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I've been enjoying quite a bit of Netflix these days. This shall soon end, as books and school are soon to take back over their perpetual reign (and a book review to come as well. I've been reading! For fun!) Here's some thoughts on what I've seen lately:

The Great
Adam - tender and charming. Interview with Director Max Mayer on NPR.
Revolutionary Road - "This film is so good it is devastating." - Roger Ebert.
Walk the Line - Damn fine movie-making right here.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - It was so much better than I expected. And the yoga scene is priceless.
Amreeka - More like a showcase than a full plot, but a really touching story nonetheless.
The Big Lebowski - The movie needs no intro, but check out this Shakespeare version: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski

The Good
I Love You, Man - I'm on a Judd Apatow kick, can you tell?
Lars and the Real Girl - Interesting movie, but Ryan Gosling will forever be damned to me. The Notebook was just so, so bad.
Pineapple Express - I laughed way more than I expected to.
The Wrestler - Good, but wouldn't watch it again. Also had a hard time relating to Marissa Tomei as anything less than still totally smokin'.
Rachel Getting Married - Whoa, this is some real heavy heaviness. It's heavy. You've been warned
Primer - Does what it says on the box. And for a $7,000 budget, it's a steal!

The meh
Julie & Julia - I enjoyed the blogging side of this movie. Acting was pretty bad though.
Drag Me To Hell - Horror movies can be somewhat entertaining.
Synecdoche, New York - Really hits you over the head if you truly understand synecdoche. I kept thinking, "YEAH, I GET IT. It's all referential."
Smart People - kind of unremarkable and meandering.
My Fair Lady - Phoneticians, yay. Whining and 1950's sexism, not so much.
Funny People - This one lost its way. In a big way.
Slumdog Millionaire - It was Crash of 2009 for me.
Charlie Wilson's War - Hey, it's the Tom Hanks show!
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - This movie has been done by other movies, and better.

The Unwatchable
Every Which Way But Loose - Ugh. No comment.
Enlighten Up! - Couldn't watch it because the sound mixing was just that bad.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - I threw up in my mouth a little.
Confessions of a Shopaholic - Couldn't even finish it. Life was withering away, painfully.

That's it for now! Book reviews coming soon.