Me too, though I didn't hate it. My heartstrings are hard to work these days. The last one that did was "The Boys of Baraka".(Which I recommend to all Wire fans, in advance of the Education Season)
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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erikaj - Aug 09, 2006 8:38:02 am PDT #3415 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Glamcookie - Aug 09, 2006 8:45:26 am PDT #3416 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
The last movie that tugged the heartstrings (actually took an axe to the heartstrings) was Mysterious Skin. Beautifully made and just devastating.
Gris - Aug 09, 2006 12:51:24 pm PDT #3417 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I quite liked Mysterious Skin. I also have a hugely strong emotional reaction to Lost in Translation, as I've discussed here many times.
Hayden - Aug 09, 2006 1:34:46 pm PDT #3418 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I rather liked Lost In Translation, but I didn't think it was better than, say, The Virgin Suicides.
Zenkitty - Aug 09, 2006 1:47:04 pm PDT #3419 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, The Virgin Suicides makes me cry. When I first saw it, I didn't know what was going to happen, and the fact that it had the inevitable, rather than the happy, ending was a gut-punch.
Jessica - Aug 09, 2006 1:54:52 pm PDT #3420 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I rather liked Lost In Translation, but I didn't think it was better than, say, The Virgin Suicides.
I haven't seen The Virgin Suicides in so long, so I can't really talk about why Lost in Translation hit me so much harder. I think they're both amazingly well-directed movies (and their combined strength is why I'm looking forward to Marie Antoinette with hope instead of dread).
erikaj - Aug 09, 2006 2:02:31 pm PDT #3421 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Is on my list.(considers removing, but hell, if I could take it when Wallace died... I'm Simon fan "We never have good news for anyone. Ever.") Or Frank Sobatka...(sniff) Will play it by ear, I suppose. my queue is long as Wu's I think. If Bubbles dies, I think I'll have to be rehydrated professionally though. Don't know...something about that man, junkie or not, just kills me every time I see him. He's kind of...sweetnatured or something. Even though he steals and probably, being a hard-core fiend, has lied to every friend or family member, there's something still good in there, damn it.
Gris - Aug 09, 2006 2:41:54 pm PDT #3422 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I loved The Virgin Suicides as well, but Lost in Translation makes me think of old friends long lost. I think it built from a stronger base - I thought the book of the Virgin Suicides was meh at best - but both are excellent films.
I also look forward to Marie Antoinette, based on the director alone.
Glamcookie - Aug 09, 2006 3:04:15 pm PDT #3423 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
The Virgin Suicides was a very pretty movie, but ultimately I was left with, "What of it?"
Kate P. - Aug 09, 2006 4:38:58 pm PDT #3424 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I was underimpressed by The Virgin Suicides, both book and movie. The themes and setting worked well for me at the beginning, but there wasn't much of a payoff and ultimately both the story and the characters were too flimsy to really captivate me; whereas Lost in Translation suckerpunched me with a feeling of recognition and intense longing.