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« Reply #435 on: March 09, 2010, 03:33:17 AM » |
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Samatha was my favourite character and the reason I saw SATC. (Now, you forget I said that...  ).
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« Reply #437 on: March 09, 2010, 10:16:56 AM » |
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Charlotte lost me at her obsession to have a baby.
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« Reply #438 on: March 09, 2010, 10:54:10 AM » |
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Well, at least sho got it out of her system and we wont see her in the movie getting pregnant at the age of 45 like Carrie!
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« Reply #439 on: March 09, 2010, 10:56:00 AM » |
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Is Carrie getting pregnant at 45? I'm confused.
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« Reply #440 on: March 10, 2010, 04:06:30 AM » |
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Is Carrie getting pregnant at 45? I'm confused.
From what I read, Carrie having a baby it's her central story. I saw "An Education". A very good, sober movie, with simple but strong performances but not a brilliant movie. Carey Mulligan did a good job.  It was so great to see Emma Thompson! And a brief moment with Sally Hawkins at the end. It irked me a bit to see that was the women's world in the 60's, so limited.
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« Reply #441 on: March 11, 2010, 05:59:58 PM » |
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Alice in Wonderland. I thought I wouldn't like it but I did. That Alice girl looks like Gwyneth Paltrow. 
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« Reply #442 on: March 12, 2010, 07:08:51 AM » |
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Agora.  Rachel Weisz is super as always. It's one of her best performance, I think. I wasn't expecting to like this movie this much but I did. Very interesting perspective about three things: 1. How religion kills science. Imagine if in fact, Hypatia was close to find that the sun+earth's movement was defined by an elipse. By killing her, they killed centuries of progress Very schocking, of you think about it! 2. How religious (or ideologics) wars started because intolerance and eager for power is as old as our planet...  3. The intepretation of sacred writings (as the Bible, Alcoran,...) are incredible (and dangerously) subjective... Rachel Weisz was beautiful and strong! Brothers The original, not the American version. What a powerful, heartbreaking film. I can't imagine that the remake could surpass it. Probably the saddest last lines in film history.
 And Tobey maguire was SO good! I was suprised by how much I loved his performance!
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« Reply #443 on: March 12, 2010, 10:58:36 AM » |
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I like Miranda best, because even though she has some "issues" and is rather catty sometimes, at least she does not define herself through her partner like the other three do in their respective ways (even Samantha, although admittedly she has very different standards than, say, Charlotte  ).  I agree with every word. Films I have seen lately: Rebecca - I know many say they don't like this movie, but I freakin LOVED it!  I was riveted every second and thought Joan Fontaine was fabulous! Classic Alfred Hitchcock directing which established him as one, if not THE, most stylistic auteurs in cinema history! A haunting tale and an ending I wasn't expecting at all. That housekeeper was one of the creepiest characters on screen that I've seen! Eesh! *shivers* I also loved the backstory about the relationship between Hitchcock & Selznick. 5/5 stars in my books. A classic in every sense of the word. Born to Be Bad - I've been on a Cary Grant kick lately & this film is so-so. The film was only an hour long but it managed to convey a lot in that little amount of time. Cary was his typical, dapper self although not one of his stronger characters, in literal character and in spirit. Loretta Young is perfectly despicable, hardly an ounce of humanity under all that self absorption, and even when she makes a selfless decision to allow her son to remain in the care of Grant & his dutiful wife I still wanted to strangle her.  Anyway, glad I saw it, don't think I'll be seeing it again anytime soon. 2/5 stars. Through a Glass Darkly - Said to be Director Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece and the first part of a trilogy on faith, this takes us through one woman's struggle to come to terms with her mental illness (schizophrenia) and connect with her family who are struggling themselves with how to properly deal with it. Anderson who plays Karin is extraordinary! She gives such a complex, dark, and tortured performance it stayed with me long after the credits rolled. And it was really cool to see Max Von Sydow as a younger man and such an imposing presence on screen! (he's SO tall!!!) I can't wait to see him in Robin Hood.  Anyway, I give this film a 4 1/2 out of 5 stars and highly recommend it for those patient enough for subtitles who are given a haunting glimpse into a tortured mind and its endless search for understanding, meaning and belonging. Here's a gobsmackingly brilliant review I could only dream of writing: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/296-through-a-glass-darkly-patron-saint-of-angst
