i will look out for that,thanksgreystoke wrote:I've been reading that Toni Braxton is to play Darlene Love in a biopic of the singer's life. Which could be interesting, although it seems as though Twenty Feet From Stardom focuses quite a bit on Love. Braxton hasn't acted much at all, but she's a fine singer and will be capable with regards to the music. Perhaps one to watch out for, Ken.keninlincs wrote:I was engrossed from start to finishgreystoke wrote:This looks like a great film, Ken. I may seem it tomorrow or Friday, if possible.keninlincs wrote:Last night we went and watched"Twenty Feet From Stardom"a fascinating look at backing singers such as Darlene Love,a great documentary and featuring some fine performances from stars like,Springsteen,Rolling Stones and more . Definitely worth the price of admission
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Last night I watched the french comedy "Paulette" and enjoyed it. Nice little flick.
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Watched Red 2 last night what a lot of crap ! what were all these great actors thinking about when they read the script for this movie !!!
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Last night I watched "Mulholland Drive" by David Lynch for the 4th time. Fantastic acting performances (well, ummm, maybe except for Billy Ray Cyrus' part) and every scene is very well crafted. Love it.
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Mulholland Drive is a superb movie -- I've watched it several times myself. I think it's one of David Lynch's best films.luckyjackson1 wrote:Last night I watched "Mulholland Drive" by David Lynch for the 4th time. Fantastic acting performances (well, ummm, maybe except for Billy Ray Cyrus' part) and every scene is very well crafted. Love it.
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After thinking it over I finally went to the local cinema last night to see Mark Wahlberg starring in Peter Berg's "Lone Survivor".
When I read what the movie was about I had my doubts because I left the cinema when I watched "Zero Dark Thirty". AND starring Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hirsch it gave me another two reasons not wanting to watch it.
But then there are Wahlberg and one of my favourite actors, Ben Foster. So I finally changed my mind.
I didn't particularly care for the story or the army pathos. I even thought at one point this movie was more politically incorrect then "The Green Berets"...
Aside from being too monotonous from time to time and slow paced at the beginning I enjoyed the (somehow fascinating) action scenes although I couldn't help but wonder if Berg was trying to imitate Paul Greengrass' style (shaking camera and even worse: close-ups, zooming AND shaking). And I think Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero did a marvellous job again.
Overall I'd rate it five out of ten for the reasons mentioned above.
When I read what the movie was about I had my doubts because I left the cinema when I watched "Zero Dark Thirty". AND starring Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hirsch it gave me another two reasons not wanting to watch it.
But then there are Wahlberg and one of my favourite actors, Ben Foster. So I finally changed my mind.
I didn't particularly care for the story or the army pathos. I even thought at one point this movie was more politically incorrect then "The Green Berets"...
Aside from being too monotonous from time to time and slow paced at the beginning I enjoyed the (somehow fascinating) action scenes although I couldn't help but wonder if Berg was trying to imitate Paul Greengrass' style (shaking camera and even worse: close-ups, zooming AND shaking). And I think Howard Berger and Gregory Nicotero did a marvellous job again.
Overall I'd rate it five out of ten for the reasons mentioned above.
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Hachi : A Dog's Tale
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
Based on a true story about a very loyal dog and his master. A real tear-jerker.
A puppy (A Corgi) is sent from Japan to the United States, but escapes when his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station. Professor Parker Wilson finds the abandoned dog and when the station controller refuses to take the puppy, he takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. Initially, Cate Parker does not want them to keep the puppy. Parker learns that the dog is an Akita. The dog has not been claimed when he returns to the station the following morning, so he takes him to the college, where Ken, a Japanese professor, suggests that perhaps the two are meant to be together. He translates the symbol on the collar as 'Hachi'—Japanese for the number 8—signifying good fortune. Parker decides to call the dog Hachikō. Parker attempts to play fetch with Hachi, but he refuses to join in. Cate receives a call from someone wishing to adopt the puppy, but having seen how close her husband is with Hachi, she tells the caller, "Hachi has already been spoken for."
Parker contiues to be mystified by Hachi's refusal to do dog-like activities like chase and fetch. One morning, Parker leaves for work and Hachi follows him to the train station; he refuses to leave until Parker walks him home. Later in the afternoon, Hachi walks to the train station, to wait patiently for Parker to come home. Parker relents and walks Hachi to the station every morning. After Parker's train departs, Hachi walks home, returning in the afternoon to see his master's train arrive and go home together. They continue to do this every day.
