Okay, I was steeled for that alright. After the very start there was a limit to how good an ending I could expect, but I bopped by the IMDB page halfway through and read what it said the story was based on which pretty much gives away the second half of the movie.
It was poignant and slow and sweet, but still not compelling. I wanted to see how the end was done, even after I knew what would happen. But I feel no real pull to watch it again, ever.
Except--what was in the wooden box he was carrying around?
Ashes of his mother?
They panned to it when he told Setsuko that
she was buried in the pretty graveyard.
I switched over to the Japanese voices and subtitles midway through. I should have remembered to do that right away. The voice acting was much letter. Less sugary (I see from IMDB everyone was age appropriate).
Oh, I've seen LLV too. And they're right. I don't really want to again, though I liked it at the time.
The one on the list I'm sure I saw was The Audition, and I've seen it twice. I'm probably not seeing it again because I remember it well enough to not have to--but if someone put it on while I was there I wouldn't leave or anything.
My brother and sil kept urging me to see Audition but I couldn't find it anywhere. Finally my friend gave it to me for Christmas 2 years ago. I've seen it once... just once. Like ita I wouldn't leave the room, but it'll be a while before I actively go to watch it.
I saw Requiem...wtf? (enough said)
YouTube has an example of an early sequence from Weekend that's pretty much what provocative film is all about. Don't cheat, watch the whole thing: [link].
Let me guess - the traffic jam?
I've seen Boys Don't Cry and Leaving Las Vegas. While Audition fascinates me by dint of its reputation, Million Dollar Baby is the only other film on the list that I have a real desire to see.
I'd add Araki's
Mysterious Skin
to that list. Absolutely stunning movie. We even bought it. But we can't quite bring ourselves to watch it again...
When the Wind Blows scared the everloving shit out of me when I was a kid - I still can't watch it to this day. What they were doing showing it in a primary school, I do not know.
When the Wind Blows scared the everloving shit out of me when I was a kid - I still can't watch it to this day. What they were doing showing it in a primary school, I do not know.
I'm thinking they showed it to us in high school. It's the only way to see it that makes sense for me.
Gutting.
I've been trying to remember under what circumstances I saw it, and I can't. Must have been some kind of special showing. It's not the kind of thing I would have caught on Bargain Night at the multiplex.
