sitges 2009: day 5
Today I thought I had two films but in fact I had just one... Yes, I've been in Sitges three hours ahead of time because I've mistaken a date. That tends to happen at least once a year, so I'm happy I thought a film I have to watch tomorrow was due today and not the contrary. I feel lucky if stupid...
Anyway, what film did I watch today? DORIAN GRAY
The film is not as great as it could have been, but it's not bad, really. Only it had great standarts to live to (a magnificent book and a great film adaptation in the forties) and that always makes it hard for new challengers.
The best about the film is wardrobe, sceneary and cast. Ben Barnes, for one, is perfect for the role. He is beautiful and elegant, with a hint of inocence in his eyes and a touch of cruelty in his mouth. We really get to see young Dorian get from confussed youngling to depraved grown up. The portrait itself is quite good too, but still, nothing as the old one.
I think the worst is... I don't know, a lack of conection, perhaps. I mean, I didn't really care much for any of them, except perhaps poor Basil, whose fate I knew from the start and felt a bit sad about it.
Really, is not a bad film, but it's not the film I was expecting either. Still, I think I wouldn't mind to watch it again, if only see again the beauty of fake Edwardian London..
Afterwards, Olga and I had made pictures of the sunset like mad (today the sky was jusnt stunning) and then we've headed to Barcelona, because we had tickets for the Theatre. We've been nearly late because some poor man has jumped in front of a train. We have been spared the gorier bits, but we have still been able to watch the Scientific police at work while we waited for the train. It hasn't been nice.
Luckily, we were going to see two comedians (JUlián Lopez and Raúl Cimas) that we admire a lot and their antics and jokes have made us forget about the horrible suicide at the station.
And now it's quite late and I'm really sleepy, so tomorrow I'll post the pictures of the sunset and everything.
G'night.
Anyway, what film did I watch today? DORIAN GRAY
The film is not as great as it could have been, but it's not bad, really. Only it had great standarts to live to (a magnificent book and a great film adaptation in the forties) and that always makes it hard for new challengers.
The best about the film is wardrobe, sceneary and cast. Ben Barnes, for one, is perfect for the role. He is beautiful and elegant, with a hint of inocence in his eyes and a touch of cruelty in his mouth. We really get to see young Dorian get from confussed youngling to depraved grown up. The portrait itself is quite good too, but still, nothing as the old one.
I think the worst is... I don't know, a lack of conection, perhaps. I mean, I didn't really care much for any of them, except perhaps poor Basil, whose fate I knew from the start and felt a bit sad about it.
Really, is not a bad film, but it's not the film I was expecting either. Still, I think I wouldn't mind to watch it again, if only see again the beauty of fake Edwardian London..
Afterwards, Olga and I had made pictures of the sunset like mad (today the sky was jusnt stunning) and then we've headed to Barcelona, because we had tickets for the Theatre. We've been nearly late because some poor man has jumped in front of a train. We have been spared the gorier bits, but we have still been able to watch the Scientific police at work while we waited for the train. It hasn't been nice.
Luckily, we were going to see two comedians (JUlián Lopez and Raúl Cimas) that we admire a lot and their antics and jokes have made us forget about the horrible suicide at the station.
And now it's quite late and I'm really sleepy, so tomorrow I'll post the pictures of the sunset and everything.
G'night.