can I slit my wrists now?

[winterbadger]

Flipping through my "saved to Instant view" list on Netflix, I came across a lode of Scottish films I added all together and decided to watch "Aberdeen".

Wow. I think the blinding headache and the feeling of mild-to-medium nausea I'm feeling may be the result of putting my contacts in again after a couple of weeks of not wearing them, plus too much coffee during our work off-site today. But it may be the result of watching the far-too-good acting of Stellan Skarsgard as a bingeing alcoholic and Lena Headey as his despairing and frequently coked-up daughter road-trip their way across Norway, England, and Scotland.

That is the sort of movie that is hard to watch, difficult to enjoy, but shows incredible talent by writer, director, and--most of all--actors.

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[redactrice.livejournal.com]

I felt that way about Pan's Labyrinth. I don't think I can ever watch that incredible movie again, having had the full-on-intense movie theater experience the first time. Luckily, I remember it pretty well.

Just saw a very good film: Winter's Bone. So realistically acted that you think you're watching real life (or a subset of it, anyway) rather than a movie.

[winterbadger]

Mmmm, I think I saw some previews for that a while back and thought it looked good.

As an antidote to my movie hangover, one friend has suggested

this fine-looking Scottish film

but Peter found this, which has to be the most awesome upcoming movie ever. :-) He and Bryan and I are very psyched!