Edward Scissorhands
This Frankenstein tale from Tim Burton may have misleading poster. I myself thought that it is a horror flick. But Edward Scissorhands is, hopefully it's right to say, safe for children. The character is adorable (though pitiful), the story is full of imagination (the story begins with a children asking "Grandma, where does snow come from?"), and the visual is jut great. One of Tim Burton's masterpiece.
Into The Wild
This biopic about Chris McCandless is very enjoyable to watch and brings out the anti-capitalism spirit within us. It uses the Shawshank Redemption approach where the naration about the main character is spoken by a supporting character, hence making the main character mysterious. The script somewhat has no structure kind of feeling (just follow his journey) but it's not boring. And I have to mention the music by Eddie Vedder which is an integral part of the storytelling. Great adaptation.
The Reader
We may familiar with a NAZI film like Schindler's List or The Pianist. But this one is different. The Reader is about a relationship between a law student and an ex SS guard. It raises questions such as, if your loving parents were killing people at the concentration camp, could you love them still? Are they guilty? This is heavy stuff hidden in a hot sexual relationship of a couple from two different generation. I like Stephen Daldry for The Hours alone. With The Reader, I think he'll become one of my favorite directors. And Kate Winslet deserves her Oscar.
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