David Kronenbourg
Well-Known Member
full of plot holes but enjoyable enough
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Saw NEDS and Blue Valentine.
NEDS (thumbs up) -- Sad and entertaining at the same time despite the nearly heavy handed conclusion. It was set in the 70s but still I reminds me how damn happy I'm not a teenager any more. Jesus. To be honest I could have used some subtitles but after about 25 minutes my hear adjusted a bit. I still found the dialogue a but difficult to follow so I'm going to have to watch it again because I know I was missing good jokes. The theatre was laughing, which made it even hard to decipher for me. It was like when i watched Trainspotting for the first time in the theatre -- I got maybe 80% of it. I hate not understanding, especially if it's that funny.
Blue Valentine (thumbs up) -- Great performances and not what I expected. It slightly reminded me of the movie Closer. Only because it was not what anyone going in expected and I could tell it made them uncomfortable. I thought the women next to me were going to leave. The PR alludes to romance and while it's there it's also not. Realistic and slightly crushing. I thought I'd walk out all weepy (since I've been a bit homesick) instead I was smiling saying to myself... thank fuck.
Ah, I was thinking about watching Blue Valentine tonight, sounds even more intriguing now.
Was really looking forward to seeing this but Closer is just about the worst film I have ever seen. That comparison has tempered my expectations no end
I just meant that in the way that many people went into Closer thinking, yay a romantic film with good looking people but then got something they weren't expecting. I think the trailer is a slight misleading in the same way but the movie was good. I actually liked it, whereas I was going in only for Ryan Gosling (and the ukulele) so was prepared to suffer the romantic bit. Went in with low expectations and came out better than predicted. Realism is more moving than cliche fluff in my book.
It was pretty great alright. Some of those scenes were stingingly real - the misinterpretations, the pleads. I was thankful for the breaks that the romance scenes allowed us, which they didn't overplay at all. Michelle Williams looked fantastic - no wonder Ryan Gosling got his ukulele out
Second scene or so is a midget fanning a corpse. I
Excellent - that makes it a must have...
Did Godfrey Ho direct it - otherwise it seems a little out of line with your usual fair?
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