OH OH OH. Thanks for this! You made a couple of points with words that really succinctly describe certain things I wasn't able to articulate previously!
Haha, like "quiet". Yeah, not that I don't like any quiet movies, but I tend to be really picky about movies as it often takes a lot for me to become emotionally invested in them. So with the more quiet kind of stuff, I'm often left feeling dissatisfied by the lack of connection. (EDITED TO CLARIFY: As opposed to some of the more mindless stuff, where I don't EXPECT to have a connection, so it's not dissatisfying, you know?)
So, while I'll LOVE the quietness of My Life (with Michael Keaton), it's a completely different sort of feel than the Wilby Wonderful and Last Night type stuff. In the most general sense, I prefer when stories are focused on just a few characters than getting snippets of a lot of characters' lives. Which is what these two are. To kind of go back to what I said above -- I LOVE angst and sad endings. LOVE LOVE LOVE. And although LN was a sad ending... there just wasn't enough for me to connect with the characters so that I actually felt bad about the end of the world.
Ugh, sorry, those paragraphs were extremely jumbled and kind of word-vomit with no structure.
Oh! The other thing you said that was like a revelation was about Suspicious River -- how it just shows stuff without judgement. YES! THIS! SO ON-TARGET! I'm so glad you said that because I couldn't figure out what it was that was just so odd about the movie. But that's it. It's just, there's no judgement. Not by the director, and certainly none by the main characters themselves. That lack of judgement even extends into the viewer's analysis -- there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to discuss about the character's motivations -- one can only go so far with inferences about Molly Parker's character's motivations, and there's even less to work with regarding anyone else. But that in itself is intriguing. Well, it's not that exciting to watch, so I doubt I'll be seeing it over soon, but I'm glad to have seen it.
I have seen HCL -- it has taken over as my new favorite movie (which hadn't changed in over 10 yrs, since Trainspotting and before that, Heathers). I wrote about a few of my reactions here. There is just SO MUCH to THINK ABOUT with this movie -- as to the characters motivations and asldfjkasldfjalskjwerlu!
I haven't seen Flower & Garnet yet, but I intend to because I was definitely getting the impression that it was a really powerful performance by CKR. I have been avoiding it a little, because I could tell that it's one of those quiet movies, and I've been worried that I wouldn't like it. I'm kind of saving it for when I'm more in the mood for that kind of movie, too, so that I'm more receptive to it. =D
I remember thinking I should dl Pontypool, and if you see Gillian Guess, I'd love to know what you think! (Are you a film major? If not, where did I get that impression? ^^)
Hope this isn't tl;dr! YOU CAN SPAM MY LJ MORE IF YOU WANT! I'm really enjoying talking about all this stuff. =D
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Haha, like "quiet". Yeah, not that I don't like any quiet movies, but I tend to be really picky about movies as it often takes a lot for me to become emotionally invested in them. So with the more quiet kind of stuff, I'm often left feeling dissatisfied by the lack of connection. (EDITED TO CLARIFY: As opposed to some of the more mindless stuff, where I don't EXPECT to have a connection, so it's not dissatisfying, you know?)
So, while I'll LOVE the quietness of My Life (with Michael Keaton), it's a completely different sort of feel than the Wilby Wonderful and Last Night type stuff. In the most general sense, I prefer when stories are focused on just a few characters than getting snippets of a lot of characters' lives. Which is what these two are. To kind of go back to what I said above -- I LOVE angst and sad endings. LOVE LOVE LOVE. And although LN was a sad ending... there just wasn't enough for me to connect with the characters so that I actually felt bad about the end of the world.
Ugh, sorry, those paragraphs were extremely jumbled and kind of word-vomit with no structure.
Oh! The other thing you said that was like a revelation was about Suspicious River -- how it just shows stuff without judgement. YES! THIS! SO ON-TARGET! I'm so glad you said that because I couldn't figure out what it was that was just so odd about the movie. But that's it. It's just, there's no judgement. Not by the director, and certainly none by the main characters themselves. That lack of judgement even extends into the viewer's analysis -- there doesn't seem to be a whole lot to discuss about the character's motivations -- one can only go so far with inferences about Molly Parker's character's motivations, and there's even less to work with regarding anyone else. But that in itself is intriguing. Well, it's not that exciting to watch, so I doubt I'll be seeing it over soon, but I'm glad to have seen it.
I have seen HCL -- it has taken over as my new favorite movie (which hadn't changed in over 10 yrs, since Trainspotting and before that, Heathers). I wrote about a few of my reactions here. There is just SO MUCH to THINK ABOUT with this movie -- as to the characters motivations and asldfjkasldfjalskjwerlu!
I haven't seen Flower & Garnet yet, but I intend to because I was definitely getting the impression that it was a really powerful performance by CKR. I have been avoiding it a little, because I could tell that it's one of those quiet movies, and I've been worried that I wouldn't like it. I'm kind of saving it for when I'm more in the mood for that kind of movie, too, so that I'm more receptive to it. =D
I remember thinking I should dl Pontypool, and if you see Gillian Guess, I'd love to know what you think! (Are you a film major? If not, where did I get that impression? ^^)
Hope this isn't tl;dr! YOU CAN SPAM MY LJ MORE IF YOU WANT! I'm really enjoying talking about all this stuff. =D