movies I'm not going to spoil

Cloverfield and No Country for Old Men.

Monsters first. I liked Cloverfield. It was more or less exactly what I was expecting, which is good on the one hand and bad on another. My biggest complaint about the movie is that the trailers they showed on TV gave away far too much about the movie. Far, far too much. If you haven't paid much attention to the trailers, or missed them entirely, go see the movie. You'll probably enjoy it a bit more than I did since you won't be watching waiting for the next scene from the trailer you haven't seen yet. But still, all in all, it was a good movie.

Also, everything they said about motion sickness, probably true. If the Blair Witch Project made you woozy, this will be far worse.

Now for the quiet movie. I think the biggest thing I took away from No Country was that it was a remarkably quiet movie. There really isn't a lot of dialogue at all. This, however, does not detract from the movie. The only thing that can detract from a movie that forces you to carefully listen to everything that's going on is the other people in the theater with you who think you can't hear them talking incessantly who you strangle and leave for dead in a bathroom. Now the end of the movie, I felt, was lacking something. I'm not sure what, but the end could have had something more. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the movie. There were bits that were bloody awesome, and the everpresent feel of the movie, the quiet and intensity created thereof, was well worth a slightly lacking end. I definitely understand why it would be nominated for best picture. I imagine it's got about a snowball's chance in hell of winning, but I totally get why it's up there.

In conclusion: if you don't have motion sickness, go see Cloverfield. It's harder to suggest people go see No Country, as it is very Cohen brothers to an extreme, but if you like the Cohen brothers, it's worth a shot.

The only question now is, what movie do I go see next? Rambo? Maybe...