Only once in my life have I had cable (when I lived on Catherine Street in Ottawa, come to think of it), when my friend and upstairs neighbour Sonia did the favour of stringing some wire so I could steal share hers.
So when I hear, "I saw this on tv", I think, "They showed that on television!?!?" Of course there isn't really any gore and not much swearing ...
LOVE this moviejade_noirAugust 20 2009, 17:21:17 UTC
but the strange thing is that I have never seen the whole thing It's one of those many movies which I know the plot to and have seen fragments of and dreamed about. I'll see the whole thing through later and read your review + comment because I believe that it posses some interesting questions.
Ellen Page is an amazing actress. Have you seen Tracey Fragments yet?
Re: LOVE this movieed_rexAugust 20 2009, 17:39:46 UTC
How did you manage to tear yourself away from it once you started? In any case, I'll be interested in learning what you think of the whole thing.
And (not at all coincidentally) I watched The Tracey Fragments last night. Not yet sure what I think of it as a film; I need to watch it again. I'll likely post about it once I have a better handle on it. What did you think of it?
But yes, I think Page is unbelievably good. I hope she has the artistic integrity to avoid getting trapped by the whole Hollywood starlet thing. What the world doesn't need now is a superb actress wasting her talents on more X-Men movies (though I'm sure she loves the money!).
4.5/5.0 stars herestrider7901August 21 2009, 02:17:05 UTC
I loved this movie. It was a classic psychological film that used very little camera tricks and technology to move the audience. I also loved how he won us over before we found he really was a creep. It was amazing. All praises over here.
Re: 4.5/5.0 stars hereed_rexAugust 21 2009, 02:22:09 UTC
For a brief, fleeting moment, I allowed myself the fantasy those stars were for the review and not the movie.
Ahem.
I think I'd forgotten just how effective minimalism can be when used in film. Some of the reviews I've read (after seeing it) talked about how the screen-writer's playwriting experience was evident in that movie. Which is true, I think. But you'd never confuse Hard Candy with being a film of a play; it was a movie.
Re: 4.5/5.0 stars hereed_rexAugust 21 2009, 02:30:31 UTC
Since I've reviewed a couple or three movies, along with some television recently, I've become very aware that my strength lies in talking about the script and not so much the, er, directorial aspects of things.
I was just pleased I was able to reference Hitchcock and Rear Window.
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So when I hear, "I saw this on tv", I think, "They showed that on television!?!?" Of course there isn't really any gore and not much swearing ...
I babble. Thanks for the kind words.
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It's one of those many movies which I know the plot to and have seen fragments of and dreamed about.
I'll see the whole thing through later and read your review + comment because I believe that it posses some interesting questions.
Ellen Page is an amazing actress. Have you seen Tracey Fragments yet?
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And (not at all coincidentally) I watched The Tracey Fragments last night. Not yet sure what I think of it as a film; I need to watch it again. I'll likely post about it once I have a better handle on it. What did you think of it?
But yes, I think Page is unbelievably good. I hope she has the artistic integrity to avoid getting trapped by the whole Hollywood starlet thing. What the world doesn't need now is a superb actress wasting her talents on more X-Men movies (though I'm sure she loves the money!).
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Ahem.
I think I'd forgotten just how effective minimalism can be when used in film. Some of the reviews I've read (after seeing it) talked about how the screen-writer's playwriting experience was evident in that movie. Which is true, I think. But you'd never confuse Hard Candy with being a film of a play; it was a movie.
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I was just pleased I was able to reference Hitchcock and Rear Window.
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