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Monster's Ball on German TV - three times!
David In Indy:
"Monster's Ball" is an outstanding movie. I have it on DVD and I get it out every once in awhile to watch it.
It is a deeply disturbing though. Actually there were several scenes in the movie that shocked and startled me the first few times I watched it.
Heath Ledger is excellent in the movie. Peter Boyle (Frank Barone in "Everybody Loves Raymond) Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry also give great performances. :)
MaineWriter:
I agree that everyone was excellent but for me, it was a watch it once, that's it movie.
I always think of Peter Boyle as Frankenstein in "Young Frankenstein." LOL
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belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 13, 2007, 07:42:26 am ---For all the Euro Brokies who can see German TV (probably only Anke, me, Fabienne, Melissa and Jude I guess):
Monster's Ball with Heath will be aired on German TV:
Saturday, January, 27th, 23.15 Uhr (11:15pm) on HR3 (=Hessischer Rundfunk)
I haven't seen it yet. But you bet I will :).
--- End quote ---
hey Chrissi,
hadn't seen this until now. But we can't receive HR3 anyway, only ZDF and ARD.
but i saw this movie on Belgian television some time ago. It's raw and i agree with leslie, i wasn't prepared either and glad to be in my living room.
I didn't know about Heath Ledger at the time (it was pre BBM).
I was watching Unforgiven last night! Great movie, love Clint
So, did you like it?
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on January 14, 2007, 02:28:20 pm ---
So, did you like it?
--- End quote ---
Leslie and Fabienne:
I haven't seen it yet. It will be aired at Jan, 27th; two weeks from now :). I'll report back then.
Mikaela:
** Very general comments, no specific spoilers**
Through a strange coincidence I received the Monster's Ball DVD as a gift a few days ago, so sat down to watch it over the weekend. I had never seen the whole film, just part of it on TV some while back. I had missed quite a bit of the first scenes with HL, as it turns out, so I was glad I watched the whole DVD. Heath's very impressive in this one and I can see why this role and characterisation was the precursor for Ennis. Sonny's is a very bleak story, very bleak life.
I could write a lot more about the film but I'll refrain. I may well watch the 25 first minutes or so again, but not the rest which I'm content to have watched, - but only this once. Parts of it was balancing on the edge towards the completely speculative, IMO, - and that was quite unneccessary and diminished the film. I'm not certain I completely bought the "change" that occurred in the main character, and I'm embarrassed to say that Peter Boyle pulled me out of the story more than once. He just always *is* Raymond's cranky father to me.
I'll be interested to read you German/Belgian Brokies opinions on the film, once you've seen it.
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