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Kristin Scott Thomas, she of the big doe eyes and high cheeks bones. Screen debuted in a Prince vehicle of all things. Hit her stride with the weddings and the funerals moobie, and rode the zeitgeist of The English Patient (whether you like it or not). She's still around, just not around our neighborhood.
Since Gosford Park, she's mainly stayed at home and made French films. This latest, after the phenomenal Tell No One, validates Kristin as an acting presence to be reckoned with.
She plays a woman re-entering a public life after 15 years in prison. Her sister holding her hand as she takes her first steps, as they rekindle their relationship, learning about each other, learning about their pasts.
She had become a closed book after all those years alone in prison, now she has the chance to slowly unfold. The people she meets on her journey back into society are as varied as her reactions are not. But she learns to let them in as they learn about her time locked up and the reasons behind it.
The moobie crescendos to an emotional breakthrough with her sister. And the hope that our beloved Kristin will have a life filled with the promise of her second chance.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
His Girl Friday
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I know this is supposed to be a classic, and G actually enjoyed it, but I just couldn't get into it. There was just so, much, TALKING! Non-stop, wall-to-wall talking. Instead of anything actually happening, they just talked about it. It was exhausting. It was directed by Howard Hawks who was famous for his snappy dialogue. And I've even seen (and enjoyed, mind you) several other Howard Hawks films - To Have And Have Not, The Big Sleep, and Bringing Up Baby just to name a few. But this was too much.
I know other women who like the film. At the core of the story (and it took me viewing it a second time when G watched it to get this), it's about a woman who ends up realizing her true destiny as a newspaper reporter rather than succumbing to the average 1940's woman's ideal existence as a housewife and mother. So I can see how the theme is appealing. And women love to talk so maybe it's easier for them to watch, so if you're a woman check it out. If you're a man, just skip it.
I know this is supposed to be a classic, and G actually enjoyed it, but I just couldn't get into it. There was just so, much, TALKING! Non-stop, wall-to-wall talking. Instead of anything actually happening, they just talked about it. It was exhausting. It was directed by Howard Hawks who was famous for his snappy dialogue. And I've even seen (and enjoyed, mind you) several other Howard Hawks films - To Have And Have Not, The Big Sleep, and Bringing Up Baby just to name a few. But this was too much.
I know other women who like the film. At the core of the story (and it took me viewing it a second time when G watched it to get this), it's about a woman who ends up realizing her true destiny as a newspaper reporter rather than succumbing to the average 1940's woman's ideal existence as a housewife and mother. So I can see how the theme is appealing. And women love to talk so maybe it's easier for them to watch, so if you're a woman check it out. If you're a man, just skip it.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Let The Right One In
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Man, what a crazy picture. It's about a kid who gets bullied at school. He keeps to himself at home (his mother doesn't pay him much mind). He meets another kid in the building where he lives. Turns out, she's a vampire.
The title refers to an age-old superstition that a vampire must be asked before he (or she as the case may be) can enter, and it's a telling moment when she asks the question and he finally relinquishes a deliberate answer.
In it's own way it's a new sort of romance. It's touching. These two form their own relationship on their own terms. Sure, the terms take place in darkness and take the lives of others, but each has found someone that fills the voids in their little hearts.
In the end, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad at their fates. But it felt like theirs was unavoidable.
this is definitely one to watch.
Man, what a crazy picture. It's about a kid who gets bullied at school. He keeps to himself at home (his mother doesn't pay him much mind). He meets another kid in the building where he lives. Turns out, she's a vampire.
The title refers to an age-old superstition that a vampire must be asked before he (or she as the case may be) can enter, and it's a telling moment when she asks the question and he finally relinquishes a deliberate answer.
In it's own way it's a new sort of romance. It's touching. These two form their own relationship on their own terms. Sure, the terms take place in darkness and take the lives of others, but each has found someone that fills the voids in their little hearts.
In the end, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad at their fates. But it felt like theirs was unavoidable.
this is definitely one to watch.
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