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We watched "Manchester by the Sea" on DVD last night. It was 2+ hours of tedium, and I would respectfully suggest that Casey Affleck find a profession for which he is better suited. There was a lot of sad stuff going on here, and the film didn't tug at my heartstrings even the tiniest bit.
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Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Omg! That is the most movng film I have seen in years! It was followed closely by Moonlight which I saw the next day. Those two films back to back show the power of film to illustrate human suffering. I cnsider 2016 a good year in films due to those two.. And that scene with Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams on the sidewalk, that was a master class in acting.
Only Atonement, ten years ago, beats these films for grand emotion.
all my opinion of course, and how they affected me.
rosa, I believe you when you say you didnt have heart string tugged, but girl, I think you need to make an apointmentment to have those strings checked out by your doc! Haha. When the Albioni music started up, and ran throughout the entire scene of tragedy, that elevated the film to perfection for me. it was the perfect piece of music.
Jimi All Is By My Side about Jimi Hendrix.
We saw Dunkirk last night. My DH was dying to see it because his dad was at Dunkirk.
I thought it was pretty good, but he hated it. He felt it was too choppy/hard to follow, and there was no character development.
Anyone else see it? If so, what did you think?
I dont go to war films any more, so,didnt see this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Really? A blanket policy, not to see war movies? How come?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Not exactly a film, but I just watched All-American Murder, a 48 Hours documentary about Aaron Hernandez based on a book by James Patterson. When a parent's death, bad choices, and traumatic encephalopathy collide, the result isn't pretty.
They are too violent,Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I am unable to maintan mental distance from all of the war horror. And it is too bad because
I missed several good ones of recent years.
I saw bits and pieces of Hacksaw Ridge on an airplane but missed the story arc, so might as well have not watched those bits.
The last war film I watched was not too long ago, American Sniper and it was good.
Also I dont go to Holocaust films and havent in some years. I am no longer going to Tarantino films.
When I was young I could read anything and see anything and those images didnt take up residence in my brain, but no longer. I remember being a young librarian and library patrons in their 60’s talked about how they couldnt read books with violence in them and I didnt understand. Now I do. Perhaps this mental shift comes about because as we age, we understand the fragility of human flesh, it isnt an abstract concept any more.
Great explanation. I agree with you, really. And the movies today are SO violent, gratuitously so. I hate Mel Gibson movies, including the movie that the rest of the family has declared our family movie, Braveheart. I just found it incredibly violent. All of his movies are filled with it. Same with Tarantino.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I also subscribe to the idea that what you ingest becomes you, and if you are ingesting toxins, whether through eating them or watching them on TV or movies, the effect is the same.
Dunkirk was not that bloody for a modern war film, actually. Of course there were a couple of "shut your eyes" types of moments, but it was really just a fairly boring account of a key moment in the war. I do think modern scriptwriters have lost the idea of a good story line.
I saw it recently and agree that the timeline was confusing because it was non-linear. The three timelines were One Week Out, where the troops in Dunkirk were trying to get back to England, One Day Out, where the commercial ships from England were racing across the Channel to provide help, and One Hour Out, where the RAF were engaging the German aircraft patrolling over the Channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
The lack of character development reflects the fact that the characters were irrelevant, the three stories, while interlinked, stand alone as elements of a monumental effort.
I enjoyed it!