'I love you too, but I'm gonna mace you in the face!'

Out of context, the above quote may seem funny. In context, it's just plain hilarious in the film "The Darjeeling Limited." This Wes Anderson film is about three brothers, played by Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman, who all have baggage (literally as you can see above, but also figuratively) and go on a "spiritual quest" together across India. Things don't go as planned, however.

This is the first Wes Anderson film that I've seen, though I've heard of his other ones, such as "The Royal Tenenbaums." I wouldn't necessarily recommend "The Darjeeling Limited" to everyone, because it is an acquired taste. I found it an interesting experience.

"The Darjeeling Limited" is one of a few DVDs that I recently watched. I don't go to movie theatres that often, but I do watch DVDs sometimes -- I have a pile of them from the library. Here are a couple other ones:

"Man on Wire" is a documentary about Philippe Petit, a French tightrope walker and street entertainer who performs his art illegally in 1974 between the recently constructed World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City. Through reenactments, old footage and photos, and interviews with those involved, the historic event and the planning and action that precedes it comes alive. Viewers also learn more about Petit and two previous daring, illegal performances he has done at famous locales.

There were a bunch of superlatives on the DVD case, and this documentary has won many awards, including the Oscar earlier this year. It certainly deserves the acclaim. Even though I know what happens (the DVD case basically spells it out), I still waited with anticipation for how it would transpire. Reenactments in documentaries can be cheesy and unnecessary, but they really did help tell the story in "Man on Wire." The camerawork was interesting, though there were a few times when the filmmakers made the introductions of certain people so overly dramatic that it was comical.


Finally, the other film I recently watched was "The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)," a French animated film about a grandma who goes searching for her missing bicyclist grandson and is aided by a musical trio. The images aren't cutesy and bright; they have character and use a lot of earth tones. One of the songs from the film was used in a cool dance a couple years ago on the television dance competition, "So You Think You Can Dance":