LA PREMIERE
30/08/2013 new movies short reviews by Natasha and Alex
STOKER NEW
RATE: 5/10
i really felt sorry I dragged Alex to this movie. despite the fact that the actors were absolutely brilliant (Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode) and played their best, costumes were immaculate and interesting, music and piano were totally heaven (Philip Glass of course), set up was very engaging, director's work was extremely fantastic and camera was outstanding for some reason the movie did not fit into what we would rate very high. no deep impressions left and at the end it seemed very empty and plain. we could not understand why at the beginning but then we realised that perhaps thriller was not our kind of dish... however... you might find it interesting, folks... especially those of you who love lots of blood and psychopaths around every corner. feeling seemed completely made up and fake - we just did not get the purpose of the movie.. sorry (as I do not like bad reviews and the above written was pretty bad)...
RATE: 5/10
i really felt sorry I dragged Alex to this movie. despite the fact that the actors were absolutely brilliant (Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode) and played their best, costumes were immaculate and interesting, music and piano were totally heaven (Philip Glass of course), set up was very engaging, director's work was extremely fantastic and camera was outstanding for some reason the movie did not fit into what we would rate very high. no deep impressions left and at the end it seemed very empty and plain. we could not understand why at the beginning but then we realised that perhaps thriller was not our kind of dish... however... you might find it interesting, folks... especially those of you who love lots of blood and psychopaths around every corner. feeling seemed completely made up and fake - we just did not get the purpose of the movie.. sorry (as I do not like bad reviews and the above written was pretty bad)...
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RUSH NEW
RATE: 8/10
media preview Hopscotch
to be honest i did not expect too much from this movie: Formula 1 is not a girl thing... or like they say in this movie: "We are men, we love women. But more over that we love cars..." or should I say: "We are women, we love men too, but more over that we love talking about them..." Let's talk about two of them... and anyway back to the beginning of my story, talking about men... I hate cute guys or the guys who know that they are good looking and there are way too many of such guys in this movie...
Yes, my expectations were very low but my expectations vanished... actually they did right at the beginning of the movie in the first two minutes.
The movie is about two world famous, two brilliant racing car drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Nikki Lauda. They hate each other, they both want the other one to be dead rather than alive. They race each other facing death no matter what just with one purpose - to be first. Their will power, their intuition and their psychic abilities beyond the normal human being can handle, because they can not survive without it; no one can in such conditions they put themselves in. Every road turn can be their last one, every girl's kiss can be fatal and every autograph they sign can end with the final full stop they put on the paper. They are loved - we love such men as the movie says: "the more often you look death in the eyes the more alive you feel and people love live, they get attracted to it, they get attracted to the people who love life" But there is a paradox in the complicated relationship the drives are in: no matter how they treat each other, no matter how much they hate one another, they need each other, there is no race if there are no enemies. They are only surviving to win the other: be it on the road or on the hospital bed. They make and shape each other as if there was only one of them he would have no aim to complete, no purpose to live and no summit to climb. We need enemies, they push us to the winning pedestals. As they say in the movie (another almost-quotation goes): "it is scary to be happy, as happiness weakens us, you have now too much, you have now something to loose.... but even thinking about it makes you already lost..."
Both drivers are the winners, each one in their own ways...
It is an excellent movie, for the whole movie you will actually feel that you are behind the Formula 1 wheel; the movie will shock you and it will make you feel alive, it will touch your inner ego and your inner pride without that no top can be conquered and no race can be won... the main of which is life itself.
RATE: 8/10
media preview Hopscotch
to be honest i did not expect too much from this movie: Formula 1 is not a girl thing... or like they say in this movie: "We are men, we love women. But more over that we love cars..." or should I say: "We are women, we love men too, but more over that we love talking about them..." Let's talk about two of them... and anyway back to the beginning of my story, talking about men... I hate cute guys or the guys who know that they are good looking and there are way too many of such guys in this movie...
Yes, my expectations were very low but my expectations vanished... actually they did right at the beginning of the movie in the first two minutes.
The movie is about two world famous, two brilliant racing car drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Nikki Lauda. They hate each other, they both want the other one to be dead rather than alive. They race each other facing death no matter what just with one purpose - to be first. Their will power, their intuition and their psychic abilities beyond the normal human being can handle, because they can not survive without it; no one can in such conditions they put themselves in. Every road turn can be their last one, every girl's kiss can be fatal and every autograph they sign can end with the final full stop they put on the paper. They are loved - we love such men as the movie says: "the more often you look death in the eyes the more alive you feel and people love live, they get attracted to it, they get attracted to the people who love life" But there is a paradox in the complicated relationship the drives are in: no matter how they treat each other, no matter how much they hate one another, they need each other, there is no race if there are no enemies. They are only surviving to win the other: be it on the road or on the hospital bed. They make and shape each other as if there was only one of them he would have no aim to complete, no purpose to live and no summit to climb. We need enemies, they push us to the winning pedestals. As they say in the movie (another almost-quotation goes): "it is scary to be happy, as happiness weakens us, you have now too much, you have now something to loose.... but even thinking about it makes you already lost..."
