[James Brancheau]

has anyone seen Let Me In? A remake of the Swedish film Let The Right One In. Never watched the original, but both are slightly different takes (from what I hear) on the same book. The American version was surprisingly good, and from a director who's basically done crapola (Planet of the Apes etc etc). It's for sure one of the best movies I've seen in the last few years.

[Shaun J. Russell]

It's one of my favorite movies of the last few years as well...and also one of John Whitworth's, as it happens. He and I had a PM exchange about it a few years ago. I would go so far as to call it one of my favorite movies, period.

I enjoy the Swedish original as well, but I really think the remake hit a few notes that the initial version missed.

[James Brancheau]

Oh God, Shaun, I'd like to do my official movie rankings, but that's hard to do. If pushed to it, it may well make my top 25. It's just so well done. I should see the original though. Because I like it I looked it up. Did you know it was the 5th lowest grossing movie of 2010? That made me proud.

[Shaun J. Russell]

Funnily enough, I've been tracking my movie watching on IMDb since 2003, so I have around 1400 rankings on file. They sometimes change over time, of course, but I've got a quick and easy way to remember my favorite movies.

Nothing will dethrone The English Patient though, I don't think.

[James Brancheau]

Shine is near the very top for me. It's been years since I watched The English Patient and should probably check it out again. I remember liking Juliette Binoche quite a bit in that one.