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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on February 01, 2009, 04:12:52 pm ---[...]
(I will say, though, that I could not follow the French--especially the students' very 'street' French--at all. I was completely dependent upon the subtitles. I wonder if anyone who saw it with English subtitles and knows French might comment--I'd appreciate it!)
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I had some difficuylty understanding some of the students because of their strong accents. Also, some of the slang expressions were unfamiliar to this French-Canadian so at times I too had to rely on the subtitles.
oilgun:
SILK (2007) - Dir: François Girard (THE RED VIOLIN) with: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley. The reviews were not kind but there was enough here to keep me interested. Well, most of the time. I think Michael Pitt is an interesting actor, I've followed his work since his turn as the lovesick Henry in Dawson's Creek but I think he is horribly miscast here.
I just checked the NYT review and Stephen Holden agrees: "The film’s problems begin with Mr. Pitt. As he mumbles Hervé’s story, sometimes inaudibly, his character sounds either supremely detached or heavily medicated. With his swollen, chiseled lips and empty blue eyes that sometimes tear up, Mr. Pitt is a reasonably photogenic specimen. But this actor, whose typical screen character is a broken, androgynous man-child, is disastrously miscast."
Pitt is not the only reason that the film fails, the director bears much of the blame with choppy editing and the pace is very, very slow and not in a good way, although there is some good cinematography along the way.
If nothing else, the film made me want to read Alessandro Baricco's novel on which it is based.
2/5
MAN ON WIRE - Wow! Fantastic documentary about Phillippe Petit's guerilla high-wire act on top of the WTC in 1974. I was amazed at how much it affected the people who helped him prepare. Even today, some tear up while recounting this daring event. A strangely afffecting film, fascinating, suspensful, passionate & melancholic. 4.5/5
This weekend I'm planning on seeing WENDY & LUCY which finally opened here to rave reviews (4/4 stars -Globe & Mail)
serious crayons:
I saw The Wrestler yesterday. It was quite good, and Mickey Rourke was really fantastic. If I were in the Academy, at this point I think he'd get my vote over Sean Penn or Frank Langella, though they were both very very good, too.
(As for other nominees, I didn't see Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, and Brad Pitt, though visually breathtaking, was not in the same league acting-wise IMO.)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: oilgun on February 06, 2009, 05:33:35 pm ---MAN ON WIRE - Wow! Fantastic documentary about Phillippe Petit's guerilla high-wire act on top of the WTC in 1974. I was amazed at how much it affected the people who helped him prepare. Even today, some tear up while recounting this daring event. A strangely afffecting film, fascinating, suspensful, passionate & melancholic. 4.5/5
This weekend I'm planning on seeing WENDY & LUCY which finally opened here to rave reviews (4/4 stars -Globe & Mail)
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An interesting juxtaposition of movies, friend! It will be interesting because Wendy in her own way, is just as daring as Phillippe Petit!
I saw Wendy & Lucy last weekend and I will see Man on Wire this weekend for the second time! I hear it's up for an Oscar for Best Documentary!
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 14, 2009, 02:17:52 am ---I saw "Revolutionary Road" tonight and thought it was very, very good. Sam Mendes has a way with suburban angst. Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio were great, and even though the story dealt with problems many couples face and many movies have addressed, I never lost interest. The inner lives of the characters were so intense, I was never quite sure what they'd do.
David Harbour (BBM's Randall) had a supporting role as a neighbor. This resulted in a scene that was pure Brokeback. Any Brokie who sees the movie will instantly recognize it. ;D
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I wonder if you liked the score to RR. It was done by Thomas Newman, a favorite composer of mine recently, and I'm thinking about getting the CD.
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