One day Parker gets ready to leave and Hachi barks at him and refuses to join him. When Parker does leave, Hachi chases him while holding his ball. Parker is surprised but pleased that Hachi is finally willing to play fetch the ball with him. Not wishing to be late for college, Parker catches his train despite Hachi's barking. Later that day Parker is teaching his music class, still holding Hachi's ball, when he suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack and dies.
At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law Michael (Ronnie Sublett) comes to collect him. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter Andy (Sarah Roemer), Michael, and their baby Ronnie. However, at the first opportunity, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual spot, eating hot dogs given to him by Jasjeet, a local vendor. Andy arrives soon after and takes him home, but lets him out the next day to return to the station.
For the next ten years, Hachi waits for his owner. His loyalty is profiled in the local newspaper. Ten years after Parker's death, Cate comes back to visit Parker's grave where she meets Ken, and she says that even though it has been a decade, she still misses him. Arriving at the station, she is stunned to see Hachi, old, dirty and weak, still maintaining his vigil. Overcome with grief, Cate sits and waits for the next train with him. At home, Cate tells the now ten-year-old Ronnie about Hachi.
After more than ten long years of waiting faithfully for his dead master, Hachiko, now old and weary, limps to the same spot in front of the railway station where he had waited faithfully every day. As people walk through the station exit he recollects those joyful moments of his life that he had spent with his master. Now alone, lying on the snow with his eyes closed, he remembers Parker emerging from the station and the two happily greeting each other....
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
Based on a true story about a very loyal dog and his master. A real tear-jerker.
A puppy (A Corgi) is sent from Japan to the United States, but escapes when his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station. Professor Parker Wilson finds the abandoned dog and when the station controller refuses to take the puppy, he takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. Initially, Cate Parker does not want them to keep the puppy. Parker learns that the dog is an Akita. The dog has not been claimed when he returns to the station the following morning, so he takes him to the college, where Ken, a Japanese professor, suggests that perhaps the two are meant to be together. He translates the symbol on the collar as 'Hachi'—Japanese for the number 8—signifying good fortune. Parker decides to call the dog Hachikō. Parker attempts to play fetch with Hachi, but he refuses to join in. Cate receives a call from someone wishing to adopt the puppy, but having seen how close her husband is with Hachi, she tells the caller, "Hachi has already been spoken for."
Parker contiues to be mystified by Hachi's refusal to do dog-like activities like chase and fetch. One morning, Parker leaves for work and Hachi follows him to the train station; he refuses to leave until Parker walks him home. Later in the afternoon, Hachi walks to the train station, to wait patiently for Parker to come home. Parker relents and walks Hachi to the station every morning. After Parker's train departs, Hachi walks home, returning in the afternoon to see his master's train arrive and go home together. They continue to do this every day.
One day Parker gets ready to leave and Hachi barks at him and refuses to join him. When Parker does leave, Hachi chases him while holding his ball. Parker is surprised but pleased that Hachi is finally willing to play fetch the ball with him. Not wishing to be late for college, Parker catches his train despite Hachi's barking. Later that day Parker is teaching his music class, still holding Hachi's ball, when he suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack and dies.
At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law Michael (Ronnie Sublett) comes to collect him. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter Andy (Sarah Roemer), Michael, and their baby Ronnie. However, at the first opportunity, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual spot, eating hot dogs given to him by Jasjeet, a local vendor. Andy arrives soon after and takes him home, but lets him out the next day to return to the station.
For the next ten years, Hachi waits for his owner. His loyalty is profiled in the local newspaper. Ten years after Parker's death, Cate comes back to visit Parker's grave where she meets Ken, and she says that even though it has been a decade, she still misses him. Arriving at the station, she is stunned to see Hachi, old, dirty and weak, still maintaining his vigil. Overcome with grief, Cate sits and waits for the next train with him. At home, Cate tells the now ten-year-old Ronnie about Hachi.
After more than ten long years of waiting faithfully for his dead master, Hachiko, now old and weary, limps to the same spot in front of the railway station where he had waited faithfully every day. As people walk through the station exit he recollects those joyful moments of his life that he had spent with his master. Now alone, lying on the snow with his eyes closed, he remembers Parker emerging from the station and the two happily greeting each other....
