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[angelface]

Originally Posted by Orema

Hateful Eight



It was vile.

I'm a massive Tarantino fan but I must agree with you, The Hateful Eight was a big disappointment, especially after Django Unchained. What was he thinking??!!!

[Orema]

Originally Posted by angelface

I'm a massive Tarantino fan but I must agree with you, The Hateful Eight was a big disappointment, especially after Django Unchained. What was he thinking??!!!

What ruined it for me was the pointless violence. I understood the violence in Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Django, and Jackie Brown. There was a purpose for the violence in those films (IMHO), and sometimes I even found the violence creative or clever in his films. But not in in this. The violence seemed solely for shock value. It never moved the story along, it didn't give me any insight to the the perpetrator nor victim, it wasn't creative in any kind of way. It was just violence for the sake of violence. And for three hours? I felt terrible after watching it.

[dykeumentary]

From the interview Orema posted, looks like the director (a white guy) Haynes thinks he is qualified to direct a lesbian story becuase he has lesbian friends. (???!!!) I can assure him he does not know how white working class lesbians go about their lives, and (also from the interview) neither did Highsmith nor the screenwriter. That is so Insulting. The book is even more guilty becuase it was told more from Therese's' point of view. it is less a story about unexpected love, than a story about a rich/poor power dynamic--- and written by the one on the powerful end of that dynamc -- is just like any Harleqin romance, but with an assumed-to-be aspirational lesbian who conducts her relationships badly. #Snore.

And I hoped a gay man might figure out how to make hot sex scenes at least. Again, insulting.

The book and film are from a salacious semi-autobiographical pulp novel. Super! I wish they had filmed it that way, we might have enjoyed it, like watching an 50s version of the L Word (which some people enjoyed). But an earnest mash-up of that Barbie doll Karen Carpenter story and "far from heaven"? No thanks.
It might win awards because of the topic (the Oscars loooove outsider movies) and because of the star power, but I would not recommend that movie to someone who either is a lesbian or wants to know anything about my life.
(Also I kept expectng Blanchett to start speaking Elvish- she played the role with Galadriel's facial expression. Guess there aren't enough rain-splattered taxi cab windows to shoot through in the woods.)

After re-reading this, it sounds like I had a strong reaction -which can be a positive review. Alas, I was there with a friend so couldn't leave, or woukd have, like I did during "Blue is the most lukewarm color," another dud.

It certainly rmade me re-commit to making my own films. I can't bear to see white people (men) telling People Of Color stories, men telling women's stories, cis actors playing trans roles, and so on, and all this being shown in theaters that aren't accessible.

[Orema]

The Danish Girl



Liked it, especially Alicia Vikander.

(I went to the fancy-shmancy theatre with the reclining seats. It was nice, but I don't mind the usual seats in the regular movie house since I dont' have back issues.)

[Fancy]

Originally Posted by Orema

The Danish Girl



Liked it, especially Alicia Vikander.

(I went to the fancy-shmancy theatre with the reclining seats. It was nice, but I don't mind the usual seats in the regular movie house since I dont' have back issues.)

Just saw The Danish Girl as well. I brought plenty of tissues, but didn't really need them. The film was beautiful and captured the period in a text-book fashion. But for me something was missing...I can't quite put my finger on it.

[Orema]

Originally Posted by Fancy

Just saw The Danish Girl as well. I brought plenty of tissues, but didn't really need them. The film was beautiful and captured the period in a text-book fashion. But for me something was missing...I can't quite put my finger on it.

Redmayne, who I think is a fine actor, just didn't do for me in this role. I wanted his character to have the impact on me like that of Vikander. He didn't. Yes, it was beautiful and I liked the pace, too. I just wanted more from Redmayne.

[homoe]

Buena Vista Social Club (1999) Director: Wim Wenders
Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González

Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who traveled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.

I had seen this once before and just happened to catch it again on tv recently! It's excellent