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« Reply #444 on: March 12, 2010, 11:01:16 AM » |
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I like Miranda best, because even though she has some "issues" and is rather catty sometimes, at least she does not define herself through her partner like the other three do in their respective ways (even Samantha, although admittedly she has very different standards than, say, Charlotte  ).  I agree with every word. Films I have seen lately: Rebecca - I know many say they don't like this movie, but I freakin LOVED it!  I was riveted every second and thought Joan Fontaine was fabulous! Classic Alfred Hitchcock directing which established him as one, if not THE, most stylistic auteurs in cinema history! A haunting tale and an ending I wasn't expecting at all. That housekeeper was one of the creepiest characters on screen that I've seen! Eesh! *shivers* I also loved the backstory about the relationship between Hitchcock & Selznick. 5/5 stars in my books. A classic in every sense of the word.  Rebecca is one of my favorite Hitchcock films along with Notorious 
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« Reply #445 on: March 12, 2010, 11:04:18 AM » |
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Films I have seen lately: Rebecca - I know many say they don't like this movie, but I freakin LOVED it!  I was riveted every second and thought Joan Fontaine was fabulous! Classic Alfred Hitchcock directing which established him as one, if not THE, most stylistic auteurs in cinema history! A haunting tale and an ending I wasn't expecting at all. That housekeeper was one of the creepiest characters on screen that I've seen! Eesh! *shivers* I also loved the backstory about the relationship between Hitchcock & Selznick. 5/5 stars in my books. A classic in every sense of the word.  Rebecca is one of my favorite Hitchcock films along with Notorious  yall might want to read the novel if you loved the movie it's also a classic
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« Reply #446 on: March 12, 2010, 11:29:26 AM » |
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Yes, I would love to read the novel! Although, I heard that Hitchcock was never faithful in his adaptations of novels, especially this one. That was one of the huge differences between Selznick & Hitchcock. Selznick was passionate about strictly adhering to the events and characters of the novel while Hitchcock used the basic story as framework, but embellished how he saw fit to create his own unique story. Interesting stuff.
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« Reply #447 on: March 12, 2010, 12:10:55 PM » |
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I like Rebecca. It took me a couple of years to get to like it though.  I watched Zabriskie Point and I loved it. A perfect example of the 60s generation and their powerlessness against the system and fucking society!  (Believe it or not, Zabriskie Point was released in my country two weeks ago  ) And I watched All That I Love, the movie which will never get the amount of praise it deserves only because it is Polish. The movie is about the 80s in Poland, censorship, also in rock music which, at that time, tried to fight the system, but they never really had a chance to win.  I am simplyfying a lot. 
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« Reply #448 on: March 17, 2010, 01:17:07 AM » |
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Agora.  Rachel Weisz is super as always. It's one of her best performance, I think. I wasn't expecting to like this movie this much but I did. Very interesting perspective about three things: 1. How religion kills science. (Imagine if in fact, Hypatia was close to find that the sun+earth's movement was defined by an elipse. By killing her, they killed centuries of progress Very schocking, of you think about it! 2. How religious (or ideologics) wars started because intolerance and eager for power is as old as our planet...  3. The intepretation of sacred writings (as the Bible, Alcoran,...) are incredible (and dangerously) subjective... Rachel Weisz was beautiful and strong! My parents didn't want to watch it because of how Christians were portrayed. God! I can't believe my them sometimes.  Rachel Weisz is my desktop wallpaper because of Agora. 
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« Reply #449 on: March 22, 2010, 07:10:54 AM » |
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Charade with Audrey Hepburn, simple but very well written. And Audrey is so cool!  That woman's wardrobe must have been awesome!
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