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I really like Lasse Hallstrom's version of Hachi, although I prefer Seijiro Koyama's original, 1987, film, which starred the great Tatsuya Nakadai. The story is essentially the same, of course, and Hallstrom was not only the ideal director for this movie, Richard Gere was perfectly cast in the lead. Gere is the kind of actor who can bring a real sense of truth and sincerity to a film of this nature and to the kind of character he plays here. The dog is the real star, of course, with Hallstrom being no stranger to sets populated with animals. He has such a keen eye and a deft touch, which is paramount with gentle, moving and honest tales like Hachi.TCB-FAN wrote:Hachi : A Dog's Tale
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
Based on a true story about a very loyal dog and his master. A real tear-jerker.
A puppy (A Corgi) is sent from Japan to the United States, but escapes when his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station. Professor Parker Wilson finds the abandoned dog and when the station controller refuses to take the puppy, he takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. Initially, Cate Parker does not want them to keep the puppy. Parker learns that the dog is an Akita. The dog has not been claimed when he returns to the station the following morning, so he takes him to the college, where Ken, a Japanese professor, suggests that perhaps the two are meant to be together. He translates the symbol on the collar as 'Hachi'—Japanese for the number 8—signifying good fortune. Parker decides to call the dog Hachikō. Parker attempts to play fetch with Hachi, but he refuses to join in. Cate receives a call from someone wishing to adopt the puppy, but having seen how close her husband is with Hachi, she tells the caller, "Hachi has already been spoken for."
Parker contiues to be mystified by Hachi's refusal to do dog-like activities like chase and fetch. One morning, Parker leaves for work and Hachi follows him to the train station; he refuses to leave until Parker walks him home. Later in the afternoon, Hachi walks to the train station, to wait patiently for Parker to come home. Parker relents and walks Hachi to the station every morning. After Parker's train departs, Hachi walks home, returning in the afternoon to see his master's train arrive and go home together. They continue to do this every day.
One day Parker gets ready to leave and Hachi barks at him and refuses to join him. When Parker does leave, Hachi chases him while holding his ball. Parker is surprised but pleased that Hachi is finally willing to play fetch the ball with him. Not wishing to be late for college, Parker catches his train despite Hachi's barking. Later that day Parker is teaching his music class, still holding Hachi's ball, when he suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack and dies.
At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law Michael (Ronnie Sublett) comes to collect him. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter Andy (Sarah Roemer), Michael, and their baby Ronnie. However, at the first opportunity, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual spot, eating hot dogs given to him by Jasjeet, a local vendor. Andy arrives soon after and takes him home, but lets him out the next day to return to the station.
For the next ten years, Hachi waits for his owner. His loyalty is profiled in the local newspaper. Ten years after Parker's death, Cate comes back to visit Parker's grave where she meets Ken, and she says that even though it has been a decade, she still misses him. Arriving at the station, she is stunned to see Hachi, old, dirty and weak, still maintaining his vigil. Overcome with grief, Cate sits and waits for the next train with him. At home, Cate tells the now ten-year-old Ronnie about Hachi.
After more than ten long years of waiting faithfully for his dead master, Hachiko, now old and weary, limps to the same spot in front of the railway station where he had waited faithfully every day. As people walk through the station exit he recollects those joyful moments of his life that he had spent with his master. Now alone, lying on the snow with his eyes closed, he remembers Parker emerging from the station and the two happily greeting each other....
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The Grand Budapest Hotel. Fantastic movie. I think this might be my favorite Wes Anderson film. And Ralph Fiennes' performance is outstanding. Visually the film is extremely pleasing.
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I think The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favourite Wes Anderson film, too. It's a wonderful movie, brimming with invention and quirkiness in the writing, performances, aesthetic and direction. And it's good to see Ralph Fiennes in a rare lighter role -- amidst many Anderson regulars, of course. The plot did remind me a little of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, though.InheritTheWind wrote:The Grand Budapest Hotel. Fantastic movie. I think this might be my favorite Wes Anderson film. And Ralph Fiennes' performance is outstanding. Visually the film is extremely pleasing.
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That's a funny observation, greystoke. I agree. But it's like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World with a sad undertone.greystoke wrote:I think The Grand Budapest Hotel is my favourite Wes Anderson film, too. It's a wonderful movie, brimming with invention and quirkiness in the writing, performances, aesthetic and direction. And it's good to see Ralph Fiennes in a rare lighter role -- amidst many Anderson regulars, of course. The plot did remind me a little of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, though.InheritTheWind wrote:The Grand Budapest Hotel. Fantastic movie. I think this might be my favorite Wes Anderson film. And Ralph Fiennes' performance is outstanding. Visually the film is extremely pleasing.
