Movies that you should see:

1) WINGED MIGRATION
A terribly awesom film that will leave you slack jawed at its visual beauty. I'm a big mark for bird documentaries (my big dark secret), and this film left me breathless. You will be wondering how they got most of the shots, as none of them are done with special effects. None. There are special effects in the movie, but none of the bird footage is computer generated or altered, and if it is, when it is, it is very obvious and intentional. Nature is beautiful, and it is ironic that seeing a movie made me remember this fact. Just stunning on so many levels.

2) BIG FISH
Tim Burton's best, hands down. It will leave you with a warm, sad feeling in your heart. It embodies the emotions of "The Sandlot" and "The Royal Tennenbaums", however it is great in its own right. Everything is perfect, and thus this is an excellent film. Anyone who says otherwise is nitpicking. The only, THE ONLY film that has ever brought me close to tears in the theater. That's right. The cynical bastard had a warm fuzzy feeling and almost cried. Go see it. You'll be bawling too.

3) WHALERIDER
Another awesome movie concerning a little girl and her grapples with coming to age in New Zealand. Predictable, but like many great films, it plays with its own predictable nature and makes something new and great out of it, just like "Bend it Like Beckham". The girl tries to find herself, whales, and amazing acting in the film, and actually finds all 3. This is a movie where one performance is great, and then the others are even better. Where did they find so many great actors? New Zealand of course. Duh.

Saw "Winged Migration" today, and the other 2 in theatres. Go see all of them now, and thank me later. You won't be sorry, not a bit. Until later, when I get depressed, toodles.