My Son the Fanatic: Julia read the short story that inspired this movie; it wasn't what she'd call comedy. Nor was the movie (except in some very subtle indie flick sense), despite every genre classification we've seen. Still well worth watching.
Unbreakable: Julia strongly recommended this to me, having liked it (way back when it came out) despite not expecting to like it. In fact, earlier she'd rented Memento on my behalf even though Unbreakable was the movie she had in mind.
This is how tired I was (and how ignorant I am): Bruce Willis. Emotional distance plus foreboding. The city of Philadelphia. And yet it didn't register until the obligatory M. Night cameo itself who was behind this movie. So far we're 2-for-2 on my deeply enjoying M. Night movies that star Bruce Willis and are set in Philadelphia.
(I don't know if there's a way to put this without spoilers, but I disagree with the claim that this needed to be a trilogy instead of one movie. That is, I disagree with both the implied praise and the implied criticism. The movie is just right in itself.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at November 24, 2007 02:22 AMI never understood the horsewhipping Unbreakable got upon its release. It's easily my favorite of his films (not that I'm a huge fan), and I wonder if it's due for a wide-scale reassessment. Maybe (SPOILER)
it goes down more easily in the wake of Heroes.
Posted by: Greg at November 24, 2007 07:25 AM