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Saw it last week. Absolutely loved it. It's a mad, mad, mad movie! Go. You'll love it.
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Could a film buff help me with something, though. The Grand Budapest I saw was in a 4:3 aspect ratio. In the theater!
What's up with that?
Thank you.
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I loved the fact that Anderson shot the film in three aspect ratios, 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1. One for each timeline!rjm wrote:Could a film buff help me with something, though. The Grand Budapest I saw was in a 4:3 aspect ratio. In the theater!
What's up with that?
Thank you.
Here's a couple of interesting articles:
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/03/26/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-takes-the-43-challenge/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/06/grand_budapest_hotel_aspect_ratios_new_wes_anderson_movie_has_three_different.html
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OH! Well, thank you!InheritTheWind wrote:I loved the fact that Anderson shot the film in three aspect ratios, 1.33, 1.85, and 2.35:1. One for each timeline!rjm wrote:Could a film buff help me with something, though. The Grand Budapest I saw was in a 4:3 aspect ratio. In the theater!
What's up with that?
Thank you.
Here's a couple of interesting articles:
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/03/26/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-takes-the-43-challenge/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/06/grand_budapest_hotel_aspect_ratios_new_wes_anderson_movie_has_three_different.html
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greystoke wrote:I really like Lasse Hallstrom's version of Hachi, although I prefer Seijiro Koyama's original, 1987, film, which starred the great Tatsuya Nakadai. The story is essentially the same, of course, and Hallstrom was not only the ideal director for this movie, Richard Gere was perfectly cast in the lead. Gere is the kind of actor who can bring a real sense of truth and sincerity to a film of this nature and to the kind of character he plays here. The dog is the real star, of course, with Hallstrom being no stranger to sets populated with animals. He has such a keen eye and a deft touch, which is paramount with gentle, moving and honest tales like Hachi.TCB-FAN wrote:Hachi : A Dog's Tale
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
I guess I'm just a sucker for pet movies (especially dogs). I sobbed liked a baby after watching "Marley & Me". I even tear up after watching old Lassie re-runs.
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You must love Old Yeller, then. I certainly do!TCB-FAN wrote:greystoke wrote:I really like Lasse Hallstrom's version of Hachi, although I prefer Seijiro Koyama's original, 1987, film, which starred the great Tatsuya Nakadai. The story is essentially the same, of course, and Hallstrom was not only the ideal director for this movie, Richard Gere was perfectly cast in the lead. Gere is the kind of actor who can bring a real sense of truth and sincerity to a film of this nature and to the kind of character he plays here. The dog is the real star, of course, with Hallstrom being no stranger to sets populated with animals. He has such a keen eye and a deft touch, which is paramount with gentle, moving and honest tales like Hachi.TCB-FAN wrote:Hachi : A Dog's Tale
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
I guess I'm just a sucker for pet movies (especially dogs). I sobbed liked a baby after watching "Marley & Me". I even tear up after watching old Lassie re-runs.
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That too !! Classic. Woof !greystoke wrote:You must love Old Yeller, then. I certainly do!TCB-FAN wrote:greystoke wrote:I really like Lasse Hallstrom's version of Hachi, although I prefer Seijiro Koyama's original, 1987, film, which starred the great Tatsuya Nakadai. The story is essentially the same, of course, and Hallstrom was not only the ideal director for this movie, Richard Gere was perfectly cast in the lead. Gere is the kind of actor who can bring a real sense of truth and sincerity to a film of this nature and to the kind of character he plays here. The dog is the real star, of course, with Hallstrom being no stranger to sets populated with animals. He has such a keen eye and a deft touch, which is paramount with gentle, moving and honest tales like Hachi.TCB-FAN wrote:Hachi : A Dog's Tale
(2009) Richard Gere, Joan Allen
I guess I'm just a sucker for pet movies (especially dogs). I sobbed liked a baby after watching "Marley & Me". I even tear up after watching old Lassie re-runs.
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The Little Mermaid 5/6 , just fantastic , the mood/music....prolly never seen it before , only the series.
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Thanks for the reviews of "Hachi", absolutely loved it although unfortunately I've never watched the original.
