Both foreign movies...
My wife and I watched Let The Right One In a couple of days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Nothing earth shattering, just a unique take on vampires told in a quiet, understated way. The two young leads are fantastic. After watching the movie I went to IMDB and checked out some different theories on what all happened. Folks there who read the book shed lots of light on things that were a bit confusing. Really good stuff.
I also finally watched The Twilight Samurai, which I have had on DVD for ages. Just a fantastic movie. There's not a lot of action but plenty of drama in this one. It's about a widowed, low-ranking samurai that know what's important: he takes care of his 2 young daughters and goes about his business. When his childhood crush returns to his village after divorcing an abusive, higher-ranking samurai, he fights against his own code of loyalty, duty and decency. It's a terrific love story about a fundamentally good human being. This film set a record by winning 12 Japanese Academy Awards and was nominated for the Best Foriegn Film Oscar. Highly recommended.
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