We've been catching up on our netflix queue in the last week or so and have lucked out with some great movie pics. Here some of our favorites. The titles link to Netflix.

Battlestar Galactica - We don't have cable or watch much TV so we never caught this series on SciFi. A great series. The writing and acting is great. It also has a lot of interesting analogies and abstractions as they relate to our current society. Here's a clip with Dr. Gaius Baltar, as he's being tortured and questioned by the Ceylons (Lucy Lawless). The Ceylons were created by man and the relationship is interesting in that they seek destroy mankind and at the same time seem to have a deep desire to be loved and accepted by man.



The New World - A new interpretation of the story of the first settlers to the New World and the story of John Smith and Pocohontas. The story unfolds slowly, but like Battlestar Galactica makes some thoughtful analogies to our current society and the paradigms that we currently live with.



No Country for Old Men - Another Cohen Brothers classic set in west Texas. Here's a scene from the movie. Interesting that they didn't use any score that I remember. Most of the tension of the scenes are built by using the natural sounds of the scene, in some cases they seem to be amplified (boot steps, wind etc..).