slacked...but...Smiley Face (2007)

I admit it. I have lost my commitment to this project a little bit.  I am starting fresh tomorrow and my goal is to make up for it by doubling up when I can this week to catch up.  I really want to make this a 365 movie year!  This week was a little crazy for me with my Dad having surgery on Tuesday and being in the hospital until today, so I only "attempted" to watch one movie over the past week and I didn't even finish it so I shouldn't even give any kind of review.  The movie was Smiley Face starring Anna Faris.  I actually really enjoy Anna Faris, so I looked forward to watching this movie especially since one of the co-stars was John Krasinski who I crush on a little bit.  So far....I did not have the patience for this movie.  Its most definitely a stoner movie.  The main character, Jane, already stoned, gets even more stoned when she accidentally eats her roommates pot filled cupcakes during a bout of the munchies.  This sets her off in a series of mishaps, one worse than the next throughout the movie.  I did find it mildly amusing so I will finish it and then perhaps revisit this post and give a complete review, but for now I would say...I wasn't loving it.  I think I owe myself like 6 extra movies this week. Wish me luck!!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780608/

The Fighter (2010)

Yep. I know...I already watched and reviewed this one during the movie marathon earlier this year.  I just had to watch it as soon as it was available on DVD, because I really and truly feel this was one of the best movies of last year, no doubt about it.  After a second viewing it only confirmed that opinion. I liked it so much I will probably end up owning it before the year is up so I can watch it a few more times, and see what kind of bonus features the DVD might have.  I thought Christian Bale was so incredible, and it was such a powerful performance that I just don't think I can get enough of it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/

Arranged (2007)

Sometimes I just get lucky. I wasn't even in the mood to watch a movie, so I closed my eyes, pushed the little arrow button on my Roku remote, and stopped without looking...I landed on this little gem of a flick.  I don't even know why I originally added it to my list, but it was exactly what I was looking for, without even knowing it.  I love movies like this, that make you really care about the characters and the decisions they make.  This was a nice, fresh little movie.  The story is kind of wholesome, a young Muslim girl and an Orthodox Jewish girl become friends while working at a small public school in Brooklyn. Of course, throughout the movie we find out that of course, they are more alike than they are different, as they share with each other the complexities of each of their religious/cultural beliefs about arranged marriages.  I found the whole thing to be not only interesting, but gave me a little bit of insight into a practice (would we call it a practice?) that I assumed wasn't really an issue anymore. I was both surprised and interested to see how each family approached the experience and how each girl both worked through their emotions and feelings about their upcoming "matches".  I really liked this movie.  Both girls were excellent, I especially became fond of Zoe Lister-Jones who played Rochel, the Orthodox Jewish girl.  I feel like I may have seen her before, but I think she absolutely beautiful and did an amazing job at really making me feel the struggle that she was going through about finding a husband.  I really recommend this movie, I think it is sweet, charming, romantic comedy. And even though the movie was most definitely about the cultural and religious experiences of these two girls, its underlying themes of friendship, family, romance and hope for the future are universal. I can't think of anything bad to say about it.  Watch it...you won't be sorry.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848542/

Red State (2011)