Both drivers are the winners, each one in their own ways...
It is an excellent movie, for the whole movie you will actually feel that you are behind the Formula 1 wheel; the movie will shock you and it will make you feel alive, it will touch your inner ego and your inner pride without that no top can be conquered and no race can be won... the main of which is life itself.
LAVAZZA ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 MEDIA LAUNCH NEW
500 SCREENINGS IN MELBOURNE ONLY - this cant be true! 14th Lavazza Italian Film Festival is flourishing and spreading it's inspirational wings this year even further... The media Festival opening night was full on tonight at Satri Restaurant Melbourne with a huge crowd of stars and lots of familiar faces: http://www.sartirestaurant.com.au/ the full bar indulgence with signature champagne, Brown Brothers wines and Peroni Beer and yes! - Lavazza specialty of cold shot espresso softly blended with frangelico and hazelnut liqueur cocktail topped with one teasing coffee bean relaxing in the bed of coffee crema... yum!.. mouthwatering snacks to follow: all stylish and warm on this cold Melbourne spring evening - just what all guests were waiting for. the reception was fabulous followed by a sneak peek of the Festival's key films. we loved tastefully selected movie clips of The Great Beauty (Festival Opening Night selection), hilariously funny Women Drive Me Crazy, romantic Cosimo and Nicole, mysterious A Five Star Life, unexpectedly humorous Long Live Freedom and thrilling Honey. the festival is extremely popular so we advice to buy your tickets in advance: http://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/ ...and we are talking about hospitality and generosity - just dont look elsewhere... Italians do it all. ..and to make my story finely complete like that graciously shaped Roman sculpture - there is one breathtaking festival trailer - catch it if you can:
500 SCREENINGS IN MELBOURNE ONLY - this cant be true! 14th Lavazza Italian Film Festival is flourishing and spreading it's inspirational wings this year even further... The media Festival opening night was full on tonight at Satri Restaurant Melbourne with a huge crowd of stars and lots of familiar faces: http://www.sartirestaurant.com.au/ the full bar indulgence with signature champagne, Brown Brothers wines and Peroni Beer and yes! - Lavazza specialty of cold shot espresso softly blended with frangelico and hazelnut liqueur cocktail topped with one teasing coffee bean relaxing in the bed of coffee crema... yum!.. mouthwatering snacks to follow: all stylish and warm on this cold Melbourne spring evening - just what all guests were waiting for. the reception was fabulous followed by a sneak peek of the Festival's key films. we loved tastefully selected movie clips of The Great Beauty (Festival Opening Night selection), hilariously funny Women Drive Me Crazy, romantic Cosimo and Nicole, mysterious A Five Star Life, unexpectedly humorous Long Live Freedom and thrilling Honey. the festival is extremely popular so we advice to buy your tickets in advance: http://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/ ...and we are talking about hospitality and generosity - just dont look elsewhere... Italians do it all. ..and to make my story finely complete like that graciously shaped Roman sculpture - there is one breathtaking festival trailer - catch it if you can:
Media Launch for the 14th annual Lavazza Italian Film Festival. There also some good news from yesterday's launch: Supermodel Nicole Trunfio has just been announced as the official ambassador for the Lavazza Italian Film Festival! Of the ambassadorship, Lavazza National Marketing Manager Stuart Smyth said, “We’re excited to host Nicole while she’s in Australia and we’re hoping to take her to some of our top restaurants where Lavazza coffee is served. She will also be appearing at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne and Sydney for the Festival’s Gala Opening Nights along with international film star Clara Ponsot.” There are more photos I published on our website: and inviting you all for the Melbourne Opening Night Palace Cinema Como that is promising to be amazing: http://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/events/melbourne-special-events
EVERY BLESSED DAY - ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 NEW
Rate: 9/10
website
some thoughts as usual:
1. it's a very touching story about a young couple trying to make their relationship complete when they just do not realise that they are already there - there is nothing to correct and they are happy as they are - loving and caring for each other...
2. this movie is filmed through the eyes of the main male character. i believe that many men will be interested to watch this movie. He, Guido (Luca Marinelli) is intelligent, finely made and He is not fit in a dumb and rude world that surrounds Him - there are not many men like this and He is so unique. She is also quite a personality - She, Antonia (Thony) has a colorful life behind Her, in the past, so to speak ex-playgirl. they are so different and so alike. they have something real in their relationship, something so natural...
