i actually saw two of her films – Lost in translation and Virgin suicides and i remember her dying on a stairs in the hands of Robert de Niro in Godfather. i like her dad’s films, but since she’s Coppola, she’s not automatically given the talent. i think in both of her films i’ve seen, she doesn’t give the actors much space at all, so they could explore what’s in the role, they’re playing (murray). OR she used the actors, who just can’t give much (dunst).
i was amazed how many people liked Lost in translation, meanwhile i just don’t get what’s with Bill Murray. he’s just there, looking sad. i believe that as an director, she could let him get more out of the character he was playing. i’m not his fan, but i know he could dig more into it and get more out of it. in the moment they kiss in the movie i felt like Scarlet was kissing her father. it didn’t work for me. and it was not with the actors. unless they kept them on valium while shooting.
let’s stop here, cause the virgin suicides is not even worth talking about. i understand why the teenage girls like that movie, cause i don’t think it was made for any other audience… it’s dull, too long in details, too fast in some points and sometimes skipping probably important parts. she’s into details and forgets about the story. there’s nothing i could take out of her movies.
in my opinion those two films you mentioned – Apocalypse Now and Come and see ware made for totally different audiences. i don’t think you could ever compare them, but they’re both good.
JAMES BALLENGER – it’s pretty normal you didn’t understand or like. it’s hard to understand the mentality of russians when you’re not connected to them in any way. there’s one where they have slogans instead of dialogue: ‘I love the smell of napalm in the morning’ or ‘Fuck, man, this is better than Disneyland.’, ‘What the hell do you know about surfing? You’re from goddamned New Jersey’, and on the other hand you have a war story where they talk for 4 minutes all together in the whole movie. it’s idi i smotri – go and observe. i think that’s pretty much what’s important on the other side of the planet.
hi Lundie,
you’re right – she doesn’t employ traditional plot/storytelling techniques, maybe that’s what i’m missing here. you’re right – that is what makes her different from other directors and probably unique. but the stories didn’t worked for me. they’re empty and in my opinion she just scratched the surface. to me it’s not about how the sisters pain, loneliness and isolation. to me she focused too much on dunst. other sisters just disappeared in the group. it’s just lux that’s there. she’s stubborn and the only one that this story is probably focused on among all 5 of them. i prefer the youngest of all sisters, the one that commits suicide the first one. from that one i really felt as if she suffered in that family. it made me think that the girl was talented, and not of sofia’s well directing. also – if there was no narrator, i would never understand what’s going on. the video itself is just too little to understand. there is some tension among the boys, but nothing comes back. it is… not working for me.
same thing in Lost in translation – i don’t see the love between main characters in whole movie. when they kiss i feel as if scarlet kissed her dad. it’s like she was forced to. i actually felt like that for the whole film – she was forced to do everything – as if she seduced murray just because he was the only english speaking person in whole country and as if she had to (you know, sofia forced her to). and when the love should be there, she started to act as if he was her dad. and the tears while saying goodbye… and let me say i like scarlet. and bill!
i’m not trying to make you feel other way about her – i even couldn’t if i wanted, it is great you like it, that’s all that counts. i respect that.
but i’m sorry, i still think this way.
if i ever become a female director, i would be thrilled if you were my fan.
ps: i did like the part where the mother burns lux’s vinyls and she begs not to do so with the kiss vinyl. that was cool. :)
a film about war in bosnia. i can’t remember the title or the director (which is making me go crazy), but there’s a scene, where the soldier steps on the bus, full of children and start taking some of them out – they all are under 8y old i think, some are just babies, taking them out for revenge, because they’re children of the people from the wrong side… this is the point where my hear breaks. i could never finished watching that film, because even if you get the climax in the film, it’s never 100%. this was happening in bosnia for real.
Who do you think the most overrated director is? almost 3 years ago
sofia coppola.