Wow. Holy. Freaking. Crap. There, you see what I did there? I did that without the vulgarity I felt like spewing, and that most of you know that I really wanted to say...but just in case that would offend someone, I decided to censor a bit.  I don't know why, just felt like it I guess. Okay, so Bubba and I, got a rare night out together, and forked out a chunky sum ($49 per ticket) and went to Ann Arbor to see a pre-release screening of "Red State" along with a bonus Q&A session with the director...my favorite...Kevin Smith.  I didn't go into this expecting to love it. I love Kevin Smith, I am sure everyone knows this about me by now, something about him...not even sure what it is, but I really love him.  I love all his movies, the raunchier sometimes the better.  I love them though, in part, because they are funny. I think they are funny in ways that other movies aren't.  They are funny in ways that make you cringe because you laughed, sometimes because something is so dirty you can't even believe you heard it, let alone laughed at it. But this post can't be about my undying love for Kevin Smith.  It needs to be about "Red State" which was NOT the usual Kevin Smith type flick.  For starters, its being called a "horror" movie. I don't know that I would agree with that assessment.  It did have the aspects of a horror movie, the entire first 15 minutes or so definitely felt like a horror  movie...without giving too many plot points away (though you can read almost all of them somewhere on the internet) 3 boys find an ad on a Craiglist type of site, for a woman who would have sex with them at once.  They take off to a secluded trailer in the woods to meet this woman, played with perfect creepiness by this year's Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winner, Melissa Leo.  She then drugs them and they are taken away to some compound/church where they are then to be tortured by a Phelps-like family of Christian Extremists.  The great Michael Parks plays Pastor Abin Cooper with sinister perfection. Oh I loved him in this movie.  The movie from here turns into something more Tarantino in feel....lots of quick paced bloody action scenes, some hand held camera stuff. It was really pretty awesome.  Like nothing Kevin Smith has ever done before for sure. Later he commented that he was trying something more Tarantino by way of the Coen Brothers and I feel like he nailed that pretty good.  All the while of course, you still get some bits of his great dialogue and humor.  One of my favorite things was that I got to see one of my favorite people Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin from Mister Rogers Neighborhood) again. I was so excited to see her as one of the church congregation that I almost clapped with glee!  John Goodman was my favorite part of the movie, playing an ATF agent that was after the family for their illegal arms issues!  This was disturbing, while still being entertaining.  I can't wait to see it again and see how many more interesting things I can find about this movie.  I hope he brings it through another time on a tour like this, before its release in October. I loved the fact that he spent a few hours afterwards answering questions. Why? Because I freaking love this man.  I can't wait to hear what he has to say!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0873886/

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

First the good stuff: I loved the animation, and the voices.  Now for the rest: I didn't get this movie.  Ian enjoys it, I picked it up for him cheap because our Blockbuster is going out of business and so I finally bothered to try to watch it.  I found it interesting enough because of the incredibly different animation.  I thought the story was just okay, and kind of slow.  Worth watching?  Probably....I think most people will like this. I think I must be super picky when it comes to animated movies, because there have been so many well reviewed movies that I just didn't "get" and this is one of them.  Part of the problem could be I had a headache and was super tired, so maybe I just wasn't in the mood to watch it, but I don't know that I would watch it again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/

Babies (2010)

Cute. Not much more I can say about this movie. It was super cute.  If you don't like babies, or don't find how other cultures raise their babies...probably not for you.  This movie records the year in the life of 4 different babies in very different cultures. I found it very interesting, and of course...super adorable.  There isn't any dialogue, and most of the time you don't even see the heads and faces of the adults in the worlds of these 4 adorable freaking babies.  I never felt bored watching it though,but I can see how one might get bored or lose interest.  Chloe sat and watched a lot of this and seemed to find it riveting! Of course it made me want to run out and get myself another baby right away!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020938/

Crazy Little Thing (2002)

IMDB has this listed as The Perfect You, but Netflix has Crazy Little Thing. I have no clue which one is the real title, but I am very late in posting this review, and as usual...I will be changing the date to keep consistent with my schedule!  I am almost embarrassed to say I actually really enjoyed this.  Its definitely low budget, and pretty predictable with a plotline similar to most "chick flicks" but this definitely isn't really one of them. It reminded me a little bit of When Harry Met Sally, with more explicit sex!  Jenny McCarthy, who I enjoy for some reason. I find her easy to relate to, adorable and I think she has incredible comedic timing. I think that she is very underappreciated and I think that she really should work more. Chris Eigeman is one of my favorite boys. I can never see him enough, and though he almost always plays the same type of character...he does it so well!  I laughed out loud more than once in this movie, and found it far funnier than I expected it to.  From the picture on Netflix I figured this would be more like a lifetime channel romantic comedy but I found it to be more of an independent film romantic comedy.  I would definitely watch this again, and would recommend it with the warning that there are definite sexual situations in this movie and lots of sex talk.  But I thought it was worth watching.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258877/

Man from Earth (2007)