3. there are other couples filmed as a contrast and as a comparison - their neighbours' family, their parents and relatives' families
4. He is the person that does not give up. you have to fight for your love - very banal and simple thought but this is the way it works. there is no other way for a true love even you have to be beaten for this.
5. it is a movie about true love and as a contrast: not real love (Her ex boyfriend), sometimes it is about relationship that do not lead to anything, sometimes...
6. you realise the presence of kids does not matter for good relationship. compare this: their neighbours have three kids and they are not happy together... kids make your relationship complete if they are there, but you can be happy even without kids. kids do not bond people, they are only a result of love materialised. they will be on the way if there is no love at all, they will not be needed and they will feel unwanted...
7. it is a movie with a very strong aftertaste feeling... you will want to kiss someone you really love, someone next to you and tell him/her about it
8. bravissimo muzica! Thony is playing the main character and sings life - and she is amazing!
Rate: 9/10
website
some thoughts as usual:
1. it's a very touching story about a young couple trying to make their relationship complete when they just do not realise that they are already there - there is nothing to correct and they are happy as they are - loving and caring for each other...
2. this movie is filmed through the eyes of the main male character. i believe that many men will be interested to watch this movie. He, Guido (Luca Marinelli) is intelligent, finely made and He is not fit in a dumb and rude world that surrounds Him - there are not many men like this and He is so unique. She is also quite a personality - She, Antonia (Thony) has a colorful life behind Her, in the past, so to speak ex-playgirl. they are so different and so alike. they have something real in their relationship, something so natural...
3. there are other couples filmed as a contrast and as a comparison - their neighbours' family, their parents and relatives' families
4. He is the person that does not give up. you have to fight for your love - very banal and simple thought but this is the way it works. there is no other way for a true love even you have to be beaten for this.
5. it is a movie about true love and as a contrast: not real love (Her ex boyfriend), sometimes it is about relationship that do not lead to anything, sometimes...
6. you realise the presence of kids does not matter for good relationship. compare this: their neighbours have three kids and they are not happy together... kids make your relationship complete if they are there, but you can be happy even without kids. kids do not bond people, they are only a result of love materialised. they will be on the way if there is no love at all, they will not be needed and they will feel unwanted...
7. it is a movie with a very strong aftertaste feeling... you will want to kiss someone you really love, someone next to you and tell him/her about it
8. bravissimo muzica! Thony is playing the main character and sings life - and she is amazing!
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THE RED AND THE BLUE - ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 NEW
Rate: 10/10
website
some thoughts
1/ the movie's psychological "palitra" or should I say painted canvas is very diverse: there are many stories in one movie interconnected; they are all very grounded and so natural in their moment and details
2/ the main character was played magnificently. we used to see him in the roles of playful lovers but this was a very seemingly unsuitable, unusual/not typical and unexpected role for him and did it brilliantly with great success...
3/ the things that appear as lies from the first glance in reality are truthful - very usual live situations that happen to many of us. the liar might turn to be the most truthful and genuine story teller - just he/she has some manners that do not suit the conventional behavior (how often we all saw it in real life!). but the most seemingly positive people might appear to be the worst liars in the world and even criminals.
4/ there is no limit to life changers and transformations that can stop people from feeling depressed and suicidal like it happened with an old teacher who had lost all his hopes when he suddenly met the old love of his life that changes him and his life values forever.
5/ the orphan and the principal complex relationship are very significant too and very finely shaped as well as both characters
6/ not to mention here that there are lots of happy-crazy Fellini notes that we adored
7/ music and poetry blend in the movie are absolutely awesome and you just can not have enough of both art forms so in place and so beautifully they fit some certain episodes.
8/ the movie is not an art piece but we found it extremely interesting and intriguing to the point that till the very end you do not know how each story will end...
9/ a must to see for all from 16 to 80 years old (if you care of course and not in between but even before and after
Rate: 10/10
website
some thoughts
1/ the movie's psychological "palitra" or should I say painted canvas is very diverse: there are many stories in one movie interconnected; they are all very grounded and so natural in their moment and details
2/ the main character was played magnificently. we used to see him in the roles of playful lovers but this was a very seemingly unsuitable, unusual/not typical and unexpected role for him and did it brilliantly with great success...
3/ the things that appear as lies from the first glance in reality are truthful - very usual live situations that happen to many of us. the liar might turn to be the most truthful and genuine story teller - just he/she has some manners that do not suit the conventional behavior (how often we all saw it in real life!). but the most seemingly positive people might appear to be the worst liars in the world and even criminals.
