What was the best one you saw?

In the mood to chat movies today.  I've seen some great ones lately.  And it was about time.  I've been having a long dry spell and have seen some real lousy ones, but I broke it a few weeks ago with ONDINE.

I  know I mentioned this one in a previous post about movies I was looking forward to.  I was not disappointed.  Here is a fairy tale show with a down on his luck fisherman who brings up a beautiful woman in his nets one day.  His luck changes, and he starts to tell his daughter a story about the fisherman who caught a selkie in his nets.  The daughter, in a wheelchair, and on dialysis once a week, falls into the tale and knows the woman is for real.  Now, I won't tell you the ending, but suffice, it went exactly as it should.  A sweet tale that will make you smile.  And I've never been one for Colin Farell (yes, yes, don't give me those looks) but he nailed this role, and looked mighty sexy doing it, too, with his long scruffy hair, bushy thick brows, and unintelligible speech.  Whew!  I am definitely buying this one on DVD when it come out.

I saw DESPICABLE ME and I tell you, it spoke to me as a writer.  It reminded me that the best stories make the heroes sacrifice, even the anti-heroes.  Give the hero something he wants more than anything (in Gru's case, he wants to steal the moon), and then, make him have to sacrifice that want to, in turn, win something even greater (even though the hero doesn't believe that thing is greater at the time).  The mix of enterprising, evil villain and the three orphan girls was delicious.  I love Agatha and her obsession with unicorns.  "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!".  And the minions!  A real cute show, with a sweetness that surprised me.

TOY STORY 3 knocked it out of the park for me.  I love that my kids have grown up with this movie trilogy.  I fell in love with Buzz LightYear, and I still love the plastic dude.  But my favs are the aliens.  "Oooo, the claw."  I can't imagine any mother of college age kids saw this movie and didn't cry (probably fathers, too).  Pixar knows how to write story and character.  'nuf said.

Now the show everyone is talking about, INCEPTION.  Have you seen it?  I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you have seen it, then you've probably searched for someone to chatter with about it, and if you haven't seen it, I'm sure you've seen the chatter everywhere online.  It really was something to see.  Probably not the newest or even greatest ever made, but certainly something that kept my attention, fascinated me, and gave me a great respect for the creative mind of Christopher Nolan.  The movie assumed we viewers are smart, and did not dumb itself down, or slow down, for us to catch up.  I liked that.  Another great show for writers, I thought, because it is all about the idea, and what the imagination does with that idea.

Next up?  I can't wait for SALT!  I need an Angelina Jolie fix.  And I'm loving Liev Schreiber in movies lately, too.

So what's the best movie you've seen lately?
Michele