Lasting effects...
Ah, the four-day weekend is almost over. I hope everybody had a good Easter break. Friday I stayed in, mooched around and didn't do very much at all except remind myself that daytime TV in general is not good, Diagnosis Murder excepted! Saturday we went to Southend and the weather was damn fine, yet I found it more essential to grab bargains in the shops! Well, I needed sunglasses at least. Anyone willing to take bets on how long it will take me to sit on this pair and ruin them, bearing in mind this happened to my last two pairs? Yesterday we were at my Nan's and she's over at the moment as it's her birthday, but sadly I shall be back at work. Oh well. I have a week off coming up at the end of the month, which will feel like such a luxury!
Some thoughts about all the films I have watched of late that I thought I'd share.
Three Colours Blue and Three Colours White:
Being a bit of a foreign film enthusiast, and I have always been told how good the triology is, I thought it was about time to borrow them. The attention to detail and imagery in Blue was quite stunning, it was so good to actually have the scenery as well as the dialogue driving the story; in fact the dialogue was reasonably sparse, yet the rich colours and images filled in the gaps. I thought White would be a scary experience for any ER fan, with Julie Delpy immediately conjuring images of Nicole, yet I can say this didn't tarnish my enjoyment of the film at all. White was much more darkly comic film, but just as much attention to detail as Blue, the end I thought was quite sad, but fitted well with the story in general. I just have to work out where to get Red from, or else just get the box set.
Ray
I was surprised by some of the imagery and flashback sequences in this, which added so much empathy to the story. Jamie Foxx was very good indeed, very belivable, and a very honest and well-rounded biography. Such great music too. Some lovely little touches of bringing accounts of the other senses coming to the fore in the wake of blindness, like the character listening to his own steps to tell when a door was open.
The Matador
Oh, I aboslutely loved it. I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, and the film certainly played out a bit differently than I expected. Some of Pierce Brosnan's one-liners were so good I almost fell out of bed laughing. Loved all the colour in this film too, the use of yellow seemed to occur frequently and again much like in Oxygen some very interesting shots..loved the end bit with the reflection in the mirror. The relationship between the two main characters was intruiging and quite touching at times which I hadn't expected. All the interrupted sex was very funny too. Must listen to the audio commentary before I take it back. The bullfighting imagery was very nicely done too, but then since my Dad's interest in la corrida rubbed off on me a bit, it something I've always found interesting. Richard Shepard, please make some more films with Maura *begs*. Not that The Matador wasn't great, because it bloody was.
Million Dollar Baby and Goal! are on the floor and awaiting my attention some time this week.
The new Maroon 5 song is so wonderful, I can't wait for the album. Not that SaJ ever gets old, but I'm so eager for their new work.
I caught the repeat of The Lost on More4 this afternoon. It's not wrong that bloody, half-dead, delirious, tied Luka is damn sexy, is it? I like the writing in that ep a lot, the dialogue was so spot-on. Debbie calling Carter Richie Rich was a stroke of genius that I had long forgotten about, and the whole Luka being a good Christian and not believing in a God that could let his children die. Why can't they show these reruns at 6 instead of 2 so that I can delight in early S10 for the rest of the week?
Oh well, back to the chocolate and TV for another few hours.
Some thoughts about all the films I have watched of late that I thought I'd share.
Three Colours Blue and Three Colours White:
Being a bit of a foreign film enthusiast, and I have always been told how good the triology is, I thought it was about time to borrow them. The attention to detail and imagery in Blue was quite stunning, it was so good to actually have the scenery as well as the dialogue driving the story; in fact the dialogue was reasonably sparse, yet the rich colours and images filled in the gaps. I thought White would be a scary experience for any ER fan, with Julie Delpy immediately conjuring images of Nicole, yet I can say this didn't tarnish my enjoyment of the film at all. White was much more darkly comic film, but just as much attention to detail as Blue, the end I thought was quite sad, but fitted well with the story in general. I just have to work out where to get Red from, or else just get the box set.
Ray
I was surprised by some of the imagery and flashback sequences in this, which added so much empathy to the story. Jamie Foxx was very good indeed, very belivable, and a very honest and well-rounded biography. Such great music too. Some lovely little touches of bringing accounts of the other senses coming to the fore in the wake of blindness, like the character listening to his own steps to tell when a door was open.
The Matador
Oh, I aboslutely loved it. I wasn't 100% sure what to expect, and the film certainly played out a bit differently than I expected. Some of Pierce Brosnan's one-liners were so good I almost fell out of bed laughing. Loved all the colour in this film too, the use of yellow seemed to occur frequently and again much like in Oxygen some very interesting shots..loved the end bit with the reflection in the mirror. The relationship between the two main characters was intruiging and quite touching at times which I hadn't expected. All the interrupted sex was very funny too. Must listen to the audio commentary before I take it back. The bullfighting imagery was very nicely done too, but then since my Dad's interest in la corrida rubbed off on me a bit, it something I've always found interesting. Richard Shepard, please make some more films with Maura *begs*. Not that The Matador wasn't great, because it bloody was.
Million Dollar Baby and Goal! are on the floor and awaiting my attention some time this week.
The new Maroon 5 song is so wonderful, I can't wait for the album. Not that SaJ ever gets old, but I'm so eager for their new work.
I caught the repeat of The Lost on More4 this afternoon. It's not wrong that bloody, half-dead, delirious, tied Luka is damn sexy, is it? I like the writing in that ep a lot, the dialogue was so spot-on. Debbie calling Carter Richie Rich was a stroke of genius that I had long forgotten about, and the whole Luka being a good Christian and not believing in a God that could let his children die. Why can't they show these reruns at 6 instead of 2 so that I can delight in early S10 for the rest of the week?
Oh well, back to the chocolate and TV for another few hours.