Happiness

This time, the 200TH film I watched in 2009. You read that correctly, the 200TH film I've watched in 2009.

Happiness
Directed by Hur Jin-ho, starring Hwang Jung-Min and Im Soo-Jung.

Happiness is a lovely film about two terminally ill people that meet in a sanatorium, and their struggle to live and love. While the description may sound sappy, the film isn't. With Hur's direction and Hwang and Im's acting, Happiness is one of the finest films I've seen. The mixture of humor, romance, and drama is top notch, and leaves one clamoring for more.

I didn't realize until well after watching Happiness that it would be the 200TH film I'd watched in 2009. Looking back, I can't think of many films that would have been a better choice.

Fresh Feeling

Great films, good films, and crap make up the following list of films I recently viewed.

Confidentially Yours - Great
Shoot the Pianist - Great
Detective - Godard made Crap
Lost Highway - Crap
The Golem: How He Came Into the World - Good
Out Of the Dark - Good
High Noon - So good it just might be Great
No Blood, No Tears - Crap
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Surprise, surprise, Crap
Blood Simple - Good
American Psycho - I had heard it was good, it is Crap
Night At the Museum: Battle For the Smithsonian - Crap
Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat - Crap
Touch of Evil - Great
The Banquet - Good
Star Trek - Good, for a Star Trek film
Drag Me To Hell - Quite Good
The Woman Next Door - Great

Be sure to check back later this week for a special post about the 200TH film I watched in 2009.