What movie did you watch last night? (18 Viewers)

[nooleen]

i fucking hated it the first time i saw it and loved it the second time

i thought the central character was idiotically happy-go-lucky on the first watch but realised she was actually struggling really hard to stay that way on second viewing and it was kind of bleak

 

[hermie]

i fucking hated it the first time i saw it and loved it the second time

i thought the central character was idiotically happy-go-lucky on the first watch but realised she was actually struggling really hard to stay that way on second viewing and it was kind of bleak

Wow, not my reading of it at all. If she has struggles they are minimal. I found it ridiculous that so many commentators found her character, who's simply naturally disposed towards happiness, unbelievable - whereas the manic depressives and misanthropes who usually populate his movies are the very definition of realism. Of course both ends of the spectrum are to be found everywhere which is why it's so import to his body of work as a whole I feel. Also the driving instructor is one of his more magnificent creations. Both attracted and repelled by her eternal cheerfulness, like much of the audience.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I watched Stoker the other night. It's pretty good

Loved this. Soundtrack is really good too.

 

[nooleen]

Wow, not my reading of it at all. If she has struggles they are minimal. I found it ridiculous that so many commentators found her character, who's simply naturally disposed towards happiness, unbelievable - whereas the manic depressives and misanthropes who usually populate his movies are the very definition of realism. Of course both ends of the spectrum are to be found everywhere which is why it's so import to his body of work as a whole I feel. Also the driving instructor is one of his more magnificent creations. Both attracted and repelled by her eternal cheerfulness, like much of the audience.

it was when i thought she was just blandly, obliviously chirpy that i hated it

and she's not oblivious, as you see in the scenes with her sister, or the driving instructor, or the homeless man for example

the rare moments where she's subdued because the unhappiness of other people is too overwhelming

 

[hermie]

it was when i thought she was just blandly, obliviously chirpy that i hated it

and she's not oblivious, as you see in the scenes with her sister, or the driving instructor, or the homeless man for example

the rare moments where she's subdued because the unhappiness of other people is too overwhelming

Absolutely, the first impression of her is maybe a bit two-dimensional but not at all after that. I thought primary teacher was the perfect job for her as well. Some of those nuts are ludicrously chirpy! Never came across any Miss Krabappel-types until secondary myself.

 

[hermie]

Loved this. Soundtrack is really good too.

Who did the score? Vaguely remember it being great alright. Probably due a re-watch round about now. It's hardly on neflix?

 

[nooleen]

i had a right awful ould bitch of a teacher in junior and senior infants

i used to be terrified going into school

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Who did the score? Vaguely remember it being great alright. Probably due a re-watch round about now. It's hardly on neflix?

oul clint mansell
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[hermie]

i had a right awful ould bitch of a teacher in junior and senior infants

i used to be terrified going into school

Jaysus, Mrs Dooley for us. We all used to cry the days she wasn't in.

 

[hermie]

oul clint mansell
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Ah ya can't go wrong with the manse

 

[nooleen]

i had to literally be dragged crying and screaming into school a couple of times

 

[nooleen]

one time within sight of her classroom, so she got the whole class up to the window to watch the spectacle

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I don’t remember a single thing about primary school.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I look back on it fondly but I have a vivid memory of my very last day where I made a promise to myself to never forget how much I hated it. I was 12.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I saw the Third Man in the IFI. Great film. Cinema 2 could do with more leg room, and I'm not exactly tall.

Watched The Quiller Memorandum, decent but a bit tedious.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Terminator : Genisys

This is not a very good film.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Before the previews, there's a Terminator computer game you can play on the actual IMAX movie screen over the Terminator WiFi network.

 

[pete]

I look back on it fondly but I have a vivid memory of my very last day where I made a promise to myself to never forget how much I hated it. I was 12.

same here.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Terminator : Genisys

This is not a very good film.

I don’t care I’m still watching it

 

[george mcfly]

I don’t care I’m still watching it

Me too. Wanted to go last night but couldn't get tickets.