We’ve got two great movies coming up: Children of Men (May 16th) and Pan’s Labyrinth (June 6th). Both are from Mexican directors. Last year, we watched The Devil’s Backbone from the same director as Pan’s Labyrinth. I’ll be on summer vacation in June, so the June 20th movie night (Thank You for Smoking) will feature a backyard cookout before the movie. On July 4th, instead of a movie we’ll have a party and probably walk downtown to watch the fireworks.

Feel free to use this forum to post suggested movies and ideas to make movie night more enjoyable.

Questions I’m curious about:

Would people be interested in watching Pink Floyd: The Wall?
Would anyone else ever be interested in hosting movie night? I can’t host one of them in August because I’ll be in Greece.
Maybe someone could take charge of hosting a movie night at the new office space sometime?

May I suggest Idiocracy.

Plot outline:
Private Joe Bowers, the definition of “average American”, is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he’s easily the most intelligent person alive.

IMDB Idiocracy

Something to think about

I would LOVE to watch The Wall.  It’s one of my favorites.

The only movie I can think of that most people aren’t familiar with is All About Lily Chou-Chou. Note: it is a Japanese film.

From Amazon:
Yuichi is in the 8th grade and worships Lily Chou-Chou, a Bjork-like chanteuse whose music is lush and transcendent – the perfect tool to escape the pain and anxiety that fills his brutal life in Japan. At home, Yuichi rarely leaves his room, spending all his time in the chat room of Lily Chou-Chou’s fan website, but little by little, the reality of Yuichi’s offline life becomes unbearable when he is ensnared in a nightmare of teenage prostitution, petty theft, and possible murder. A hauntingly poetic story in the vein of Battle Royale, All About Lily Chou-Chou is a disturbing look at the terror and isolation that characterizes today’s youth of Japan.