4/ there is no limit to life changers and transformations that can stop people from feeling depressed and suicidal like it happened with an old teacher who had lost all his hopes when he suddenly met the old love of his life that changes him and his life values forever.
5/ the orphan and the principal complex relationship are very significant too and very finely shaped as well as both characters
6/ not to mention here that there are lots of happy-crazy Fellini notes that we adored
7/ music and poetry blend in the movie are absolutely awesome and you just can not have enough of both art forms so in place and so beautifully they fit some certain episodes.
8/ the movie is not an art piece but we found it extremely interesting and intriguing to the point that till the very end you do not know how each story will end...
9/ a must to see for all from 16 to 80 years old (if you care of course and not in between but even before and after
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Ancient Cry by Giosuè Carducci
The tree towards which you stretched your baby hand the green pomegranate with its beautiful vermilion flowers, in the silent solitary garden has now come back to life, and June refreshes it with light and warmth. You, flower of my beaten and dried out plant, you, of my useless life last ultimate flower, you are in the cold earth, you are in the black earth; neither the sun delights you more nor love reawakens you. |
Pianto Antico by Giosuè Carducci
L’albero a cui tendevi la pargoletta mano, il verde melograno da’ bei vermigli fior, nel muto orto solingo rinverdì tutto or ora e giugno lo ristora di luce e di calor. Tu fior della mia pianta percossa e inaridita, tu dell’inutil vita estremo unico fior, sei ne la terra fredda, sei ne la terra negra; né il sol più ti rallegra né ti risveglia amor. |
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The Worst Week of My Life - ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013 NEW
Rate: 6/10
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movie preview possibility is a kind courtesy of Ned & Co, our Club's official Gold Sponsors
This is one funny and light Italian comedy about the groom meeting the parents in law. Reminded us of some famous American movies on the same subject - very entertaining. he is madly in love with her and their wedding day is around the corner, but when you get married please remember - you get the whole package: the laws of any kind and breed including the dog, The groom gets in situations where he does not look the best and he is trying too hard to impress his darling's parents - the more he tries the worse it gets - very familiar situation half of our population were in at least once. His best friend is even worse as he takes and breaks everything he sees adding to the grooms' troubles... the groom might be cretino and idioto but he is getting married to a very pretty girl indeed... or is not he?.. Would the in-laws forgive him everything he has done a week before the wedding day including his ex-lover announcing that she is pregnant?.. I am sure if you want to have a good time and some good and loud laughs you will enjoy the film. It is also excellent for the whole family to watch.
Rate: 6/10
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movie preview possibility is a kind courtesy of Ned & Co, our Club's official Gold Sponsors
This is one funny and light Italian comedy about the groom meeting the parents in law. Reminded us of some famous American movies on the same subject - very entertaining. he is madly in love with her and their wedding day is around the corner, but when you get married please remember - you get the whole package: the laws of any kind and breed including the dog, The groom gets in situations where he does not look the best and he is trying too hard to impress his darling's parents - the more he tries the worse it gets - very familiar situation half of our population were in at least once. His best friend is even worse as he takes and breaks everything he sees adding to the grooms' troubles... the groom might be cretino and idioto but he is getting married to a very pretty girl indeed... or is not he?.. Would the in-laws forgive him everything he has done a week before the wedding day including his ex-lover announcing that she is pregnant?.. I am sure if you want to have a good time and some good and loud laughs you will enjoy the film. It is also excellent for the whole family to watch.
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THE ROCKET NEW
Rate: 9/10
[tickets were a kind courtesy of Curious Film Distribution]
a couple of thoughts:
1/ we live in such a close society media-brain-washed not seeing what is going in the world around us. there are other countries there too. there are different people living there too: some of them do not have roofs above their heads and a bowl of rice for dinner.
2/ there is a world of darkness and people with limited minds: killing their own children and the cursing live ones. we can only relate to them comparing with what we have and what we do not have: thoughts, emotions etc. they are surrounded by hunger, illnesses, alcoholism, wars and so much suffering we can not comprehend even half of what we see on the screen...
3/ these people are extremely powerful not only physically but emotionally, mentally and spiritually (neglecting their "dark" parts). the example is a small girl with a pair of very smart eyes - Kia. she climbs bare trees, she performs the tasks the europen child of the same age would not fulfill even half way through... the children are very adaptive and spiritually healthy and strong to the life hardship. but not only her - take the whole village - all except one drunken man take the life hardship very muscularly... alcohol gives you power but it is like electricity shortcut - it is there and it is gone the next moment you are sober
4/ people live very close to nature. the episode with a young sprout of the mango tree is very powerful and significant and shows the film director's vision of the young and healthy generation: it is our seed and pride that is shining through no matter what.
