Double review

I watched two things recently that I'm going to review here. One was a movie and the other was a documentary, both on Netflix.

We Need to Talk about Kevin
This movie was about a mother who has an unpleasant and detestable son who does bad things that eventually turn into violent things. It was told in a non-chronological fashion, which was kind of interesting. Overall it was a decent movie, but not brilliant like some things that I've watched. I think it could have been better, somehow. 
A vast majority of the movie was Tilda Swinton's character, the mother of Kevin, having an anguished expression on her face. It was somewhat... schadenfreudenly pleasing that the name of the son who was bad in this movie is the same name of an awful person that I had the misfortune to know of in real life. I hope he gets run over by a truck or burned to death in a fire or something and then the world could be rid of him. Wouldn't that be wonderful??? 

The Thin Blue Line
I didn't exactly pay as much attention as I maybe should have, so I think some details might have been lost on me and therefore that I need to read about the case so I understand what happened more clearly. This was a documentary from 1988 about a man who was wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. The events happened in Texas so the people in the documentary had southern accents, which I thought was going to be distracting but their accents were actually surprisingly mild, and gave them an amiable feel. I thought it was a well done documentary and it didn't feel particularly dated - I guess the general elements of a documentary don't change that much over the years. The title refers to a concept that law enforcement is a "thin blue line" between society and anarchy, which is kind of interesting. Currently, it is also a symbol that represents support for law enforcement. 

I still want to watch Requiem for a Dream again. And I need to find time to watch the Wolf of  Wall Street. Plus ideally I would like to watch some movies that Peter Sarsgaard has been in because he is one of my new favorite actors.