Would I have gone to see this had it not been a free advance screening at the Alamo? Probably not. Our “tickets’ were spent shell casings from an automatic weapon, which was kind of cool.

There’s not a whole lot of movie here. It does contain the longest sequence of horrific violence I’ve seen in a movie. The last act was just the sound of a heavy artillery gun and people exploding.

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Ratatouille
3. Cloverfield
4. 9 Lives
5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
6. The Big Lebowski
7. Voices of a Distant Star
8. Rambo
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Big surprise: another flawless gem from Pixar. I was joking with Dave some time ago that I’m getting tired of the perfection Pixar delivers. I’m ready for the horrible Pixar train wreck of a film.

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Ratatouille
3. Cloverfield
4. 9 Lives
5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
6. The Big Lebowski
7. Voices of a Distant Star
8.
9.
10.

Daniel Day-Lewis has achieved a sort of mythological status, much like Bigfoot. People claim to have seen him or spoken with him outside of a movie set. But the fact is, he is a being existing outside the boundaries of our mundane world. Every few years, his tendrils of cosmic energy detect a story worthy of him and he coalesces into human form to assume the role needed. There is no acting involved. The Day-Lewis entity, for all intents and purposes, *is* that character. When filming is concluded, he retreats to his trailer. The next day the film crew will find only a crumpled pile of clothes coated in a glittering quartz-like film.

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If someone had a high-quality video camera with unlimited battery life strapped to their hand when a monster attacked New York City, the footage contained in the camera would look like Cloverfield.

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Cloverfield
3. 9 Lives
4. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
5. The Big Lebowski
6. Voices of a Distant Star
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9.
10.

I have yet to see a bad Miyazaki film, though Nukes claims they exist.

Miyazaki borrows heavily from his friend Jean Giraud to get Nausicaa’s visual style. It almost seems like a tribute to him.

Great voice cast on the new Disney dub. You get Patrick Stewart and Edward James Olmos!

I also recently watched Voices of a Distant Star, a short 30 minute anime that was written and animated by one guy on his computer. It is a little choppy, but still very impressive when you compare it to an anime produced by an entire studio.

1. 9 Lives
2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Voices of a Distant Star
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