Two nights ago after the third attempt I finally watched "White House Down" in its entirety. The first time I turned it off after thirty minutes and the second time I fell asleep... again after the lame thirty minute-opening. But I have to admit I really enjoyed it.
Started watching "R.E.D." but somehow the whole story line doesn't make much sense to me (yet). But will continue later.
Also started watching "Deadfall" starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde but wasn't in the mood continuing so I turned it off after about ten minutes. Although I was really delighted to see Kris Kristofferson and Sissi Spacek.
But that's me, it's really a "mood thing" with this movies.
I might even enjoy "Lone Survivor" one fine day.
Two nights ago after the third attempt I finally watched "White House Down" in its entirety. The first time I turned it off after thirty minutes and the second time I fell asleep... again after the lame thirty minute-opening. But I have to admit I really enjoyed it.
Started watching "R.E.D." but somehow the whole story line doesn't make much sense to me (yet). But will continue later.
Also started watching "Deadfall" starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde but wasn't in the mood continuing so I turned it off after about ten minutes. Although I was really delighted to see Kris Kristofferson and Sissi Spacek.
But that's me, it's really a "mood thing" with this movies.
I might even enjoy "Lone Survivor" one fine day.
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I thought White House Down was mind-numbing Hollywood trash. And I thought it was huuugely entertaining. Mind-numbing trash can be good!luckyjackson1 wrote:Thanks for the reviews of "Hachi", absolutely loved it although unfortunately I've never watched the original.
Two nights ago after the third attempt I finally watched "White House Down" in its entirety. The first time I turned it off after thirty minutes and the second time I fell asleep... again after the lame thirty minute-opening. But I have to admit I really enjoyed it.
Started watching "R.E.D." but somehow the whole story line doesn't make much sense to me (yet). But will continue later.
Also started watching "Deadfall" starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde but wasn't in the mood continuing so I turned it off after about ten minutes. Although I was really delighted to see Kris Kristofferson and Sissi Spacek.
But that's me, it's really a "mood thing" with this movies.
I might even enjoy "Lone Survivor" one fine day.
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I made a very rare trip to the cinema tonight to see The Quiet Ones, and thought it was very average. The big problem with it is that it doesn't really make a great deal of sense, but you don't realise that until it's over. The acting was good - although I did sit there for a while trying to work out where I had seen one of the actresses before (Bates Motel was the answer). However, it was derivative of films such as Sinister and The Conjuring, and it's biggest failing was that I didn't find it remotely creepy or scary. I'm not saying it wasn't entertaining for 100 minutes, because it was - but you leave the cinema with little sense of what the whole thing was really about, and I came home to an empty house which has its fair share of things that go bump in the night and didn't think twice about it. That's not the feeling a good horror film should leave you with.
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rjm wrote:TCM is having an Oscar month, So I am seeing many classics.
Was stoked to finally see Marty. My dad always loved it. I never saw but just a little piece of it.
It's a brief picture. Didn't expect it to end so abruptly. But perfect in its way.
If you leave aside the dated gender assumptions and the premature aging of everyone, it makes a powerful little message.
When the picture begins, it seems as if Marty is the only unhappy person in his world. By the end, he (and his gal) are the only happy people. Everyone else is not only miserable, but they want to spread around the misery.
Marty escapes. It leaves you feeling good.
But that poor actress must have been ruined by this role! She's portrayed as the ugliest girl in the world. (And she wasn't.)
It was interesting to go back to a time so different from anything I know.
rjm
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I watched "Marty" on your recommendation, rjm, thank you. I enjoyed the movie, thoroughly. I also love those old classics, knowing that I am about to feel different, due to being immersed in a film from a different era, it is something I also enjoy.
Betsy Blair, who played Clara, Marty's love interest, was actually one of Gene Kelly's wives. Amazing
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Well, how about that! Gene Kelly?!! That makes me feel a LOT better! I was feeling so bad for her.
Due to the subject matter, the Marty character says a lot of things no actress would ever want said about her. I am so glad to hear how it worked out.
Thank you!
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Due to the subject matter, the Marty character says a lot of things no actress would ever want said about her. I am so glad to hear how it worked out.
