - One of the best movies of the year. Spectacular performance by Daniel Day Lewis. This was his 2nd best performance, his best performance remains as Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York. 5/5
You missed the best movie of the year, No Country For Old Men and Bourne Ultimatum. Those two movies were the best of the year
I've seen Michael Clayton. It is a very good movie. At the time I watched it for the first time, I was falling asleep (not because of the movie) and I had a hard time paying attention to the movie.
The kingdom = Have not watch
Elizabeth: The Golden Age, = Have not watched
Atonement, = Loved it and would suggest to everyone
Lars and the Real Girl, = didn’t watch it
Rendition, = didn’t watch it
The Kite Runner, = Watched it 3 times and cried each time
The Man in the Chair, = didn’t watch it
Starting Out in the Evening, = Didn’t watch it
Lions for Lambs, = U mean silence of the lambs?
The Savages, = Watched it hmm it was so so
August Rush, = didn’t watch
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, = Didn’t watch it
Juno, = Watched it such an stupid movie..
Grace Is Gone, and = Didn’t watch it
There Will Be Blood = Best movie ever…
Out of your list I’ve seen 5… but Lions for Lambs, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton are my top pics.
To your list, I would also suggest adding “The Great Debaters” and “The Bucket List”.
I think there are threads on Michael Clayton and The Kite Runner in the Shor Sharaba forum.
I’ll try to offer my view of Lions for Lambs without giving away too much of the actual discourse… yes… I said discourse… because that’s what the movie is.
Lions for Lambs is sort of a dialog documentary criticizing politicians, media, educators and military and frowning on the docile public. Although the movie offers no answers but it raises many important questions.
It’s not a movie for the masses though – mainly because of its minimalism in terms of presentation. The movie is structured as a tripart with 2-person dialogs to offer alternate perspectives on the so called "war on terrorism".
The maxim of the movie is apparently based on a German officer from World War I who remarked of the English army: "Never have I seen such lions led by such lambs.". The movie ends leaving the audience feeling that even though they might be strongly morally opposed to something… but just feeling bad isn’t going to do much.
Fi it wasnt, I know that because my best friend who is from Afghanistan stated that it was Farsi, not Dari though it sounded like Dari since they are both spoken with a soft accent.
