I read several reviews of Grave of the Fireflies, and while it's considered a beautifully crafted film, I could also tell from the synopses that it wasn't something I would voluntarily sit through. I had it on the Netflix queue at one point, then removed it.
TMC ran it tonight, and I was just sitting there on the couch, and thought, well, why not? DH came in about an hour into it, stood and watched a bit, and wanted to know what it was and who by? I told him "It's about two Japanese kids starving to death at the end of WWII," and he lost interest and wandered away, fortunately before things got really grim, because he's not handling his situational depression any better than I am.
I was okay till the last ten minutes. You know, weeks of depression, with occasional highs and lows, and then this movie? I don't really recommend the combination.
But it is a beautiful film.
Agreed on all counts. It's gorgeous, moving, and ultimately devastating. That one's not a Miyazaki film, but one by his studio partner.
Yeah,
GotF
is in the category of "beautifully made but I'm never watching it again" along with such laughfests as
Gallipoli
and
Schindler's List.
I also watched
GotF
this weekend -- in our case, we got it from Netflix and then couldn't bring ourselves to watch it for weeks.
Good lord.
Spidey 3 trailer from Comic-Con.
That is
very
similar to the latest actually released trailer, except for the aforementioned last shot which is totally cool OMG.
Yeah, GotF is in the category of "beautifully made but I'm never watching it again" along with such laughfests as Gallipoli and Schindler's List.
Ditto. Except I knew better than to see those other two.
Ooh, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard AND Jeffrey Dean Morgan cast in a romantic comedy. (With Uma Thurman and Isabella Rossellini.)
Oldies fans: Check out The Country Girl next time it's on TCM. Amazing movie about a has-been entertainer with a drinking problem (Bing Crosby) who's cast in a potential-Broadway show at the insistence of the director (William Holden). Only the entertainer's wife (Grace Kelly) causes problems. Or does she prevent them?
Crosby gives a magnificent performance, especially because he dispenses with the easy-going charm that's usually associated with him. Kelly (who won an Oscar for this one) does without the glamor and digs deep for a wonderful dramatic performance in a difficult role. Holden is great, too, but that's less of a surprise.
Another worthwhile one I saw over the weekend: 1776. American history and a musical. Hard to go wrong.
Mmmmmm...1776.....Too bad they cut that one song. Love the movie, though. Mostly the original Broadway cast, shot in Philadelphia. :::sigh:::
Debet, are you thinking of "Cool, Cool, Conservative Men"? It's in the TCM print, which added back in a fair amount of footage that was cut.
