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Films I've seen lately:
Current -
The Hurt Locker - I definitely liked it and there were some tense moments, but, I don't know, I am not bat-shit crazy for it like many others. Thought the end was kind of poignant/sad. I laughed when I saw that Kate was the wife. Surely they could have gotten a better actress, I thought, but her scenes were so limited that it really didn't do any damage. Loved the brief but good appearances from Morse and Fiennes.
Bright Star - One thing people on here likely do not know is that I'm a huge Keats fan. That's not to say that I'm a poetry expert or even a big fan, but there a handful of poets I became interested in over the years and he is at the top of the list. I own all of his works, actually. Anyway, I am not sure why I did not go see this in the theaters but, I'm glad I finally did see it. I really really loved it and was wholly absorbed. I thought the leads were wonderful and the tone just perfect. Some of the shots were achingly beautiful, or so I thought. Also, I love when you are watching a film, and you KNOW how it is going to end and that ending still impacts you. That happened here. Loved it.
From the TSP 1,000 -
The Searchers (#7 on the list) - The son of Laz and I had a brief chat about this one. He told me that, for its time, it was considered progressive in its attitude toward Native Americans. I, knowing nothing about the film before or while I watched, had to chuckle at how racist it seemed to me. Not that I was shocked, not at all, it was just an observation. Anyway, I cannot pretend to have loved this film. I liked parts of it. Thought Wayne's character was relatively complex for a limited actor. Thought the quest/obsession was of interest, too. Some of the performances, though, were borderline comic, and I don't mean the intentionally comic performances. For me, for a film to be considered one of the 10 best ever, you have to have better performances than that, but maybe I'm just not learned or expert enough to pass judgement on such things, I'll grant that. Anyway, definitely glad I saw it, and I enjoyed it, but that film would never be in my own personal to 50, let alone 10.
Up next - Seven Samurai (cannot wait), Singin' in the Rain, Black Dynamite and Zombieland....and I want to finally watch:
Current -
The Hurt Locker - I definitely liked it and there were some tense moments, but, I don't know, I am not bat-shit crazy for it like many others. Thought the end was kind of poignant/sad. I laughed when I saw that Kate was the wife. Surely they could have gotten a better actress, I thought, but her scenes were so limited that it really didn't do any damage. Loved the brief but good appearances from Morse and Fiennes.
Bright Star - One thing people on here likely do not know is that I'm a huge Keats fan. That's not to say that I'm a poetry expert or even a big fan, but there a handful of poets I became interested in over the years and he is at the top of the list. I own all of his works, actually. Anyway, I am not sure why I did not go see this in the theaters but, I'm glad I finally did see it. I really really loved it and was wholly absorbed. I thought the leads were wonderful and the tone just perfect. Some of the shots were achingly beautiful, or so I thought. Also, I love when you are watching a film, and you KNOW how it is going to end and that ending still impacts you. That happened here. Loved it.
From the TSP 1,000 -
The Searchers (#7 on the list) - The son of Laz and I had a brief chat about this one. He told me that, for its time, it was considered progressive in its attitude toward Native Americans. I, knowing nothing about the film before or while I watched, had to chuckle at how racist it seemed to me. Not that I was shocked, not at all, it was just an observation. Anyway, I cannot pretend to have loved this film. I liked parts of it. Thought Wayne's character was relatively complex for a limited actor. Thought the quest/obsession was of interest, too. Some of the performances, though, were borderline comic, and I don't mean the intentionally comic performances. For me, for a film to be considered one of the 10 best ever, you have to have better performances than that, but maybe I'm just not learned or expert enough to pass judgement on such things, I'll grant that. Anyway, definitely glad I saw it, and I enjoyed it, but that film would never be in my own personal to 50, let alone 10.
Up next - Seven Samurai (cannot wait), Singin' in the Rain, Black Dynamite and Zombieland....and I want to finally watch: