Requiem for a Dream

I have the DVD and I've seen it so many times on IFC....but I can only claim to have seen it from beginning to end only once. Since that one time, I have been unable to watch it completely. It breaks my heart to see Ellen Burstyn's character fall apart. I can't bear to watch any further than the scene when Jared Leto visits her and noticing her grinding her teeth.

"Ma, you're on uppers, aren't ya?"

Jarhead

I don't know what it is but I'm still disturbed by what I saw in Jarhead this past weekend. For me, personally, it felt like a rip-off of Full Metal Jacket...and I don't believe there as any way that movie can every be remade....ever....and I hope I'm dead by the time hollywood even tries. Nobody up to this point has come close to Lee Ermey's drill sargeant and Vincent D'Onfrio's Gomer Pile characters.

To the movie's credit, I think Peter Saarsgard did a great job. His performance was most believable.