Resurrecting the Movies thread...

[delalluvia]

Speaking of Swedish, I finally watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  The American version.

It was really entertaining.  It held my interest.  The relationships were done well.  The acting was awesome.

I enjoyed it more than the book.  The sexual violence Lisbeth experiences was not as sickening as everyone told me it would be.  Guess I've read and seen too much porn. 

[CellarDweller]

I enjoyed it more than the book.  The sexual violence Lisbeth experiences was not as sickening as everyone told me it would be.  Guess I've read and seen too much porn. 

I had heard it was a violent movie, perhaps with everyone discussing the voilence, it made it into something it wasn't.

[serious crayons]

I had heard it was a violent movie, perhaps with everyone discussing the voilence, it made it into something it wasn't.

I took my teenage sons to see it on Christmas afternoon (our annual tradition is to go see a movie). We had planned to see Sherlock Holmes, but I got the times wrong and we wound up instead at TGWTDT, which one of my sons preferred to see anyway. Around the point of the second rape, my other son turned to me and said "Nice Christmas movie, Mom."  I apologized. It's not a nice Christmas movie. It is, however, a pretty good movie, and while I had steeled myself for the violence, it's actually not as bad as what I had feared.

[CellarDweller]

Around the point of the second rape, my other son turned to me and said "Nice Christmas movie, Mom." 

 

[Front-Ranger]

This looks like a movie that might interest us!
Blue is the Warmest Color

[oilgun]

This looks like a movie that might interest us!
Blue is the Warmest Color

It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres.    From IMDb:

At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.

[oilgun]

Another Cannes film we might be interested in is Stranger by the Lake.  It won the Queer Palm and its director won the Un Certain Regard direction award.

Review:
http://www.ioncinema.com/reviews/stranger-by-the-lake-review

The two leads:

[Front-Ranger]

It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres.    From IMDb:

At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.

Americans are such prudes!

[serious crayons]

It's supposed to be wonderful and a rare non-controversial winner at Cannes winnning the top prize and the the Fipresci international critics prize.
Too bad Americans won't see the original version in theatres.    From IMDb:

At its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the audience was reportedly 'shocked beyond belief' by the graphic sex scenes that take place throughout the course of the movie. Many members of the audience remarked in reviews that the film would 'send shockwaves across the world', and would definitely need to be edited in many countries to attain a certificate.

Americans are such prudes!

I'm not sure how, or whether, the film will be edited for Americans. But on a global spectrum of national prudishness, Americans are hardly at the far end. Let's keep in mind that there are countries where women can't show their ankles in public. The quote about needing to be edited in many countries may not even have referred to the United States.

Steven Spielberg seemingly expects it will play here as is, just not everywhere.

"I'm not sure it will be allowed to play in every state," Steven Spielberg told journalists Sunday. Spielberg, in his capacity as Cannes jury president, had presented the award, heaping praise on the film and its director, calling it a "great love story."

Sorry, Wyoming.

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-graphic-novel-blue-angel-adapted-cannes-warmest-color-20130527,0,154496.story

[oilgun]

I'm not sure how, or whether, the film will be edited for Americans. But on a global spectrum of national prudishness, Americans are hardly at the far end. Let's keep in mind that there are countries where women can't show their ankles in public. The quote about needing to be edited in many countries may not even have referred to the United States.

Steven Spielberg seemingly expects it will play here as is, just not everywhere.

"I'm not sure it will be allowed to play in every state," Steven Spielberg told journalists Sunday. Spielberg, in his capacity as Cannes jury president, had presented the award, heaping praise on the film and its director, calling it a "great love story."

Sorry, Wyoming.

http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-graphic-novel-blue-angel-adapted-cannes-warmest-color-20130527,0,154496.story

Lets not compare the USA with Iran or Saudi Arabia.  Practically all movies that are rated Restricted in the states are rated 13+ in Canada (well Quebec really) so I can just imagine what kind of rating Blue will get in the the US.  Unless there's no swearing, of course, lol!