LOVED this. That being said, its probably not for everyone. This is a great piece of Science Fiction.  The screenplay for this movie was written by Sci-Fi writer Jerome Bixby (who wrote the story that one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes was based on)  I really enjoyed this, though I do wish I had watched it earlier and not after such a long day, becuase it was super thought provoking and interesting, but being tired, I don't think I gave it the focus it deserved. I will be watching this again, no doubt about it.  The entire movie takes place in one setting, the empty house of a man claiming to be a Cro-Magnon who has survived all these years.  His friends are gathered here to say goodbye when he springs this story on them.  The rest of the movie is really the group discussing the possibilities of this claim.  I loved that it was mostly dialogue based. The acting was okay.  I was a little freaked out by the presence of Tony Todd who will always be "Candyman" to me (from the horror film of the same name), but I got used to him.  I really enjoyed the ideas presented here. It was very intriguing and I believe I would enjoy reading this a little more than watching, because sometimes I think I need to see it in writing.  Great stuff.  Its not for the closed minded, not for people who can't take low budget movies without big name actors and CGI effects.  But I think that its really worth watching for anyone that can appreciate a good Sci-Fi story. One review I read called it a Sci-Fi version of 12 Angry Men...I think thats a perfect way to describe it.  Definitely worth watching.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/

Harmony and Me (2009)

I must have missed something here, because I didn't like this AT ALL!  I usually find redeeming qualities in most movies I watch.  This one had a decent star rating on Netflix.  It looked like a quiet nice little movie.  Either I am just not cool enough to "get" movies like this....or this movie sucked.  Not sure which one is true.  The movie is basically about this guy named Harmony that spends most of the movie whining and moping his way around because his girlfriend broke up with him.  His friends are odd, his family even more bizarre. The music was just okay. I felt like I was really missing something.  There is no way that many people enjoyed this movie!  I read a lot of great reviews, people thought it was so funny and true.  I get the true part.  I think a lot of it was definitely honest. But eh...didn't like it.  I laughed out loud at one part, at the funeral of his boss ( just in case anyone watches) only part I found funny enough to mention. I would not watch this again. It is short though, so for anyone mildly curious, I would love to read some comments about this!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196165/

Due Date (2010)

I went into this one with low expectations. I remember seeing the preview this summer and thinking it looked pretty funny, but I lost the desire to see it after reading several bad reviews.  Usually I don't really pay much attention to reviews, because I often like things that critic's don't enjoy.  This time however, my focus was elsewhere (probably still in NYC with American Idiot) so I never bothered to see the movie.  So all of that being said...I actually enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.  I really, really, really like Zach Galifianakis (I hope I spelled that right) and I still very much enjoy Robert Downey Jr most of the time as well.  The plot was definitely NOT something fresh and new. In fact, it reminded me so much of Planes, Trains and Automobiles ( a far superior movie in every single way in my not professional opinion) that at times it annoyed me because it felt like a rip-off. Robert Downey Jr, plays a man trying to get home for the birth of his first child, Zach Galifianakis plays a stranger that he has the luck of crossing paths with and having to get across the country together trying to get to LA in time. I have seen it before for sure. However... all that being said. I enjoyed this.  I laughed a few times, I was horrified and grossed out a few times.  The best I can say about it is, it entertained me, and that's all I was looking for last night.  Was it worth a paid rental? Eh, maybe not. However, we had a credit to use for CinemaNow so it didn't cost us anything. I think Bubba liked it more than I did, but I was not sorry I watched it.  If you like either of these guys...check it out. If you like the idea of the plot but want a better movie..check out John Hughes' "Planes Trains and Automobiles" starring Steve Martin and the late great John Candy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/

I Think We're Alone Now (2008)

Wow. Let me just start by saying that out loud. Wow again. This movie really disturbed me on a whole lot of levels.  I remember reading someone's Facebook status that they were watching this movie, so I thought I would check it out since it was readily available for instant streaming.  Holy crap it was sort of creepy but fascinating at the same time.  The movie chronicles the lives of two different fans that are obsessed, with 1980's pop star/mall singer Tiffany.  The first one we meet is Jeff Turner, a man with Aspergers, who seems to be in his 40s.  At some point there was even a restraining order against him as he was accused of stalking the singer.  The second fan is Kelly, a hermaphrodite who feels that she is meant to be with Tiffany after having a vision of her during a near death experience.  The whole thing was bizarre and pretty creepy, yet I couldn't look away.  As far as a documentary goes, it was just okay, nothing spectacular. Obviously they didn't get the rights to any of Tiffany's music, which did make the concert scene seem a little off.  Also want to point out that Tiffany looked fantastic, that girl aged very well!  But overall this movie was just pretty disturbing and a little sad.  Was it worth watching.  Absolutely! Will it creep you out?  Probably.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152828/

