I've become fond of small, character driven movies. A perfect example of this kind of small movie is "The Station Agent".
This movie is missing expensive special effects and A-list stars but more than makes up for it with good screen writing that explores interesting themes and develops very human, very real characters. I liked it for the same reasons I like "Garden State", "Lost in Translation" & "Pieces of April"; the film maker translated emotions I've felt, but find difficult to articulate, onto the big screen. If you're big into plot or summer blockbusters you'll probably want to skip this movie.
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Ohhhh! So you're the guy that is paying to see those movies. I am having a heck of difficult time finding anything I like lately. My most recent dissapointmnet was "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". This could have been a good movie, but I just did not get it...at all!
There are other ones, like 'Primer' and 'Lemony Snicket's"; both had a plot but then unravlelled at the end into a fray of strings I did not really care for and left me hanging in confusion or dismay.
Ohh, I long for the days when we had Tommie Boy or Stripes as the funniest things ever and there was some sort of formulatic plot that everyone followed. I think all that was destroyed when Tarantino relased Pulp Fiction...a good movie...but plotless!
"The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" was a little tougher to like. In the end I still can't decide if I liked it or not. It felt like the movie couldn't decide if it was a comedy or a drama or what.