Tuesday, August 07, 2007

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i can't stop myself from posting!

i watched 'half nelson' last night. the subject matter (crackhead teacher and student who discovers his secret) totally put me off, so i never saw it in the theater and wasn't chomping at the bit to watch it on video. but, oscar nominee ryan gosling did put his arm around me once, so i figured i should give it a shot.

i long ago gave up on owning dvd's because i so infrequently watch them once i own them (with the exception of 'the talented mr. ripley' and 'the comeback'), but i think i'm gonna have to buy this one. i saw a clip from ebert & roeper in which roeper calls it a masterpiece, and i think he's right. i couldn't believe how good this movie was and how it side-stepped all of the schmaltz it could've drowned in at any second.

here's the trailer, though beware: they cut it to look like the afterschool special/uplifting urban drama that it's absolutely not:

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