5/ we watched the movie with a great interest as the story line turns very unexpected and story is quite long and exciting; so please also expect to get emotional...
Rate: 9/10
[tickets were a kind courtesy of Curious Film Distribution]
a couple of thoughts:
1/ we live in such a close society media-brain-washed not seeing what is going in the world around us. there are other countries there too. there are different people living there too: some of them do not have roofs above their heads and a bowl of rice for dinner.
2/ there is a world of darkness and people with limited minds: killing their own children and the cursing live ones. we can only relate to them comparing with what we have and what we do not have: thoughts, emotions etc. they are surrounded by hunger, illnesses, alcoholism, wars and so much suffering we can not comprehend even half of what we see on the screen...
3/ these people are extremely powerful not only physically but emotionally, mentally and spiritually (neglecting their "dark" parts). the example is a small girl with a pair of very smart eyes - Kia. she climbs bare trees, she performs the tasks the europen child of the same age would not fulfill even half way through... the children are very adaptive and spiritually healthy and strong to the life hardship. but not only her - take the whole village - all except one drunken man take the life hardship very muscularly... alcohol gives you power but it is like electricity shortcut - it is there and it is gone the next moment you are sober
4/ people live very close to nature. the episode with a young sprout of the mango tree is very powerful and significant and shows the film director's vision of the young and healthy generation: it is our seed and pride that is shining through no matter what.
5/ we watched the movie with a great interest as the story line turns very unexpected and story is quite long and exciting; so please also expect to get emotional...
THE BEST OFFER NEW
Rate: 10/10
this movie reminded me of a mechanical clock spring: it is let go only at the end of the movie like it should be with the best detectives. the puzzle gets revealed at the curtains closing.
thoughts:
1. i can not tell you the whole story as otherwise it will be no point watching it. we would love to watch this movie twice knowing the ending of the story and to pay attention to different details.
2. the story has lots of elements and lots of levels to it. the writer should have a brain of a real genius to create something like this. those of you who like complex stories will adore this movie.
3. another amazing work of Jefferey Rush and all other crew. the music and film sound overall is also in harmony with the picture. Jeff should definitely get an Oscar for this role
4. the movie for real gourmet cinema. for those of you who like not a cheap beer but a glass of authentic and rare wine, meaning: the value.
5. there is one important thought: not even art works can be forged. feeling can be as well: fear, frustration, disappointment, even love...
6. on marriage: it is exactly like an auction - you never know if this is the best offer.
7. never say that you are smart - there will always be someone smarter than you... and sometimes your beautiful mind can be taken by some one else as a weapon against you
8. sometimes it is better to surround yourself with the masterpieces of painted women rather than a real one (but only sometimes)
Rate: 10/10
this movie reminded me of a mechanical clock spring: it is let go only at the end of the movie like it should be with the best detectives. the puzzle gets revealed at the curtains closing.
thoughts:
1. i can not tell you the whole story as otherwise it will be no point watching it. we would love to watch this movie twice knowing the ending of the story and to pay attention to different details.
2. the story has lots of elements and lots of levels to it. the writer should have a brain of a real genius to create something like this. those of you who like complex stories will adore this movie.
3. another amazing work of Jefferey Rush and all other crew. the music and film sound overall is also in harmony with the picture. Jeff should definitely get an Oscar for this role
4. the movie for real gourmet cinema. for those of you who like not a cheap beer but a glass of authentic and rare wine, meaning: the value.
5. there is one important thought: not even art works can be forged. feeling can be as well: fear, frustration, disappointment, even love...
6. on marriage: it is exactly like an auction - you never know if this is the best offer.
7. never say that you are smart - there will always be someone smarter than you... and sometimes your beautiful mind can be taken by some one else as a weapon against you
8. sometimes it is better to surround yourself with the masterpieces of painted women rather than a real one (but only sometimes)
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STORIES WE TELL NEW
Rate: 8/10
very grateful to Ned & Co for the invite we got to this movie media preview.
Stories we tell... don't you like it? Telling the story of your life? How you met him or her, how it worked and how it did not? Don't you like to tell it how you see it today and to tell it how you saw it completely different back then? Don't you like how we all see the same story from a different angle? We see what the others don't and we don;t see what the others notice? and how the story changes with years ... and how it sounds from the main heroes/main characters involved, and how it looks from the parties close to the main heroes who saw it from the inside, and how the story was for the parties who only saw it from the outside...
Stories change and shape to the form we want them to shape. It is in the eyes of a sculptor. I love separation when we consider it from this perspective - the view of the world. There is a certain beauty in separation. Not being him and not being her... and having your own opinion on things and how the world should be.
