Comments | miss_morland: Cinematic fun

miss_morland

Cinematic fun

Feb 20, 2016 20:50

I've seen some movies lately, and if I were less lazy about it, I'd write some real reviews. Instead, have some mini-reviews... (Not very spoilery, but putting them beyond cuts just in case.)

( Carol )

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ysilme February 20 2016, 20:59:43 UTC

(I just have a low tolerance for whiny brats with emo angst, at least if I get the feeling we're meant to take them seriously; on the other hand, if I come to find him amusing, I may warm to him yet -- that's what happened with Draco Malfoy.)
Hah, finally someone who agrees with me! *g*

miss_morland February 21 2016, 11:45:09 UTC

Hee! I've never been much of a Draco fan, but every time I think about his receding hairline, I feel strangely fond of him.

ysilme February 21 2016, 11:54:36 UTC

*g* I should have quoted more, as I mainly meant Kylo Ren; I seem to be the only one who finds him annoying for the very same reasons. But it's definitely true also for Draco, even though I became fonder of him through a close friend shipping HP/DM..

miss_morland February 21 2016, 15:02:44 UTC

Oh, gotcha -- yeah, I'm actually more annoyed with Kylo, because his parents are so much nicer than Draco's. >:-(

That said, I loved this fic a friend of mine wrote: http://archiveofourown.org/works/5946625

It's Kylo/Hux from the POV of Hux's cat, and I think you'd enjoy it too. *g*

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magnetic_pole February 21 2016, 01:00:03 UTC

Gah! Yet another person who enjoyed Carol! I felt like a Bad Lesbian not warming up to it. Perhaps I'll have to try it again. :)

You sound like you've had a good time watching these! M.

miss_morland February 21 2016, 11:46:42 UTC

Maybe it was just that I didn't expect to love it, since I didn't love the book? But then again, sometimes works of art click with us and sometimes they don't, and that's all right.

Out of curiosity, was there anything specific you didn't like about it or was it more of a "meh" reaction?

magnetic_pole February 24 2016, 02:55:51 UTC

You know, you had the same reaction my partner did--she'd read the book, didn't enjoy it especially, and then was pleasantly surprised by the film.

I'm not sure why I didn't like it. I loved the visuals (of course!) but just didn't sense a lot of the joy of a crush. The whole thing seemed a bit calculating. YMMV, of course! M.

miss_morland February 24 2016, 21:45:03 UTC

Fair enough, emotional reactions to movies are quite subjective, after all. :-)

aigooism February 21 2016, 01:51:05 UTC

Let me know how you liked Son of Saul. Of all the films you mentioned, that one interest me the most LOL :D Carol sounds also interesting, too. XD

miss_morland February 21 2016, 11:48:02 UTC

Will do! I may see it this afternoon (it's a choice between that one and Youth).

miss_morland February 24 2016, 22:00:16 UTC

Short version: Son of Saul is very good, if upsetting; I recommend watching it if you can.

Longer version: it's perhaps the most unflinching portrayal of the Holocaust I've seen -- there's no music, the only soundtrack is the noise of the camp (shouts and screams and gunfire), there's no flinching away from the horrors of naked, bloody bodies, but no dwelling on them either. The main character searches to do something that's meaningful to him but not to anyone else, given the horrors they're living every day and the lack of worth a human life has in the camp, and it's just -- really thought-provoking and horrifying. I think that if I were a history teacher and wanted to show my students a movie about the Holocaust, I'd pick this one.

aigooism February 29 2016, 10:17:33 UTC

Thanks for the review. I'm really interested in the film now! :D