Last movie you saw and rate it
The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!
The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!
The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!
Sorry for the multiple posts!!! My touch pad got stuck!
The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!
The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!
I admired its brevity but found the church’s decision to be incredibly unrealistic
“I thought it terribly one sided”
It was written and directed by a dude, after all.
Re: Blue Valentine
I hated Gosling’s character. Thought he was a complete asshole. The caveat here is that I have a crush on Michelle Williams, so I am a little biased there. But still, I thought he was a douche. He meant well in the beginning, but couldn’t muster up even the most rudimentary levels of responsibility when it came time.
I enjoyed the performance, though, and think highly of the movie. It sticks in the mind.
If Gosling would quit fucking acting for 5 seconds and be honest maybe I could believe that guy…
^I kinda see your point, but his acting is good enough that it doesn’t bother me.
Mogambo
Have you checked out the thread on Blue Valentine? It’s a good discussion.
@Joks
^^^wrong word. i meant that it is hard to take it seriously.in that way. i thought it wartaining and quite amusing at times too. Dunsts performance didnt really grab me either time. preferred Gains
(Wartaining?) A part of me feels like it might not be meant to be taken seriously. (Ditto Antichrist.)—not completely—i.e., there might be a bit of sarcasm or tongue-in-cheek vibe.
^^Sorry jazz, posted from my phone. I thought Melancholia was more entertaining than anything else, probably because i’ve seen most of Von Trier’s films and found a lot of humour and predictability in it. Like at the wedding, for example, i knew Rampling was going to say something mean before she opened her mouth, not just because of other Von Trier films, but also because it reminded me of the Celebration. I knew that Dunst was going to cuss out her boss and fuck that guy too. I thought it was a pretty funny movie really, whether intentionally or not, but i liked the way he handled the ending i must admit. and i enjoyed Sutherland too and was glad to see him in a decent film for once as it has been a while!!!!
I’m also not sure why in the other thread about Melancholia one or two people said that Sutherland was an ‘unlikely’ partner for Gainsbourg. why? There there is only 6 years difference between them, and Sutherland’s character was rich. Seems like a perfect match for me. Even if their personalities differed, she probably married him for the money/lifestyle anyway. I think her character was nice, but also petite bourgeoisie, and she begins to realise the futility of that more as the film progresses.
I will refrain from giving you an interpretation of Antichrist because it has been a while since i last saw it. I just have images stuck in my head now. and i will say the slo-mo intro for Melancholia was nowhere near as effective as the one in Antichrist.
AXEL: I liked Gosling in The Believer but i thought he was very overrated in Drive and not always convincing either.
I must say that i’m always impressed by Von Trier’s ability to do so much with so little. Apparently Melancholia cost around 9 or 10 million, which, considering the quality of the cast, effects shots, general look etc, is damn good. it felt ‘bigger’ than that to me. If it was made in Hollywood who knows how much it would have cost.
Two planets colliding is pretty big. That final image in Melancholia has stayed with me more than any scene from any other film I’ve watched all year. I’m looking forward to a rewatch.
I would sympathize more with Gosling if he didn’t rage out at her at the slightest hint of competition.
I’ll check it out Jazz.
Beasts of the Southern Wild- 4/4
One of the best movies of the year. I haven’t had this much love for a recent movie since maybe Drive.
@The Dude
Had a pretty bad double feature last night:
First I watched Night of the Hunter for the second time, and pretty much loved it. I think I might give it 5 stars. I wanted to just bask in the feeling of having watched that movie, but since it was still kind of early I decided to watch another movie.
And it was Life During Wartime, which was kind of bad. I thought it just limply rehashed jokes from Happiness and was neither as funny nor as poignant. I’m teetering between 2 and 3 stars for that one.
But it sucked that my great-movie feeling after Night of the Hunter was usurped by the stupid-movie feeling of Life During Wartime. I should have just watched some of the NOTH special features instead…
@Dude
You even liked the cheesy jump cuts to crumbling glaciers?
I agree with the message and I felt that was obnoxious.
@Dude
You even liked the cheesy jump cuts to crumbling glaciers?
I agree with the message and I felt that was obnoxious.
I feel they could have made a much stronger statement about the impact of climate change on island nations if they didn’t take so much out of the story to preach it directly at the screen. They tried to chase two rabbits: They tried to tell a charming coming of age story, and they tried to do a documentary on climate change, and they ended up losing them both.
DEATHDREAM: Pretty interesting little horror movie about a zombie ex-combat soldier that returns home from Vietnam to see his family after they were told he was dead. At first they are excited, but they gradually arrive at the terrifying realisation that he is not the same man they knew and loved before. There is more on the director’s mind than splatter here, as this movie is kind of fashioned to be taken as an offbeat allegory on the dehumanising effects of Vietnam, and on that level it’s absurd, but also strangely successful. The acting is also much better than the usual standard b-movie fare; Backus is just creepy as Andy, and Marley puts in one of his finest performances as the distraught father. There is also an unusual amount of attention paid to framing too, which is simple and effective, with plenty of standout moments, and there is a seriously ominous atmosphere that Clark establishes and maintains that is genuinely unnerving, no doubt helped considerably by the score, which sounds like it was recycled later for Black Christmas. Not perfect, but it’s certainly unique. 7/10
And it was Life During Wartime, which was kind of bad. I thought it just limply rehashed jokes from Happiness and was neither as funny nor as poignant. I’m teetering between 2 and 3 stars for that one.
While I agree that LDW didn’t present anything new, I still enjoyed it. Even rehashed Solondz is entertaining to me because there is no other voice like his. Definitely his weakest effort (Have not seen Palindromes).
LDW was a more ‘mature’ Solondz i think. i didn’t mind it. some good moments.
“Even rehashed Solondz is entertaining to me because there is no other voice like his.”
Yeah, that’s how I felt, and recasting the roles actually gave it different resonances—Ciarán Hinds vs. Dylan Baker, etc.
A Man and a Woman (Claude Lelouch, 1966)
Kind of felt like a dream. I loved the use of colors and the music was fantastic.
““Even rehashed Solondz is entertaining to me because there is no other voice like his.”
Yeah, that’s how I felt, and recasting the roles actually gave it different resonances—Ciarán Hinds vs. Dylan Baker, etc."
Yeah, tha’ts why i continue to watch his films. I just don’t like them all that much hahah.
I still remember catching Welcome To The Dollhouse at the theater though before he was a ‘name’ and loving it. Didn’t like it anywhere near as much the second time though.
PANDORA’S BOX 10/10
In a sparkling cleaned up new restoration at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Pabst’s masterwork absolutely knocked me for a loop. Devastating in pretty much every way. And a new score from the Matti Bye Ensemble should be a requirement on any future DVD/BluRay releases.
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The Perfect Family. I give it a good four out of five because I love Kathleen Turner. The subject too heavy for the plot to handle, but still very good film. Watch it!