The Good Life (2007)

I really like Zooey Deschanel, so if I find a movie she is in, I will almost always watch it.  This was pretty much a downer. I am not complaining, sometimes I really enjoy a dreary independent film.  This wasn't awful, but I am not sure I would recommend it either.  She looks as beautiful as always and you even get to hear her interesting and beautiful singing voice, but I am not sure that is enough to make me watch this again or tell someone to watch it.  Its a very lonely movie, and basically all the characters in the movie are freaking lonely. Its sad really.  Its about a kid who very clearly doesn't fit in, wants to get out of his town/situation etc, but feels obligated for various reasons to stay there.  In small ways it reminded me of Wendy and Lucy as far as the feeling of hopelessness and despair, although overall I liked this much better, and it did give me a more hopeful feeling in the end.  But it was definitely a sad little movie.  The performances are really good though, and sometimes thats enough. Mark Webber, who plays Jason is really special.  I have seen him a few times, most recently in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and I really think he is the real deal.   Also you get a few minutes of the adorable Patrick Fugit, and I really love him.  I know, I know...this review is all over the place. I probably should have though it over before posting, but I was so happy to have finally caught up with my blog I wanted to get it over with!  Its on instant Netflix, so if you like small, sad movies, check this one out. It may not disappoint you.  How is that for a recommendation??
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790676/

The F Word (2005)

I always watch movies with Josh Hamilton whenever I can. I really like him, and I just don't see him enough.  This was actually better than I expected. Its not a documentary, but it is presented almost like one.  Josh Hamilton plays a disgruntled radio host, from a station that the FCC is shutting down because of obscenity.  He decides to take to the streets on his last day on air, and talk to people that are out protesting the Republican National Convention.  The cool thing about this movie is that throughout the movie is actual footage from protests from that day. He speaks to both real people as well as actors and though the movie is definitely left leaning (and I am sure many conservative people will say its just the usual liberal crap) I thought that he did try to be fair, and did work to speak with some people from both sides. Even if overall the feel was anti-Bush I still found it to be an honest portrayal of how people felt during that time.  I loved the real footage and found it really interesting.  I especially loved that it was set in NY, and he goes all over the place throughout the day.  My one complaint is this bizarre surreal dream sequence that occurs in Central Park. I am not really sure what the point was supposed to be there, but it didn't really fit in with the rest of the movie.   I thought it was a good movie, it asked some good questions, and encouraged you to get involved with whatever you feel strongly about. Make your voice heard.  This was worth watching. Oh...and there is swearing in this movie, just a warning.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447953/

83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)

This is like a double cheat.  Not only isn't this a movie (though it is ALL about movies) I didn't even watch it when it was on. I had to watch the DVR'd version of it on Tuesday!  In the past 25 years, this is the first time that I did not host or attend an Oscar party. First time in even longer that I didn't watch them live. I have been watching the Oscars telecast ever since I was very young.  Okay, here is my brief review.  Glad I didn't stay home to watch it this year, glad I saw American Idiot instead. Its not that I was unhappy with any of the winners. In fact, it went exactly as I had hoped it would. I wanted Christian Bale to win Supporting Actor (even though I liked others...) I really REALLY wanted Colin Firth to win for The Kings Speech, and he finally did.  I was happy with Natalie Portman for Best Actress though I didn't love Black Swan all that much.  I even wanted Melissa Leo to win for The Fighter (though I don't know if anybody annoyed me as much as she did during her acceptance speech...that was not adorable, that was just annoying) The Kings Speech was my pick for Best Picture...so I was happy there.  Even the writing/art categories went the way I had hoped. Is that why I was bored? Was it that I watched it alone?  I am not even sure.  Here is what I do know: James Franco and Anne Hathaway were not great hosts. I like both of them for different reasons but I didn't find them at all appealing as hosts. It almost felt like they were hosting SNL or the MTV Movie Awards instead of the Oscars. I also think the writing was pretty bad. Some of the presenter choices...not great.  By far, this was my least favorite Oscar show for as long as I can remember.  I will say Anne's dresses were stunning, but I am not sure have anything else positive to say about it at all.  Anyone see a different show than I did??

