I'm going to watch "Enchanted April" this weekend, because this winter sucks. I've probably seen it 3x already.
I watched "45 Years" last night. It's on Amazon Prime. It's about a couple in the week before their 45th anniversary party, and an old secret is revealed that turns out to be pivotal to what their marriage became. It takes place in a marshy area of England (Norfolk?) Just lovely to look at; i felt i was right there. The movie is slow paced and careful, it feels honest. Charlotte Rampling's face is unforgettable. A very well crafted film.
Last night I watched Lucky
A small-town Arizona man in his 90s contemplates the end of life, as an atheist. He reveals amazing abilities. The screenplay was written with layers of metaphor.
Saw 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri the other night. Loved it.
Saw The Dressmaker with Kate Winslet last week. Very cute and quirky, albeit a bit dark.
Finally saw A Man Called Ove last week. Loved it.
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Of those three, I think Ove irritated me the least.
While there were many things to like about 3 Billboards (especially Woody Harrelson’s role and performance), overall it was trying to hard to be something important and in that, it just insultd groups like Missouri rednecks, small town cops, etc.
The Kate Winslett film was dismal and the script not really very good. The bad people were so bad! That never makes for a good film unless the badness is dont creatively. The setting was a little bit interesting.
I watched a vampire film, Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) highly recommended by a group on the MMm site. It was really really cool, I loved it! Tilda Swindon and Tom Hiddleston play century old lovers, vampires, who reside in picturesque decaying places like Tangiers and central Detroit. There isn’t much of a plot. It is about their languid lives and the man’s depression.
Spoiler alert on 3 Billboards:
I can see how some groups were offended by 3 Billboards, but to be honest the best and most honorable people in that film were the cops. Woody Harrelson character was inspirational in a Christ-llike way, and the impact he had on Dixon--the redeemed bad guy--was awesome. Sam Rockwell deserves his nomination. My favorite stories are stories of redemption, and that's how I saw this movie. I also loved that I struggled to understand what was likeable about Frances McDormand's character--as a protagonist she was SO long-suffering. I just found it to be a fascinating character study.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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