I know that most of you like watching the movies who have this "past" element in them: shaking cameras, blurted view, distractions, scratches on the film, flashes of light and faded colors... There was one small detail that I really got tired of and gave the movie a lower rate (otherwise it was excellent!) - a bit too long for me (...and may be for the main hero-ess too - she would be a bit bored too considering her bubbly personality) and i got dizzy at the end because of the shaking camera work... But it is only me and my weak vestibular apparatus... Otherwise it is interesting to watch as lots of associations come up to your mind and you start considering yourself in Diane's place... Very deep and moving picture indeed...
there is a little warning for all: lots of russian surnames :o) which was a pleasure to see as there are so many talented and passionate people the surnames covered :o)
Rate: 8/10
very grateful to Ned & Co for the invite we got to this movie media preview.
Stories we tell... don't you like it? Telling the story of your life? How you met him or her, how it worked and how it did not? Don't you like to tell it how you see it today and to tell it how you saw it completely different back then? Don't you like how we all see the same story from a different angle? We see what the others don't and we don;t see what the others notice? and how the story changes with years ... and how it sounds from the main heroes/main characters involved, and how it looks from the parties close to the main heroes who saw it from the inside, and how the story was for the parties who only saw it from the outside...
Stories change and shape to the form we want them to shape. It is in the eyes of a sculptor. I love separation when we consider it from this perspective - the view of the world. There is a certain beauty in separation. Not being him and not being her... and having your own opinion on things and how the world should be.
I know that most of you like watching the movies who have this "past" element in them: shaking cameras, blurted view, distractions, scratches on the film, flashes of light and faded colors... There was one small detail that I really got tired of and gave the movie a lower rate (otherwise it was excellent!) - a bit too long for me (...and may be for the main hero-ess too - she would be a bit bored too considering her bubbly personality) and i got dizzy at the end because of the shaking camera work... But it is only me and my weak vestibular apparatus... Otherwise it is interesting to watch as lots of associations come up to your mind and you start considering yourself in Diane's place... Very deep and moving picture indeed...
there is a little warning for all: lots of russian surnames :o) which was a pleasure to see as there are so many talented and passionate people the surnames covered :o)
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Behind the Candelabra NEW
RATE: 7/10
we knew we would be going to the movie that feels like browsing through a gossip glamor magazine: limos, vulgar taste, sex, sparkles of nothing, diamonds, high life, drugs, divorces, decorative dogs, lawyers, intrigues and plastic surgeries... there is one thing we did not expect: (actually we did) Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and other actors brilliant performance... strangely reminded me of Mulholland Drive movie of 2001.
the movie is constructed as a theater decorated play that is staged giving you a feeling that you watch it as part of a theater audience but apart from actors' excellency in this theater there is nothing else to comment on... no ideas... nothing new... just a decoration that was supposed to impress but was rather revolting... and yes... well, as everything in Hollywood something that was meant to start so fake-shiny-manipulating-beautiful ended up full-feelings-cheap-ugly...
RATE: 7/10
we knew we would be going to the movie that feels like browsing through a gossip glamor magazine: limos, vulgar taste, sex, sparkles of nothing, diamonds, high life, drugs, divorces, decorative dogs, lawyers, intrigues and plastic surgeries... there is one thing we did not expect: (actually we did) Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and other actors brilliant performance... strangely reminded me of Mulholland Drive movie of 2001.
the movie is constructed as a theater decorated play that is staged giving you a feeling that you watch it as part of a theater audience but apart from actors' excellency in this theater there is nothing else to comment on... no ideas... nothing new... just a decoration that was supposed to impress but was rather revolting... and yes... well, as everything in Hollywood something that was meant to start so fake-shiny-manipulating-beautiful ended up full-feelings-cheap-ugly...
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FRANCES HA
RATE: 10/10
1. genius selection: music, sound - it is so instinctive
2. genius colors - black and white. they are surprising at the beginning and you keep thinking c/mon guys, it's is not 20th century anymore! but then you suddenly understand the idea. black and white background reflects the emotions in their raw and natural state. having such background brings your attention to the beauty of shapes and eyes showing the soul movements and the feelings and more... you understand... as a contrast take modern colorful movies that are empty in their very core... well, some of them as there is only one winning attribute in them - color. Frances Ha is no much more than colors...
3. genius actors/actresses - the characters are so organic, so changing and so full of life, boundary-less, so rare to meet in life as they don't build any frames or cages they live in.
