Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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You can analyze any picture until it falls apart
This. While there are times I want to analyze a movie, my first impulse in movie watching it just to watch the story and let myself sink into it. As long as nothing pulls me out of the story, I don't stop to think what anything means...it just is. Afterward, if I feel it was either really good or really bad, I'll take a look at why I feel that way. Movies are escape for me, not a homework assignment. YHomeworkMV.
I haven't seen Marie yet, but I will always love Sofia Coppola for Platinum .
She could make a billion bad movies in a row, and I would still see the next one, hoping if it would do to me what LiT does to me.
Just thinking about that movie makes me happy, sad, hopeful, and depressed, all at the same time.
Seeing Marie as much for the pretty as anything, though. And the soundtrack.
Hey Laga, welcome aboard!
I can say with some certainty that at the very least I really like Sofia's musical taste.
Apologies in advance for the horrible horrible MySpace page I'm about to link to, but Commune (the documentary I co-edited a few years ago) is finally getting a theatrical release! So far only NYC and LA, and I'm going to be out of town opening weekend (drat), but if it's playing anywhere near anyone, do go and see it! It's a good film, it's only 80 minutes long, and Peter Coyote is in it. And it's got a kickass original score, and also nudity. And my name is in the credits!
(And again, really really sorry about the MySpace link. I didn't create the page...)
ION, Babel is, if not the worst movie I've seen this year, easily the most irritating. See it only if there are no pretentious three-hour lectures on paint drying you could possibly attend instead.
I just watched The Boy With Green Hair on TCM. I'm not sure how I somehow managed to not see this movie before now. It's weird, in a good way. Also, the technicolor makes the greens look really poppingly green -- I can't imagine this movie in non-technicolor color.
On Sofia Copola, I liked Virgin Suicides, felt kind of "eh" about Lost in Translation, and really knew nothing about her other than recognizing the name when I watched them.
Oh no! I really wanted to like Babel. Jessica: did you see Amores Perros & if so what did you think of it?
Oooh, I'll keep an eye out for Commune! Gotta represent for the 'ffistas!
Hi Laga! This is the first Inarritu/Arriaga film I've seen, but DH has seen all of them and thought Amores Perros was much better.
The major problem with this one is that one of the storylines hinges on a character acting so unbelievably stupidly that it's impossible to feel any sympathy for them from that point on. And the "breakdown in communication" parallels between the plots are...tenuous at best. There's really only one plot where communication is actually the problem, and even there I'm not sure that better communication could solve anything.
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I'm so glad Laga has found a home here! People, the woman has seen pretty much every movie in existence and always has interesting opinions on them. I'm so happy she has a thread where someone will say,"Yeah, I've seen that!" instead of my inevitable, "Um...no, was it good?"
She's also the reason I have seen so many movies this year--she gets free (or $1.25 if at the Arclight) tickets for herself and friends! Woot!
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