Border

Trailer: https://bit.ly/35fmdWJ

This is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen.

Can I talk about movies? Or should it be war 24/7. I don't want to be disrespectful, but I am paying attention. And I don't see how the Ukrainians ultimately succeed against the Russians, who thought a little dab would do 'em and when this turned out not to be true doubled down, tripled down.

I mean we could send troops. Not only us, the EU too. But then what happens, does it turn into a worldwide conflagration instantly? Desperate people do desperate things. Meaning if we push his back to the wall, then Putin really will launch his nukes, hell, he'll think he has nothing left to lose.

Meanwhile, this war is happening. There, not here. It's so strange to live a normal life here when they're losing their lives there. When survival is the only thing on your mind, well, along with fighting back. Most Americans have never been in that situation. A disaster for them is when the Wi-Fi goes down. But that's one reason to be athletic, to go out into the wilderness, because if you do this on a regular basis, I guarantee you you'll end up in a life or death situation. At least it will seem so to you. And that's all that matters. And you'll never forget it.

I mean there's a war going on right now and people are being shelled and losing their lives? It's almost incomprehensible, doesn't compute.

But we did watch this movie last night.

Actually, we've been on a run of stuff that I don't feel comfortable recommending, like "Hellbound." The "Telegraph" said it was one of the best foreign streaming shows extant, more popular in South Korea than "Squid Game." And I've watched a bit of Korean TV. Tends to be slow, with a lot of air. But not "Hellbound." They talk, there's action, but there's this supernatural element... And that doesn't really appeal to me, but I don't want my money back from Netflix.

But one thing we did watch which was a ten was "Last Round," from Denmark, starring Mads Mikkelsen, who is never bad, the worst he ever was was when he played the Russian president in "House of Cards," but in his native country? Superb. It's billed as a comedy, but half of it is drama. What you've got is a high school teacher who has lost his way in life and then he and his buddies... Watch this, you'll dig it. It wasn't until I was researching after it was done that I realized it won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film.

And "Border" had an Oscar nomination, but it did not win, and I don't want to tell you the category because that would be giving too much away. Because this film is gonna start and almost from the very beginning you're gonna wonder...WHAT IS GOING ON?

It's not incomprehensible, it's not the editing, it's just who is this person and where is this going!

Tina. Her job is as a customs agent, looking for contraband.

I thought it was a crime movie, law and order, but that didn't turn out to be the case.

You see, Tina looks strange and...

I almost don't want to tell you anymore. Because that's key to the experience, watching and figuring out what is happening.

And when it's over...you can't let go of it. You could have bad dreams, maybe, but it's not a horror film, not even a thriller.

But I immediately had to go online and find out the backstory, try to find answers to my questions.

Turns out "Border" is based on a short story, not that you've heard of the author. And there are Reddit threads discussing the film. I figured there would be little information. But if you saw "Border, you either loved it or hated it! Like the guy from "The New Yorker." He went by accident, the other film was sold out, he thought it was a different movie. He thought it was one of the best films he's ever seen —"I Accidentally Walked Into 'Border' And It Kind Of Changed My Life': https://bit.ly/3vtIY3N. But walking out of the theatre a mother was saying it was the worst!

Watch "Border" and get back to me. It and "Last Round" are on Hulu. And plenty of people have that. I not only want to know if you loved it or hated it, but what you thought really happened.

Let me know.


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