American Idiot on Broadway (2010)

Okay...you can't see this on Netflix, or rent it from the video store.  You might be able to see it on tour this fall in a city near you! An even better option is to take a trip to NYC and see it for yourself.  everyone that knows me, knows of my obsession for this show.  I saw it on a trip to NYC in June, and it has literally taken over my life.  Its not for everyone. I know a few people that really just didn't like it at all, and I know a few more that would HATE it based on politics alone.  I freaking loved it.  This was my 5th time seeing the show, my third trip to NY to do so. I think the music is just incredible. I have always enjoyed the Green Day album American Idiot, but to be honest...I am a musical girl. If the music isn't singer/songwriter/folk style...then it has to have a full sound. Big production type sound with lots of harmonies and just awesome sound.  That is the Original Broadway Cast Recording.  If you do nothing else... you should at least check out the music.  Their version of 21 Guns could play 24 hours a day and I would never tire of it.  I took Ian with me this time to see it, and of course he loved the music, both kids have been forced fed it since June of last year.  But the part I loved about Ian's experience is how much he loved the lighting and stage design. He was in awe of the set up.  All his comments to me were stage related, and after the show was over...I was lucky enough to get to meet Michael Mayer, the director, and Ian's only question to him was about the stage! "how many trap doors do you have in this place?" I was quite embarrassed, but he didn't mind, he seemed to find it amusing.  There is sex and drug use in this show...not really appropriate for kids Ian's age, unless you want to do a whole lot of explaining. I lucked out. Ian was so mesmerized by the stage and everything happening there, he didn't give a shit about the story at all.  Not sure if thats good or bad, but it worked out for me.  We didn't have to have any kind of conversation about it!  Its an hour and a half long, no intermission, very little dialogue and a lot of fantastic music.
http://americanidiotonbroadway.com/index.php

We Live in Public (2009)

Another one that was just okay for me. I did find the subject matter very interesting. I had never heard of this guy before and found his life very intriguing. The movie is a look at the life of Josh Harris an early internet pioneer. I had never even heard of him before I started to watch this. I found some of his predictions about the online world pretty haunting, considering he was making these predictions years and years before the creation of things like Facebook and other social networking outlets.  The early parts of the movie were very interesting to me.  How he got his start, made his money and his ideas.  Then I started to lose interest as he started going off path a little bit and his newer projects were just a little odd and even disturbing to me as he starts veering off into almost a performance art direction.  There was a lot of original footage and interviews that I made this worth watching if you have any interest in this type of story.  It was decent.  Not spectacular, but again, I think expectations are still a bit high and perhaps I should stop watching documentaries until Dear Zachary is out of my head...if that ever happens!  The next two entries are going to be complete cheats. I refuse to say I gave up this project...however I did spend over 20 hours in the car over a 48 hour period, so not much time for movie watching!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498329/

I Need That Record (2008)

I didn't like this as much as I expected to like it.  That's not saying its not good, I just wasn't really in the mood for a documentary, but I finished it anyway.  Also I think my expectations are kind of high for a documentary right now because Dear Zachary is still burned in my brain and nothing seems to be living up to that movie for me.  This is a short film about the fall of the independent record stores.  I decided to watch this as one of my favorite independent record stores back in my old town of Roseville, Michigan, is closing its doors. I spent hours in Record Time every few weeks just browsing through the bins trying to find something interesting and new.  I love vinyl and sometime in the next year or so I want to get something to play my records on, as my last player was tossed out, broken in the move.  That being said...I like downloading my music too. I like my iPod. I like that I have more than 3,000 songs on it and still have tons and tons of space for more. I like that I can make MP3s out of audio bootlegs that I find from Broadway shows that I love.  At the same time. I will never stop buying music.  I don't buy CD's much anymore, though I have here and there. I mainly use iTunes or Amazon and download the MP3 version of the album.  I guess I am part of the problem.  Maybe thats why I didn't love the movie. Of course I don't want to see record stores closing down. I love the idea of them. When I see a cool one and I have time, I always stop in and look around.  I don't even have a non-chain one anywhere around me (that I know of anyway...) and once I get back the option of listening to vinyl again, I am sure I will start searching for places to find music again.  This was just okay for me (I feel like Randy Jackson on American Idol giving a basic opinion) kind of worth watching, definitely seems pretty one sided, which is okay sometimes in a documentary. I don't know. I would love to have someone else watch this and give their opinion! It is available for instant streaming on Netflix right now...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274725/