Thank you!
rjm
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The Quiet Ones is one of a few movies I've seen at the cinema the past few days, too -- along with Calvary, The Raid 2, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and The Past. I thought all were splendid movies, often quite excellent, with the exception of The Quiet Ones. A film I had been looking forward to, given my fondness for Hammer, or at least their heritage, and hopes of something to match The Woman in Black, which I thought was very good. Hammer's revival, however, has been frequently underwhelming, with Wake Wood being generally poor, The Resident proving quite awful and Let Me In being fairly decent, but vastly inferior to the marvellous original, Let the Right One In. After the success of The Woman in Black I had hoped for a steady reversal of fortunes and an upswing in quality, but The Quiet Ones disappointed me more than just about any other movie this year.poormadpeter wrote:I made a very rare trip to the cinema tonight to see The Quiet Ones, and thought it was very average. The big problem with it is that it doesn't really make a great deal of sense, but you don't realise that until it's over. The acting was good - although I did sit there for a while trying to work out where I had seen one of the actresses before (Bates Motel was the answer). However, it was derivative of films such as Sinister and The Conjuring, and it's biggest failing was that I didn't find it remotely creepy or scary. I'm not saying it wasn't entertaining for 100 minutes, because it was - but you leave the cinema with little sense of what the whole thing was really about, and I came home to an empty house which has its fair share of things that go bump in the night and didn't think twice about it. That's not the feeling a good horror film should leave you with.
The premise, despite sounding fairly original, is ultimately routine and (as you've mentioned) quite derivative of The Conjuring and Sinister in some respects. But there's been a spate of such movies of late, with cursed individuals and haunted houses proving to be a trend in contemporary horror cinema -- one of The Quiet Ones' writers, Craig Rosenberg, also wrote the screenplay for the 2009 horror, The Uninvited. Similar ideas are certainly abound here. Whilst the film's director, John Pogue, doesn't have the strongest track-record despite a clear affinity for the genre. But it becomes quickly apparent just how unoriginal and shop-worn The Quiet Ones is -- although I've no doubt that Hammer and Pogue wanted to make a strong commercial horror film that's substantial and thought-provoking, but it's, unfortunately, neither.
The premise, for those who haven't seen the film, or are unaware of it, concerns a university professor who is trying to debunk the supernatural whilst curing a young girl's mental illness. The professor, played by Jared Harris, takes on a role that Peter Cushing would have been ideal for during the sixties and seventies. His ideas are radical to some of his students and outrageous to others, but he seems fair and open minded, yet occasionally sinister as we see him bathed in shadow or framed behind wire mesh. The girl, who is open to the professor's experiments, is suffering from the same psychological problems as another younger subject whom the professor tried to cure some years ago. What they have in common is a telekinetic ability to influence the world around them -- an ability which the professor adamantly believes is manifested by their frustrations and anxieties. Not anything supernatural. Assisting the professor are two young students and a young camera aficionado whom he hires to document his findings. And when ostracised from the university campus they take up residence in a familiar country manor where they can work without disturbance. Which, genre contrivances aside, is all very X-Men, considering the professor, his young students, the telekinetic powers and living in a remote mansion.
It's through the camera man, played by Sam Claflin, that we are given a window into to this world, and as such he's more a plot device than a genuine character. But this is where The Quiet Ones starts to fall apart under its own contrivances. The very frequent use of the found footage/documentary technique is badly overdone from the start, switching between this perspective and a conventional view is disruptive to the narrative and immediately creates a disconnect between the viewer and the characters. Characters who are thinly sketched regardless, but require the presence of the camera man to allow us a way in -- he's our eyes and ears, but only as the director sees fit. Especially when rules are established then broken at the first opportunity -- don't look the girl in the eyes, she must be removed from outside influence, etc. We are, of course, privvy to more than the characters themselves are, but hints at something supernatural are token gestures that aim to create tension and encourage chills. But the mood is fractured by the alternating camera perspective and a rush to offer the now staple (and largely ineffective) technique of playing out scenes quiet, quiet, quiet, LOUD!!!! Which is really mind-numbing and playing to the gallery, in my opinion. Yes, The Woman in Black was guilty of this also, but that film created a sense of dread and a sinister mood that was palpable throughout. Here, like Insidious and The Conjuring, plotting is wholly perfunctory -- the payoff is the driving force, but the results in The Quiet Ones is even less successful than James Wan's recent offerings. Especially with a tug-of-war within the narrative which, on one hand, wants to retain a notion of mental health problems in the girl whilst readily accepting telekinetic powers, yet it wants to reveal darker undertones which only conflict with other aspects of the story. Meaning that the experiments we see played out scene after scene are not only pointless, but serve to undermine the film itself because we've been made aware of the external forces the experiments are supposed to debunk.