WTH??!!!!!
I read that Lars Von Trier was having some phscycological and emotional issues before and during the making of this...antichrist!
Seriously i'm a huge fan of Dogville and Manderline, but watching this story was probably one of the darkest 1hr40minutes of my filmwatching life.
i've watched a few dark movies and i'm aware that some European film makers like to dish it out fresh,raw and in your face.In my opinion, if you have a dark story to tell and the only way to express Truth is to shock the audience,ok- i can dig and appreciate it.If there is some good meat to be found ,i'll find it.
At the end of this movie i was void of any productive thought....just WTH and WTFF!(and this went on through the film). In short- i didn't get it! What was Lars trying to tell me about 'woman hatred'.
Lots of lustful cruelty...and even as i write this,perharps there was a story-telling theme in it all...but it seemed to be more about lustful cruelty. Maybe i don't understand, and need to watch it again-but i don't have the stomach,i have enough mess in my head...PERHARPS this was Lars's intention/message(?)-Man has a high potential to do unspeakable crap and everlasting good.
Ambitous editing and strong parable like dialogue.
paraphrased quote from this story-"Man has the power to do whatever he conceives in his mind"
Feel better Lars
IMHO
Monday, May 3, 2010
VALENTINES DAY
I love Garry Marshal(director of Pretty woman) movies. I am a close comrade to the way his mind works(at least when it comes to his definitive storylines.Come on,i don't know the guy)
The man has an optimistic,upbuilding,not de-moralising way of talking about love and relationships-a way that is not gushy wish-washy-mish-mash mush....AND YES,I DO THINK "PRETTY WOMAN" was NOT any of those things.
Valentines day is obviously and marketedly an ensamble cast -a box of chocolates type of thing. Sweeties like-Julia,Ashton,Jessica,Patrick,Topher...and lots more.All the characters are 'main' characters if u get my meaning. So,ofcourse i was compelled to see this film!!
The story(plural) -a different sketches of couples and people all dabbling with LOVE in all its forms. UNlike a timeless favourite"Love Actually" all them people are connected somehow which was some fun to watch.
I am stressing the word "sketches" here.Sketches. Sketches. Not oil painted meaty canvances in rich deep colour and depth. Nope. Sketchy but extra light infact almost zero calorie happy meal.
I say in my humble opinion- to the letter- fun to watch, MOSTLY because you see a lot of stars.
PS
Favourite sequences with Jammie Fox,Julia Roberts(that woman makes me believe there is no such thing as acting),Topher and Ann Hathaway(i think the most dramatic).
The man has an optimistic,upbuilding,not de-moralising way of talking about love and relationships-a way that is not gushy wish-washy-mish-mash mush....AND YES,I DO THINK "PRETTY WOMAN" was NOT any of those things.
Valentines day is obviously and marketedly an ensamble cast -a box of chocolates type of thing. Sweeties like-Julia,Ashton,Jessica,Patrick,Topher...and lots more.All the characters are 'main' characters if u get my meaning. So,ofcourse i was compelled to see this film!!
The story(plural) -a different sketches of couples and people all dabbling with LOVE in all its forms. UNlike a timeless favourite"Love Actually" all them people are connected somehow which was some fun to watch.
I am stressing the word "sketches" here.Sketches. Sketches. Not oil painted meaty canvances in rich deep colour and depth. Nope. Sketchy but extra light infact almost zero calorie happy meal.
I say in my humble opinion- to the letter- fun to watch, MOSTLY because you see a lot of stars.
PS
Favourite sequences with Jammie Fox,Julia Roberts(that woman makes me believe there is no such thing as acting),Topher and Ann Hathaway(i think the most dramatic).
Sunday, May 2, 2010
THE MESSENGER
Another film about soldiers back from war,but with a twist. This wounded, damaged and decorated soldier is assigned (as therapy)to be one of those guys that goes to soldiers' families to officially inform them in the case of the death of the soldier in action.
Before seeing this film,..i knew i was in for a waterfall of tears.But it wasn't just a story of woe and dread....it had some more fleshy meat underneath and inbetween(as most great films do).
i cried not much,thought a little and laughed a little. It was a natural story ...or rather it was told naturally and trully. This was refreshing to watch i mean like a presentation of a different pscyhological angle to it all .
awsome pairing btw of Benjamin Foster and Woody Harrelson.Ben is beginning to steal my heart as an actr and it was a thing of beauty to see Woody go all downtown dramatically speaking.Home run.
as usuall its in my humble opinion.
Before seeing this film,..i knew i was in for a waterfall of tears.But it wasn't just a story of woe and dread....it had some more fleshy meat underneath and inbetween(as most great films do).
i cried not much,thought a little and laughed a little. It was a natural story ...or rather it was told naturally and trully. This was refreshing to watch i mean like a presentation of a different pscyhological angle to it all .
awsome pairing btw of Benjamin Foster and Woody Harrelson.Ben is beginning to steal my heart as an actr and it was a thing of beauty to see Woody go all downtown dramatically speaking.Home run.
as usuall its in my humble opinion.
THE HURT LOCKER
Okay,whether this story deserved Oscar stardom-i sincerely don't know because:
1. There have been quite a few films already with the Iraqi/Afghanistan war "enchalata" in the background playing a big huge white elephant of a character-and all these films in my humble opinion are equally as good,intense and moving. Examples?-In the valley of Eli,The lucky ones,Stop loss and even Body of lies("even" because its a Ridley Scott film,meaning some drama with a LOT of smart serious firework action)
2. And it's a story about the guys in the army who are basically the bomb squad and it may seem simple enough-but its not just about them as soldiers in dark and awful situation but also about "them"in this place where anybody or thing could be a ticking bomb.The thing is was this enough of a plot to get such critical acclaim?
Well i thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I think its the power contained in most scenes of the movie that works so well. Storyline scenes i hadn't scene in other movies about this war,For example a soldier in a local man's house ...talking,a suspicious human bomb begging for his life, a rockstar of a soldier who gets a suicidal high from finding and dis-arming "impossible explosives"
it was just another interesting side to the story of the soldiers out there and it worked. And a woman directed this very manly flick.NIICEE!
IMHO
1. There have been quite a few films already with the Iraqi/Afghanistan war "enchalata" in the background playing a big huge white elephant of a character-and all these films in my humble opinion are equally as good,intense and moving. Examples?-In the valley of Eli,The lucky ones,Stop loss and even Body of lies("even" because its a Ridley Scott film,meaning some drama with a LOT of smart serious firework action)
2. And it's a story about the guys in the army who are basically the bomb squad and it may seem simple enough-but its not just about them as soldiers in dark and awful situation but also about "them"in this place where anybody or thing could be a ticking bomb.The thing is was this enough of a plot to get such critical acclaim?
Well i thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I think its the power contained in most scenes of the movie that works so well. Storyline scenes i hadn't scene in other movies about this war,For example a soldier in a local man's house ...talking,a suspicious human bomb begging for his life, a rockstar of a soldier who gets a suicidal high from finding and dis-arming "impossible explosives"
it was just another interesting side to the story of the soldiers out there and it worked. And a woman directed this very manly flick.NIICEE!
IMHO
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