Cissy's comments
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Cissy's comments from the Movies We've Just Watched group.
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Looking forward to Looking for Eric.
As for 2012... Isn't it odd that the cell phones keep on working while the world is falling apart? :D Not seen the film, but it's my understanding that they do. Now, that's service!
I like Mark Wahlberg... Although his brother Donnie is a better actor (check out Boomtown). I like them both, despite their past teen idol status.
The movie is pretty good but the British tv series it's based on is far superior. Do watch it if you can! It is available on dvd.
Truly looking forward to it now. :) Soon...
The Wolfman, Sherlock Holmes (there's a thread on that somewhere in the group, I'll find it), Shutter Island, Funny People, Where the Wild Things Are... (these are all movies that have not arrived here yet, alas)
This is one of my all time fav movies. And Christian Bale is simply superb. I love the way nature is portrayed there... after seeing this movie, the world is filled with wondrous beauty and magic.
Never liked Highsmith's Ripley books... Have read them, though. I found Ondaatje's The English Patient boring and pretentious but the film is wonderful. Love it. Then again, I never had any inclination to see The Cold Mountain and I really can't stand Jude Law... He's one of my least favourite actors of all time. So Ripley had my sympathy!
Very true. It is lovely.
And as for the buildings, well, you can find blocks of flats like that also in London, for instance... It's simply affordable housing for people. I have lived in a flat in an apartment building for most of my life, and live in one even now. It's easy, cheap and urban. Nobody here lives in a trailer, on the other hand... now, that would be weird! I guess it's just the difference between European and U.S. culture, not so much a question of politics.
Both Sweden and Finland have always been neutral politically, never part of any military alliances, either, not Nato nor the Warsaw Pact. I like the neutrality. :)
The scenery is spellbinding, Tom... Why do you dislike the film now? I think I liked it more now than when I saw it for the first time, years ago.
I was wondering if it'd be possible to have an Animated Movies topic... I sent Ed a message about it. :)
Re-watched Minghella's gorgeous The Talented Mr Ripley. A beautiful movie. One cannot but feel sympathetic towards Ripley, and that is largely thanks to Matt Damon... What a fine actor. He looks so ordinary but can bring amazing depth to every role.
Watched the Wolf Man... very atmospheric and beautifully made, but not one bit scary, of course. I also enjoyed The She-Wolf of London. Lovely work.
Ket, you said it. Sweden was NEVER EVER socialist in the sense that for instance the Baltic countries were. Both Finland and Sweden have always been capitalist countries. Trust me on this. I've lived next to Sweden all my life (35 years) and studied Political Science. My parents have lived anf worked in Sweden and I have visited the country several times. It doesn't matter one bit what someone says during the featurette. It was probably a mistranslation anyway.
This is soooo frustrating... Intelligent people talk about Finland or Sweden being socialist, and that there are igloos and polar bears here. For God's sake!!!
Sweden was never a socialist state, and neither was Finland. This is as common as misconception as there being polar bears in either country. Still, I suppose the word "socialist" means a different thing in the U.S. than it does here in Europe.
That being said, the movie's a lovely one... dark, sad and beautiful. The scenery reminded me of my own childhood in a suburb in Finland, in the 1980's... I was twelve in 1986. It's all so familiar. The girl, Eli, looks like she'd be from an Eastern European country, perhaps from Transilvania. I saw the old man she lived with as a pedophile from the start... All the adults in the movie are horrible, and most of the kids, too. But the bittersweet romance of Eli and Oskar casts a magical light over it all. Imagination is the best weapon against the horrors that are all too real.
This film is so much better than the much-hyped-up Twilight. Now, there's a horror! *shudders at the books and the film*
I think The Mist is amazing. I've been watching horror movies since I was twelve and have always loved them. I'm very rarely spooked by movies but Darabont's The Mist is terrifying. And the ending indeed is the most awesomely horrible ever... never seen anything like that. But so memorable. I can still see it play out in my mind, from an invisible spool. Great stuff!
Rebecca's a marvellous film. I wrote my MA thesis on Rebecca the novel -- and I have to say the novel is far superior. But, still, the movie's gorgeous and haunting.
I watched all four Alien movies. The first three I loved... the fourth was just too damn weird. Then, saw The Omen, again. The film itself is no masterpiece but the extras on the dvd are simply amazing. The director Richard Donner believed that the Gregory Peck character was insane and Damien was just an innocent boy... and that all the awful things that happened to the film crew were not part of a curse... (*cue spooky music*) Others disagree. Throughly enjoyable!
For Halloween, I intend to watch something nice and scary.
American Psycho is wonderful, it's so darkly comic and chilling. Did you know that Christian Bale based his portrayal of Bateman on Tom Cruise?
Saw (500) Days of Summer... loved it. More on the movie's own thread.
Also, watched Robbie Williams' concert at the cinema... Not a movie, I know, but WONDERFUL! It was sent via satellite to several cinemas in most European countries. Robbie's back!
Then, The Informant! What an odd little film... Matt Damon is superb in the role and the film has some amazing offbeat comedy. Still, a weird one. Recommended for those who love smart cinema.
Loved this movie. I won tickets to go and see it and it was a sheer delight. I can truly relate to Summer. And JGL was excellent... No wonder they keep on comparing him to the late Heath Ledger.
I also loved the reference to The Graduate... So many people see its ending as happy when it's truly not. As for the ending of (500) Days of Summer... That could be misinterpreted too.
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