Movies...

I don't know if it's just me, but there doesn't seem to be a deluge of great movies I've seen recently. Everything that's coming out I feel I've seen before. There are exceptions like Kill Bill, but if I wait to see only Tarantino films, I'll see very little indeed. Not that I'm complaining, I'm glad he takes his time and doesn't do disappointing films like "The Terminal" the way Spielberg did. If I see one more remake of either: a formulaic teen movie, a formulaic horror movie, a TV show, or a sappy love story, I will literally scream. If there are any suggestions anyone can give me on something I've missed in the last few months, I'll gladly take it. The only movie that's stuck with me to a certain degree this year was "The Passion". The one major failing of that movie was the lack of humanity it had. When the movie was it's most enjoyable was when they had the different flashbacks to certain times of his life. There needed to be more scenes of the compassion of Jesus in my opinion. It could have been a masterpiece, and came up short. I do give Mel Gibson great respect for having the courage to make the film. I thought it was quite absurd for some in Hollywood to complain about the violence in the film. When you look at what they market, it's a ridiculous argument to make. Violence always has to be looked at in context. Kill Bill's violence is so cartoonlike it was humorous to watch. "The Passion" has violence that is more grounded in reality (to some).