Religulous Dark Knight - New political frontier

Img from RottenTomatoes. One of the most thoughtful, funny and insightful approaches to the touchy topic of organized faith and religion. Favorite segments, interpreted by me: Bill Maher: Do you believe you'll be taken care of in the afterlife? That you'll be taken care of? Man selling religious chotch-kes: Yes, I believe God will take care of me. Bill Maher: Then why don't you kill yourself now? And: Bill Maher: So honestly, a tale of a man surviving in the belly of a whale - Woman: Jonah lived in a giant fish! Bill Maher: Oh, I'm sorry. That's much more plausible then! He survives for three days in a giant FISH, and comes out smelling like pussy. Ok, much more believable. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I need to see it again. Bill Maher approaches the subject as a curious agnostic. Questioning, challenging, travelling and talking. To be an atheist he says, is to be as fanatic about the non-existence of a higher being, which is just as dangerous as being a fanatic about certainty of a higher being's existence. As a true agnostic, he asks how can one be sure of either side? So he challenges people on their non-tolerance and closed-view thinking of the world, from double-standards from a Muslim rapper, to the ousted former members of the Mormon society, to middle America's Christian right. Excellent!

Img from A Silent I files. Loved this movie. I loved Two-Face's makeup. Loved Heath Ledger (my friend had a good point, he thinks the Joker should laugh much much more, being the maniacal crazy he is). Christian Bale is as hot as evar.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Wow. Really cute period piece! Love Frances MacDormand's lead character Miss Pettigrew, and of course Amy Adams plays the spoiled slighty dillusional socialite (a period piece Giselle). Lots of fun! and the soundtrack is pretty awesome.

Like the city in Alaska...?

Juno was adorable. (And yes, I know the city in Alaska is spelled differently!) I can see how people thought the characters were a bit forced or the dialog was trying way too hard to be kitchy (see: Jennifer Garner's performance). I thought Ellen Page was adorable and a great actress for this part. Michael Cera, of course, played the gentle awkward kid who tries hard and is not annoying while he does it! Very real. I'm afraid he's getting typecast, though. That's okay. Hollywood is all about the Beta Male these days. He had some of the best one-liners in the film.

Walk Hard

Over the top and pretty funny! The songs are catchy and the lyrics are so witty... "Let's... Duet!" John C Reilly is great, and so it Jenna Fischer. Go see!