I am going to watch one or both of these tonight:

Naked Lunch
An Education

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is my personal fav. Also love The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen :)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the only Bogart movie I haven't watched all of, because he is toooo good at crazy. I find it unsettling. (Yeah, I'm weird.)

Stop what you are doing and get on it!!!

Just finished watching Jennifer's Body (2009) for my essay in a literary/film analysis class. When I was younger I used to love horror films, but over the past few years my tolerance level for the gore and violence has gone way down. I cringed a few times in this one, but more than anything I laughed a lot. This definitely isn't your typical horror film. The director obviously had a message in mind, and she pardoied a lot of the steroetypical horror film tropes. I'd say it's worth watching, especially if you have any interest in feminism. Nothing like watching a flesh-eating female seek out her revenge on all of  mankind.

I watched Naked Lunch last night and LOVED it. What a mindfuck of a movie. Loveloveloved it

We  don't watch a lot of DVDs, as we tend to watch the BBC here on cable in Holland. Most Dutch shows drive me nuts and the BBC does great dramas, comedies, and documentaries. I totally heart the BBC.

I did finally get to see Food Inc recently. I want to see The Cove, but I know I can't handle it.

With my 3 year old, we tend to watch one DVD a lot - my copy of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers". She just loves "the dancing movie" as she calls it.

We watched did you hear about the Morgans last night.  It was just ok...really predictable

Just finished watching Jennifer's Body (2009) for my essay in a literary/film analysis class. When I was younger I used to love horror films, but over the past few years my tolerance level for the gore and violence has gone way down. I cringed a few times in this one, but more than anything I laughed a lot. This definitely isn't your typical horror film. The director obviously had a message in mind, and she pardoied a lot of the steroetypical horror film tropes. I'd say it's worth watching, especially if you have any interest in feminism. Nothing like watching a flesh-eating female seek out her revenge on all of  mankind.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I used to love horror films, especially zombie movies. However, I'm getting to where I am having a hard time stomaching them anymore. I still like them, but now I'm leaning more toward the less violent ones, or at least the less gruesome ones. I loved Zombieland and I like Shaun of the Dead, too. Sooo, I'm guessing Jennifer's Body would be a hit, because I enjoy when movies will break the 4th wall and make fun of themselves. Good recommendation!

I watched Up in the Air the other night, and what can I say? George Clooney. That is all.  ;)b

I used to enjoy very horror movies, but nowadays, what is now sort of the "norm" for horror movie is tortune porn such as Saw (I haven't dared watch any of the movies yet), Hostel (I walked out of the movie), etc. I just don't like watching torture scenes even though I know it's just a movie. I don't know if I died while being tortured in a previous life, but I can't stomach the idea, therefore, I don't watch them. It's okay though, everybody's got their own tastes.

I haven't seen Jennifer's Body yet, but I've seen Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, and I really liked those movies. Like you said, I like the fact that they definitely do not take themselves so seriously.

On another note, I just watched Everything Is Illuminated. What a beautiful story, it just captures comedy and drama so well. I haven't read the novel yet, but it's on my to do list.

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I used to love horror films, especially zombie movies. However, I'm getting to where I am having a hard time stomaching them anymore. I still like them, but now I'm leaning more toward the less violent ones, or at least the less gruesome ones. I loved Zombieland and I like Shaun of the Dead, too. Sooo, I'm guessing Jennifer's Body would be a hit, because I enjoy when movies will break the 4th wall and make fun of themselves. Good recommendation!

I used to enjoy very horror movies, but nowadays, what is now sort of the "norm" for horror movie is tortune porn such as Saw (I haven't dared watch any of the movies yet), Hostel (I walked out of the movie), etc. I just don't like watching torture scenes even though I know it's just a movie. I don't know if I died while being tortured in a previous life, but I can't stomach the idea, therefore, I don't watch them. It's okay though, everybody's got their own tastes.

So I'm curious... is it the horror movie genre that has changed or something in us? I always attributed it to me growing older and sort of changing as a person, but maybe the content of the horror genre itself has changed. What do y'all think?

SB - By Torture porn, I didn't necessarily mean nudity or sex with violence, I just meant the emphasis on the torture scenes which makes me, personally, uncomfortable. What can I say, I'm a wuss.  ;D But, I don't think these movies are necessary a bad thing, it's another art form amongst others. A lot of my friends are into this.

It just reminds me when I took the bus from Panama City to San José, in Costa Rica. They said that they were going to put a movie and boy, wow. They played this thai horror film which was very gory. Let's just say it starts with quite a bang, I had to start laughing, because of all things you expect to see in public transport is that kind of film  :). When you think that on my flight back, they showed Up, Bride Wars and several episodes of Big Bang Theory.  ;D Anyways, I had to watch because I practically had no choice as the volume was very loud. Let's just say it was confusing, a thai movie with spanish subtitles, but according to wikipedia, I seem to have understood the basis of the story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_the_Devil