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BelAir:
I saw I'm Not There this evening.
Overall, I thought it was a very interesting film. I expected it to play out as "chapters" with each of the different actors having the central role in each subsequent chapter. But it wasn't like that at all really, they were all mixed in together. I guess I spent the first half of the moving just trying to figure things out, but by the second half I could buy that I was watching different aspects of one man's life. I could even empathize a little. I wasn't quite prepared for the length of the movie (about 2 1/2 hours). I was most mesmerized by Charlotte Gainsbourg's (spelling?) performance. I also found the scenes with Ben Whishaw quite compelling. I thought Cate Blanchett was quite good (especially her last scene with Bruce Greenwood), but some of her scenes were quite jarring in terms of the loudness of the music, and I also didn't care for the movie video-esque nature of some of her scenes. It was nice to see Heath smiling in Robbie's early scenes, but by the end I was very sad for Robbie...
It was definitely worth the six bucks I paid. In fact I would have paid six bucks just to sit in the theater and listen to the musical tracks, I think. (So, if you don't like Bob Dylan's music, I doubt you'll like the movie, lol...)
oilgun:
--- Quote from: BelAir on December 09, 2007, 11:10:13 pm ---I saw I'm Not There this evening.
Overall, I thought it was a very interesting film. I expected it to play out as "chapters" with each of the different actors having the central role in each subsequent chapter. But it wasn't like that at all really, they were all mixed in together. I guess I spent the first half of the moving just trying to figure things out, but by the second half I could buy that I was watching different aspects of one man's life. I could even empathize a little. I wasn't quite prepared for the length of the movie (about 2 1/2 hours). I was most mesmerized by Charlotte Gainsbourg's (spelling?) performance. I also found the scenes with Ben Whishaw quite compelling. I thought Cate Blanchett was quite good (especially her last scene with Bruce Greenwood), but some of her scenes were quite jarring in terms of the loudness of the music, and I also didn't care for the movie video-esque nature of some of her scenes. It was nice to see Heath smiling in Robbie's early scenes, but by the end I was very sad for Robbie...
It was definitely worth the six bucks I paid. In fact I would have paid six bucks just to sit in the theater and listen to the musical tracks, I think. (So, if you don't like Bob Dylan's music, I doubt you'll like the movie, lol...)
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Six bucks!! That only gets me half a seat where I live and I'm talking at a matinee! :laugh:
I loved Charlotte Gainsbourg. I fell in love with her in The Science of Sleep and she's fast becoming my favourite actor. I thought she was great with Heath, they had wonderful chemistry.
BelAir:
Oilgun -
I guess if I lived where you live, I'd only get to see half as many movies per year! I can still remember when matinees were 3 bucks!
Oh - I forgot to mention that I saw a preview for No Country for Old Men. Yikes, does not look appealing to me at all! I MIGHT rent it on DVD to see Tommy Lee Jones.... unless someone round here convinces me otherwise.... it looked like too violent of a movie for me...
oilgun:
Belair: Best you avoid No Country for Old Men because it IS quite violent.
I just watched a great documentary called Helvetica. It was a blind buy for me but I figured it was a safe bet since I've been a committed modernist since the seventies and I love the typeface. It's chock full of interviews with famous graphic designers, some who love Helvetica and some who hate it. One jokingly blames the Iraq war on the typeface, another equates it with a disease or fast food. Others see it as THE perfect typeface that cannot be improved on. I recommend it to anyone who has an interest in design.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on December 09, 2007, 09:57:45 pm ---AND, Del, ... Since Christian groups are saying Christians should boycott it, I AM SO SEEING IT. Gleefully. (I would have anyway for Daniel Craig and the talking polar bear, but this clinches it.)
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:laugh: :laugh:
Yep, anytime the Church says don't see/read/hear something, it's almost always worth seeing/reading/hearing.
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