Lots of movies and documentaries

I took last week off. I pretty much slept, ate and caught up on my Netflix queue.

• Killer at Large: a good documentary about obesity. My favorite person was the Militant Lunch Lady.
• The Trials of Henry Kissinger: that man was crazy.
• Frost Nixon - Watergate Interviews: the actual interview. Nixon was another crazy man. It's scary hearing him talk about the incident and take no responsibility whatsoever. He truly believes he did nothing wrong.
• Miracle at St. Anna: I liked the story, but maybe it was something about the execution of the story.. I wasn't too impressed.
• Sweet Bird of Youth: Tennessee Williams and Paul Newman can do no wrong.
• King Corn: two guys decide to grow an acre of corn. It's disturbing to see how farming corn has turned into a huge industry where nutrients are not really valued. It's more about production and turning the corn into unhealthy things we put in our food.
• After Innocence: documentary about men who are exonerated. Working on reentry issues, this was an enlightening documentary. There are so many resources for those who are released from prison, but none for those who are exonerated. It makes no sense.
• Frontline - Inside the Meltdown: an analysis of the economic meltdown.
• The Natural History of the Chicken: this turned out to be a surprisingly good documentary. It looks at different ways of raising chicken and what this means for the consumer.
• The Devil Came on Horseback: documentary about a military official who goes to monitor the peace zone between Sudan and Darfur for the African Union. He starts documenting what he sees. I liked the documentary because it portrayed the situation in a personal and real manner.
• Darfur Now: This documentary looked at the genocide in a more big picture perspective. It analyzed policies and was shot beautifully.
• Confessions of a Superhero: documentary following four character actors who take pictures with tourists on Hollywood Blvd. It's kind of depressing. Overall, a solid documentary.
• The Machine Girl: Japanese movie about a girl who gets her arm chopped off, gets a machine girl as a prosthetic and seeks revenge against all the bullies who killed her younger brother. Yep, it's so bad, it's good.
• The Host: I didn't really like it. I don't know why it did so well in Korea. Ryan's take on the movie: "Everyone was so overly-dramatic. Even the creature was dramatic. You Koreans and your drama and your soaps." I had no response.