Update!

Saw Cuaron's Children of Men and Del Torro's El Liberento del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) and that completes the three films. Very similar themes for these, Babel and even The Fountain. Outgrowths, anti-establishments, spiritual mythologies, faith-based, good stuff. Watch out for that sexy Maribel Verdu in Pan and some very sexy cinematography by Gillermo Navarro. Children of Men is particularly delicious. Cuaron and Lubetzki have walked this one into film classes, long-take heaven. Julianne Moore deserves major cred for making the film marketable by taking on a TINY and very impactful role. Actually because she is a huge star, the role and its length is surprising and very impactful. She lingers throughout the film in a very surprising way. Not sure any other actor could have had that effect.


The one interesting thing about it is how different it is from the book. Both are great, but this gives hope to anyone who wants to make a movie based on a book. They are different, they should be different, or rather, they CAN be different if it serves the medium. Another flick I'm excited about: Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner is being adapted by the usually intelligent Marc Forster. Should be good...

Now Netflix: The West Wing Season 7, If you haven't seen The West Wing, you're lucky. You have seven amazing seasons of good writing, excellent acting, strong moments, great editing, excellent score, and so much more ahead of you. If you don't see it now, you'll see it later. Its just unavoidable. I discovered it very late and I've had a blast watching the show so far.