4. a movie about your life dream materialising when you realise you worth every inch of it
5. genius movements - no one single boring moment in the movie, effortless to the perfection and t o the imperfection - to me it looked like a one unpretentious dance of a genius choreographer. there are lots of actions n the movie but they are not plain, dull and quickly forgettable like an old chewing gum, like James Bond but on the contrary - action in its genuine and i-want-more-of-it facet
6. it is a movie about young people - yes, but not as you used to watch them before but as you see them in real life (so Masha Marchev :o)) - it is not a fake subproduct on someone's imagination among roommates, vodka and sleepovers but one sincere being-ness in the state of young... they are not bad, they are not good - they are as they are - no moral, no unmoral, no judgement, no attachment - just one young breath... even sex talking is not vulgar but energy sparkling openness...
7. reminded both us of PINA movie (dancing, music, fresh emotions and purity
8. I am in love with this movie but I think i just see Masha in it 100% - could not stop thinking about my daughter every second of it, every move of Frances Ha-lliday...
RATE: 10/10
1. genius selection: music, sound - it is so instinctive
2. genius colors - black and white. they are surprising at the beginning and you keep thinking c/mon guys, it's is not 20th century anymore! but then you suddenly understand the idea. black and white background reflects the emotions in their raw and natural state. having such background brings your attention to the beauty of shapes and eyes showing the soul movements and the feelings and more... you understand... as a contrast take modern colorful movies that are empty in their very core... well, some of them as there is only one winning attribute in them - color. Frances Ha is no much more than colors...
3. genius actors/actresses - the characters are so organic, so changing and so full of life, boundary-less, so rare to meet in life as they don't build any frames or cages they live in.
4. a movie about your life dream materialising when you realise you worth every inch of it
5. genius movements - no one single boring moment in the movie, effortless to the perfection and t o the imperfection - to me it looked like a one unpretentious dance of a genius choreographer. there are lots of actions n the movie but they are not plain, dull and quickly forgettable like an old chewing gum, like James Bond but on the contrary - action in its genuine and i-want-more-of-it facet
6. it is a movie about young people - yes, but not as you used to watch them before but as you see them in real life (so Masha Marchev :o)) - it is not a fake subproduct on someone's imagination among roommates, vodka and sleepovers but one sincere being-ness in the state of young... they are not bad, they are not good - they are as they are - no moral, no unmoral, no judgement, no attachment - just one young breath... even sex talking is not vulgar but energy sparkling openness...
7. reminded both us of PINA movie (dancing, music, fresh emotions and purity
8. I am in love with this movie but I think i just see Masha in it 100% - could not stop thinking about my daughter every second of it, every move of Frances Ha-lliday...
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Synopsis:
JOBS is the powerful and true story of the visionary who set out to change the world and did. The film chronicles Steve Jobs transformation of character from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth, to the personal demons that clouded his vision and finally to the ultimate triumphs of his later life. Mark Hulme and Five Star Feature Films launched the production immediately following Jobs' retirement in August 2011. Screenwriter Matt Whiteley, while penning the script, utilised a team of expert researchers based on months of exhaustive research and interviews with Steve Jobs' friends, colleagues and mentors to develop the most truthful and gripping picture of Jobs' life.
JOBS is the powerful and true story of the visionary who set out to change the world and did. The film chronicles Steve Jobs transformation of character from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth, to the personal demons that clouded his vision and finally to the ultimate triumphs of his later life. Mark Hulme and Five Star Feature Films launched the production immediately following Jobs' retirement in August 2011. Screenwriter Matt Whiteley, while penning the script, utilised a team of expert researchers based on months of exhaustive research and interviews with Steve Jobs' friends, colleagues and mentors to develop the most truthful and gripping picture of Jobs' life.
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NM review:
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world Are the ones who do.."
Such geniuses usually have two character sides: the one everyone sees (the public) and the one all the others see (mostly those who interact with them more often). I am glad the movie gave us a chance to see some glimpse of both personalities in Steve: he could be rude and unfair to his employees and to his close ones but he changed the time and the space around him by his charisma, by his enthusiasm and his approach to everything he touched, by what he could do 40 years ago for all of us to enjoy our lives now, by revolutionizing what he knew could work, by bringing and breathing life into the places where movement seemed impossible and into the people transforming them into extraordinary individuals like he was...
One small note and some spoons of bitterness to the sweet honey barrel of my review: Ashton Kutcher is a comedy actor and he is good in some light and stupid acting (and he is not even close to perfect in what he has been doing so far) No serious acting for him please... He is not there yet... and he is not 100% Steve, he is not Oscaring it even to 10%! It does not flow with him - you keep paying attention on Ashton's Steve's walking (BAD!), I could see more Ashton than Steve and he plays weak, weak, weak... Cum'on, Ashton, you could do this better... But I could not think about anyone in Hollywood who could perform this role in greater way than Ashton did...
