5/18/18

-
I was very disappointed in both of the movies that I saw today. I saw Girl and Cold War (finally), and I didn't like either of them.

I really hated Girl, partly because it was slow and repetitive for the majority of the film, but mostly because it ended with a very graphic scene that was hard to watch. Well, technically I didn't watch it, because I closed my eyes and covered my ears, but I still knew what happened. Maybe it's just because I really hate graphic gore and violence, but the movie did not jive well with me at all. It also didn't sum up the plot at all at the end -- it just kind of left us hanging, which I always hate.

I also didn't like Cold War very much, even though everyone else seemed to love it. It was just over-hyped too much by my friends, so I had pretty high expectations going into the theater. But even so, I don't think I would have liked it that much if I hadn't expected it to be great. The music and cinematography were good, as well as the acting, but the plot was very disjointed and the transitions seemed very jerky to me. I also couldn't connect at all with the main characters or the relationship they shared, and I really didn't understand why they kept sleeping with each other at random times throughout the sixties. It really didn't make any sense to me.

Today was just kind of bleh over all because Courtney and I also tried begging for tickets for the premiere of Capernaum tonight, but were unsuccessful. It just felt like a huge waste of time, and I got hot and tired standing out in the street with my little sign asking for tickets. It was aggravating.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

5/15/18

-
Today was LIT. The movie I saw was called L'animale, and it was kind of weird, but also not the worst thing I've ever seen. The acting was pretty good, and all of the symbolism that was used in the film was on point -- and that's also one thing that I'm really good at picking out when it comes to movies. I drank coffee and ate croissants as per usual, and then headed home after the movie to get ready for the queer party. A group of us actually ended up eating at a Thai place in JLP before heading to Cannes, and both the food and conversations were great. When we got to the train station, we realized that we had just missed one so we had to wait twenty minutes for the next one to come. While we were waiting, a few of the guys realized that they didn't actually have their train tickets on them. I suggested that they run back to the hotel and get it, because they had plenty of time before the next train, but I got a general response of "Naaahhh, we'll be f
Read more

5/13/18

-
I also only saw one movie today, one called Angel Face.  Courtney and I saw it together in the Salle du 60 theater, and we really didn't know what to think when we were walking out of it. The story was about a young mother, Marlene, and her daughter Elli. Marlene was a crazy partier and a very irresponsible mother, and Elli is around ten years old and ends up fending for herself quite a bit whenever her mother is away. Elli has also developed a habit of drinking some of the alcohol that her mother would leave lying around the house. When Marlene runs off with a random guy who she meets in the club, Elli is left by herself, and seeks out a neighbor to take care of her while her mother's away. She hangs out with that guy and also goes to school, where she's bullied by her fellow students. At the end of the movie, Elli gets mad that her mother showed up to her school play, so she ran away and dove off a cliff into the ocean below. Luckily the neighbor who had been taking car
Read more

Film Review: RBG

-
Film Block Directors : Betsy West, Julie Cohen Producers : Betsy West, Julie Cohen With : Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jane and James Ginsburg, Clara Spera, Gloria Steinem, Nina Totenberg, Lilly Ledbetter, Sharron Frontiero and Stephen Wiesenfeld, Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, Bill Clinton, Ted Olson, Judge Harry Edwards, Senator Orrin Hatch, Eugene Scalia and Bryant Johnson The documentary RBG, directed and produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, outlines the life story and accomplishments of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, popularly known as Notorious RBG, has been fighting for women's rights and gender equality since she became a lawyer in the 1950s. The documentary does an excellent job of outlining the immense impact that Ginsburg had on the laws that affect the lives of women in modern-day America. It is also a very effective film, because the scoring and promotional materials helped it reach its target audience. The film opens with a montage o
Read more