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Broadchurch (2013)
Excellent drama, penetrating insights into the human condition.
The only reason why I'm not giving it a 10/10 is because I have to leave a little room for humbleness. However, without a doubt, one of the best TV dramas that I have ever seen. It blends human frailty, melodramatic egos among professionals, frigid and temperamental relationships among small town residents, child anxieties, and mistrust, in a very artful way. It also shows the very real side of how people are often confused and blameworthy against everyone especially with the most flimsy of evidence.
I probably could come up with more adjectives, and penetrating analysis, but perhaps it is better for those who haven't seen, to see. It left me in tears at the end. I think about my own children, my own family, and it left me with a strange feeling of uncertainty and doubt. It will take me a long time to shake that.
Very good story-telling!
The Big Lebowski (1998)
One of the best films, period - Dude!
Come on! This is the best film ever. i', even raising this above LOTR, since this is contemporary. I grew up living like the Dude. The Dude reminds me of my Uncle...not in a bad way, but with deep respect to living one's own life.
The Coen brothers have created a film to be topped, if it was possible. Barton Fink was great..Fargo, yeah it was exceptional story-telling. But, the Dude - that was well-crafted cinema.
The only other film that I have seen of theirs that captured me as much was No Country for Old Men.
Can't wait for the next surprise!