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? almost 3 years ago
i actually saw two of her films – Lost in translation and Virgin suicides and i remember her dying on a stairs in the hands of Robert de Niro in Godfather. i like her dad’s films, but since she’s Coppola, she’s not automatically given the talent. i think in both of her films i’ve seen, she doesn’t give the actors much space at all, so they could explore what’s in the role, they’re playing (murray). OR she used the actors, who just can’t give much (dunst).
i was amazed how many people liked Lost in translation, meanwhile i just don’t get what’s with Bill Murray. he’s just there, looking sad. i believe that as an director, she could let him get more out of the character he was playing. i’m not his fan, but i know he could dig more into it and get more out of it. in the moment they kiss in the movie i felt like Scarlet was kissing her father. it didn’t work for me. and it was not with the actors. unless they kept them on valium while shooting.
let’s stop here, cause the virgin suicides is not even worth talking about. i understand why the teenage girls like that movie, cause i don’t think it was made for any other audience… it’s dull, too long in details, too fast in some points and sometimes skipping probably important parts. she’s into details and forgets about the story. there’s nothing i could take out of her movies.
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movies that shake you to the core almost 3 years ago
irreversible.
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Called the greatest World War II movie ever.... almost 3 years ago
in my opinion those two films you mentioned – Apocalypse Now and Come and see ware made for totally different audiences. i don’t think you could ever compare them, but they’re both good.
JAMES BALLENGER – it’s pretty normal you didn’t understand or like. it’s hard to understand the mentality of russians when you’re not connected to them in any way. there’s one where they have slogans instead of dialogue: ‘I love the smell of napalm in the morning’ or ‘Fuck, man, this is better than Disneyland.’, ‘What the hell do you know about surfing? You’re from goddamned New Jersey’, and on the other hand you have a war story where they talk for 4 minutes all together in the whole movie. it’s idi i smotri – go and observe. i think that’s pretty much what’s important on the other side of the planet.
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Called the greatest World War II movie ever.... almost 3 years ago
i didn’t say that. i said that they’re different themselves and that were made for different audience.
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? almost 3 years ago
hi Lundie,
you’re right – she doesn’t employ traditional plot/storytelling techniques, maybe that’s what i’m missing here. you’re right – that is what makes her different from other directors and probably unique. but the stories didn’t worked for me. they’re empty and in my opinion she just scratched the surface. to me it’s not about how the sisters pain, loneliness and isolation. to me she focused too much on dunst. other sisters just disappeared in the group. it’s just lux that’s there. she’s stubborn and the only one that this story is probably focused on among all 5 of them. i prefer the youngest of all sisters, the one that commits suicide the first one. from that one i really felt as if she suffered in that family. it made me think that the girl was talented, and not of sofia’s well directing. also – if there was no narrator, i would never understand what’s going on. the video itself is just too little to understand. there is some tension among the boys, but nothing comes back. it is… not working for me.
same thing in Lost in translation – i don’t see the love between main characters in whole movie. when they kiss i feel as if scarlet kissed her dad. it’s like she was forced to. i actually felt like that for the whole film – she was forced to do everything – as if she seduced murray just because he was the only english speaking person in whole country and as if she had to (you know, sofia forced her to). and when the love should be there, she started to act as if he was her dad. and the tears while saying goodbye… and let me say i like scarlet. and bill!
i’m not trying to make you feel other way about her – i even couldn’t if i wanted, it is great you like it, that’s all that counts. i respect that.
but i’m sorry, i still think this way.
if i ever become a female director, i would be thrilled if you were my fan.
ps: i did like the part where the mother burns lux’s vinyls and she begs not to do so with the kiss vinyl. that was cool. :)
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Most depressing film you have ever seen? almost 3 years ago
a film about war in bosnia. i can’t remember the title or the director (which is making me go crazy), but there’s a scene, where the soldier steps on the bus, full of children and start taking some of them out – they all are under 8y old i think, some are just babies, taking them out for revenge, because they’re children of the people from the wrong side… this is the point where my hear breaks. i could never finished watching that film, because even if you get the climax in the film, it’s never 100%. this was happening in bosnia for real.
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what would hitchcock's best film be if you were to discount... over 2 years ago
Rope and Rebecca, too.
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MUBI: VOTE almost 2 years ago
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