Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Original version dubbed – okay film. Not great but okay.
Hollywood copy with Mr Rachel Weisz – utter crap. Junk. Worst film I’ve seen in months.
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A rack
TIL that her Italian home has a dungeon.
Soft. That’s me.
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker
Why does Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ make everyone cry? Science has found the formula
I could watch ET come back to live, Bambi get orphaned, the end of An Officer and a Gentleman while that track was playing and not be affected. From what I’ve heard of it The Notebook would probably leave me cold too. My emotional coldness for those aside there are a couple of films that “get me there. almost” but no music, none at all.
Hang time
Portrait of a Glasgow prison’s execution chamber and a man that worked there in the 50′s. Hanging with Frank. (15 min)
Clint.
Good Guy Clint then? Well yes because what he says there is excellent. But then I read this:
Lucas’s comments echo those of Spike Lee, who criticised the lack of black faces in Hollywood war movies in 2008.
Speaking about Clint Eastwood’s movies Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, Lee said: “He did two films about Iwo Jima back to back and there was not one black soldier in both of those films”.
“I know it was pointed out to him and that he could have changed it. It’s not like he didn’t know.”
BBC
and that is not the actions of a Good Guy. Not at all.
Crash
Love the film, love this track.
Wary eyes
73 very interesting minutes.
The Mark of Cain documents the fading art form and language of Russian criminal tattoos, formerly a forbidden topic in Russia.
A few things stand out. The level of access the maker was given, there seemed to be a lot of metal in teeth, the phrase “we permit more air”, the different cell tortures (water up to the neck so you can’t sleep), the marked contrast between male/female and the ‘it was better back then’ in different ways. Most of all though it is the eyes.
Been watching
Been watching a few films.
21 which is apparently based in the book Bringing down the house. The film is terrible. Shallow in every respect. Avoid. The book is excellent though and is highly recommended.
Hackers. Angelina Jolie. Mildly diverting in parts and if you have a clue about computers you need to forget them. Dated. But it has Angelina in. Won’t be watched again.
Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie. Watched this today and about 2/3 of the way in realised I did actually want to watch it. So I spent the last 1/3 trying to not watch it but watching it to be sure I did want to watch it. Good, liked it so far.
Twin Town. No. Really. Not funny. If they give it away, give it back.
Beowulf. Didn’t finish it. A weird real person / computer graphic hybrid it seemed. I couldn’t decide what it was and it seemed just weird. Ejected.
Eastern Promises. This was a re-watch and it’s okay. If you want to see Viggo Mortensen’s naked bum as he wrestles in a turkish bath then this dvd is for you.
City of God (subtitled) Very very good. Will be watched again (and it must be good because I can’t watch/work with subtitles involved)
Changeling. Angelina again. Excellent film. Will be watched again properly.
Gran Turino. I thought it was a little set up, too contrived in parts but it’s a very good film that will be seen again.
Body of Lies. DiCaprio. Really liked this one, it stuck together well and kept me to the end. Rewatchable.
And I bought Leon again. I bought the original UK release, borrowed the US Director’s Cut release because it had extra film that had been cut but playing that on a mac was difficult so I ripped it but had no extras. The UK DC release has all of it together which makes me happy.
To watch again before deciding: Sideways, About Schmidt,
In the current dvd queue:
The Hurt Locker, Fever Pitch, Taxi to the Dark Side, The Fog of War, Dolores Claiborne, Secrets & Lies.
A film list
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On 5 films briefly.
The Dark Knight. Not my genre and this proved why. The Joker? Can’t see the performance myself. I swear there was someone other than Bale in the Batman costume. I can understand that Batman is meant to have a darker side but the voice as an indicator was pretty poor. Not a good film.
Hancock. Poor on every level.
Valley of Elah (DVD). Formula ‘by the numbers’ film. Why on earth it got the plaudits is amazing.
Taxi (DVD). Great fun, really enjoyed it. (French, english subs)
Want to see a film? elephant is the one to watch.
(Back to TDK. Sean Connery is an irritant in films for me. He is tall and Shcottish [sic] in everything. His performance in Red October is the same as the one in Untouchables, First Knight, The Rock. He is an actor that for me immediately pops any bubble of escapism. It’s the same for Michael Caine. It’s not a butler, it’s not a reflection of Wayne’s wealth, it is not anything else. It’s just Michael Caine. Bubble? Pop!)