RATE: 8/10
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them. Disagree with them. Glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world Are the ones who do.."
Such geniuses usually have two character sides: the one everyone sees (the public) and the one all the others see (mostly those who interact with them more often). I am glad the movie gave us a chance to see some glimpse of both personalities in Steve: he could be rude and unfair to his employees and to his close ones but he changed the time and the space around him by his charisma, by his enthusiasm and his approach to everything he touched, by what he could do 40 years ago for all of us to enjoy our lives now, by revolutionizing what he knew could work, by bringing and breathing life into the places where movement seemed impossible and into the people transforming them into extraordinary individuals like he was...
One small note and some spoons of bitterness to the sweet honey barrel of my review: Ashton Kutcher is a comedy actor and he is good in some light and stupid acting (and he is not even close to perfect in what he has been doing so far) No serious acting for him please... He is not there yet... and he is not 100% Steve, he is not Oscaring it even to 10%! It does not flow with him - you keep paying attention on Ashton's Steve's walking (BAD!), I could see more Ashton than Steve and he plays weak, weak, weak... Cum'on, Ashton, you could do this better... But I could not think about anyone in Hollywood who could perform this role in greater way than Ashton did...
RATE: 8/10
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
this movie reminded me of myself so much... and Alex just mentioned that all women are the same: we all need a constant and permanent approval that we are loved... our continuous testing and challenging questions to men suck... and one more thing: all happy couples are the same - they argue and they make up, and they argue again and they make up... if someone tells me they are 100% happy in relationship - it is not true and i will never buy it - on the contrary - i will start thinking that there is something that is 100% wrong when the person mentions how happy he / she in family life (continuous praising of such perfect achievements rings the bell that the relationship actually do not work). tell this person that you love him/her and you will see what happens next and how he/she will turn into a closed doors and will start a thinking process...
we are not even happy with ourselves - how can we find that god-like someone who is a 100% match for us - this is impossible by Nature, by Laws of impossibilities and possibilities. he/she can be a twin flame, he/she can be a soul mate but this is not about him/her - this is all about YOU and how you see yourself in this world. If you are more or less in harmony with yourself and that god inside of you (in love with the world around you) you will be happy in any relationship you start. but the total and absolute harmony is an ultimate goal - it is an endless journey to yourself and finding yourself. why? because we are this way and we like the process not the target.
the more complicated story arise when you take in account that being in relationship you both grow on your own (he / she grows and changes) and you both change and you are different day after day as you are meet yourself amended by your spirit and that other person next to you wakes up anew every day. you are not the same as you were when you met 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago... as your life envelopes in front of you so your relationship reach to a different level day after day... do you want to see yourself? ... you should watch the movie as it is such a pure mirror you will be laughing at your self facing that woman and that man if you have enough guts to do it...
well I can talk about this movie forever but it will be a base and a plot of ideas for another movie, my movie and my story...
Rate: 9/10 (8 for Alex and 10 for Natasha)
this movie reminded me of myself so much... and Alex just mentioned that all women are the same: we all need a constant and permanent approval that we are loved... our continuous testing and challenging questions to men suck... and one more thing: all happy couples are the same - they argue and they make up, and they argue again and they make up... if someone tells me they are 100% happy in relationship - it is not true and i will never buy it - on the contrary - i will start thinking that there is something that is 100% wrong when the person mentions how happy he / she in family life (continuous praising of such perfect achievements rings the bell that the relationship actually do not work). tell this person that you love him/her and you will see what happens next and how he/she will turn into a closed doors and will start a thinking process...
we are not even happy with ourselves - how can we find that god-like someone who is a 100% match for us - this is impossible by Nature, by Laws of impossibilities and possibilities. he/she can be a twin flame, he/she can be a soul mate but this is not about him/her - this is all about YOU and how you see yourself in this world. If you are more or less in harmony with yourself and that god inside of you (in love with the world around you) you will be happy in any relationship you start. but the total and absolute harmony is an ultimate goal - it is an endless journey to yourself and finding yourself. why? because we are this way and we like the process not the target.
the more complicated story arise when you take in account that being in relationship you both grow on your own (he / she grows and changes) and you both change and you are different day after day as you are meet yourself amended by your spirit and that other person next to you wakes up anew every day. you are not the same as you were when you met 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 years ago... as your life envelopes in front of you so your relationship reach to a different level day after day... do you want to see yourself? ... you should watch the movie as it is such a pure mirror you will be laughing at your self facing that woman and that man if you have enough guts to do it...
well I can talk about this movie forever but it will be a base and a plot of ideas for another movie, my movie and my story...
Rate: 9/10 (8 for Alex and 10 for Natasha)
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