Daybreakers (2009)

Oh Ethan Hawke....I am still not over you yet.  I should start by saying I have loved Ethan Hawke for many, many years.  I haven't been thrilled with his movie choices lately...but I tend to watch them anyway just because I love him so much.  The knowledge that he lives in NY, makes me look for him everywhere I go, every time I am there. Its sad really.  He isn't even aging as well as I expected him to.  Okay...so enough about that part.  I actually found this to be pretty entertaining, and a nice fresh take on the Vampire movies.  Warning: this is NOT for the faint of heart.  This is pretty violent. I can handle violence but I had to turn my head a few times from this one.  I won't give too much away, but the movie is set in the future, and vampires are pretty much running Earth (some sort of plague has turned the humans into Vampires).  The humans that are left are underground, traveling only by day, hiding, trying to stay alive. Because the humans are becoming few and far between, the Vampires are facing a serious blood shortage, Ethan Hawke plays a Vampire and Scientist that is trying to come up with a synthetic blood supply to help solve the problem.  I feel like if I say too much more that will give away some of the more interesting plot lines.  This was by no means a fantastic movie.  However, the idea of it was interesting enough for me to find it pretty entertaining.  Ethan Hawke was just an added bonus.  I don't know that I would recommend this to everyone...but for sure I would say that if you like apocalyptic type movies, you might want to give this one a shot.  Do not watch it if you can't handle violence, because this one gets kind of rough.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/

Basic Black: The Lewis Black Story

This was an interesting, very short (69 minutes) documentary.  I have mixed feelings about Lewis Black. Sometimes I find him hysterically funny and right on the money.  Sometimes his anger annoys me.  I am not an angry person by nature. So people that are angry all the time just send out too much negative energy for me, and I get easily annoyed.  If I am in the right mood, I find him amusing.  My dad really likes him, and of course, I love my Dad, so I always give Lewis Black a chance to entertain me.  This was actually pretty good because it wasn't just a stand up DVD.  It was more of a biographical documentary.  I found it pretty interesting.  Also appealing is that some of it was filmed in Detroit at the Fillmore.  I always love seeing Detroit and Michigan in movies.  I didn't realize that he has been around as long as he has...some of the footage dated back to the 1980's.  If you like Lewis Black...you should watch this. Its interesting to know how he got to where he is. If you don't like him...well its still kind of interesting either way.  I think biographical documentaries are almost always interesting, no matter who they are about!  I am not sure if this is still available for live streaming on Netflix anymore or not.  But its worth watching.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1651057/

Following (1998)

I have deleted this from my queue a million times and always end up adding it back in.  I kept thinking I just wasn't in the mood for a film noir kind of thing...but I really have come to appreciate Christopher Nolan and because this had a short running time and life is hectic right now, I decided that it was time.  So this was the first feature length film that Christopher Nolan directed.  I thought within the first few minutes I was not going to like this, and almost gave up.  I just wasn't really in the mood. Ever since I watched "Dear Zachary" I have had a hard time getting into anything since. I have started and stopped several movies this week that I just couldn't sit through.  I decided to give this one a few more minutes and was so happy that I did.  I really enjoyed it.  In the spirit of Memento (one of my favorite Christopher Nolan movies) it does get a bit confusing.  It took me awhile to figure out that it was not all in chronological order.  It wasn't as rough as Memento (backwards) to figure out....but it did take some time, and I did some rewinding just to make sure I had it all figured out. I didn't though, and there were plenty of surprises that kept this interesting.  The story starts out with a man telling another man about how he had been following people, he was a writer and was just interested in people: where they went, what they did, etc.  Then one day he follows a man who later confronts him in a restaurant.  The man is a burglar who convinces the man to come with him and see what its all about.  Things get very interesting from there and the movie has some twists and turns and surprises.  Its a nice quick hour and ten minute movie and totally worth it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154506/