I found the ending of Billy Elliot was worst bit - an hour and a half of investment in cheeky Jamie Bell, feted over the past months as the next big thing thing and the finale involves some totally arb dancer who we've never met before.

If you want to be charitable lets call it distanciation, but surely hardly the time for Brecht ?

I wish Britain could be something else other than tut pit, or up and down the apples and pears.

Two penneth worth (to continue Northern slant) Panic Room was v. disappointing. Now Fight Club is a movie and a half.

Hafidha wrote:

'The only part of it that sticks out in my mind is the very last moment, when the grown up Billy leaps across the stage in his Swan Lake costume. That image was beautiful and satisfying. I still
think on it with fondness.'

Yes, I could watch that film (Billy Elliot) again and again just for that moment - and also for the look upon Billy's fathers face. . . .breathtaking. Don't think you missed anything in Panic Room. . . . .

"It therefore might be helpful to us to rid ourselves of the habit of always hearing only what we already understand" Martin Heidegger.