Karen Ruby

Review: A History of Violence

Just a quick post about the movie: A History of Violence. I watched this movie last week and it's really sticking with me. This is one of the best movies that I've seen in a long time and am recommending it. In fact, imdb.com has given it 10 out of 10 (I hardly ever see that high a rating).

I like Viggo Mortensen's acting and so I checked out the movie. It wasn't really what I expected and you should probably read a few reviews before you see it. The imdb.com site has a pretty realistic review of the movie.

David Cronenberg (a fellow Canadian!) definitely deserves an Oscar for this movie.

Note that this is a pretty violent film and does have some very shocking scenes. I don't like blood and gore, but was able to watch it (twice). It's also very thought-provoking and tells a good story, in my opinion. There are some scenes that I've never seen in a supposedly mainstream movie before.

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The Notebook

Holy cow! What a tearjerker! The Notebook is a fantastic movie. This is the best love story that I've seen in a long, long time. Make that ever! The acting was just unbelievable and the story was spectacular. True love prevails!

I'm ordering the book on Amazon and buying the DVD.

This is an incredible movie. A must-see.

Code 46

Just finished watching the movie Code 46 starring Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton. Kind of an interesting movie, if a little slow at time. It reminded me a little bit of Gattaca with its themes of genetics and the future. The movie provides one glimpse of the future - bleak, desert areas, insiders vs. outsiders, and where everyday aspect of life is controlled by a totalitarian government, but what I thought was really interesting was the language aspect of the film. The writers interspersed several languages together in everyday language. A baby boy or girl was referred to as 'chica' or 'chico', yes is 'si', hello is 'hola', etc. Even when the characters were in Shanghai, neither Chinese nor English was the only language spoken in the same sentence. I thought that was an interesting glimpse into the future. The genetic story-line which dealt with cloning and incompatibility and controlling procreation also gave the film an intriguing aspect.

It's definitely worth renting, if you're in the mood to be thought-provoked.