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I can tell you right now that while the whole rabbit concept might be the same, they're two very different movies. Don't know if you're a Jimmy Stewart fan or not, but if you are it's a must-see, IMO.
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Ever seen Way of the Gun? When it comes to action/shooting movies it's my favorite. I love the tactics they used it in and how it was slow and realistic, not just running around shooting and hitting with ease.Comment
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I did a quick search to see if you had reviewed this movie... doesn't look like it.
You have any plans on watching A Perfect Getaway?Comment
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Not yet, in my blockbuster queue though. Hmmm...might move it to the top.
Yes.
That's what I've heard. Still plan on seeing them both, though.
OK. I happen to agree, but know some people who think otherwise.Comment
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Dell's Classics Presents:
The 400 Blows
AKA Les quatre cents coup
1959. Not Rated, 99 minutes.
Director: Francois Truffaut.
Starring Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decomble.
Young Antoine Doinel (Leaud) navigates his tough childhood without much guidance from his largely apathetic parents. Part of appreciating this movie is understanding why it was made. This is the directorial debut of Truffaut. Prior to getting behing the camera, he was one of France's top movie critics and had become increasingly disappointed with the way movies were being made. Instead of continuing to complain about the matter, he simply made a movie himself, setting out to do something different than what he'd been seeing. On top of that, its largely autobiographical as well. In the process, he helped kick off what became known as the French New Wave. Read more about it, here. It is a real slice of life, feeling like you're simply spending time with our young hero, not necessarily watching a movie with a traditional plot and conflict, though both eventually become apparent. Nor is it manipulative melodrama, intent on getting you to cry as it so easily could've been. That its unobtrusively shot without a ton of fancy editing tricks helps foster the illusion. The natural feel of the writing and acting work heavily in its favor, also. Though each performance is effortlessly realistic, including that of our child star Leaud, the actors never seem to preen for the camera. Finally, in true slice of life fashion we get a stopping point moreso than an ending. The possibilities of what could happen next are endless, both good and bad. This gives the movie more resonance than your typical happy ending does. If you're an artsy-fartsy film buff, you must see this movie. If the sight of a black-and-white movie instantly puts you to sleep and the thought of reading subtitles turns your stomach stop reading this review now and forget I ever mentioned this flick. Yup subtitleophobes, we're speaking French.
MY SCORE: 10/10Last edited by dell71; 10-21-2009, 03:06 PM.Comment
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The Haunting in Connecticut
2009. Rated PG-13, 102 minutes.
Director: Peter Cornwell.
Starring Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Martin Donovan.
Plot: When Sara's (Madsen) teenage son Matt (Gallner) is stricken with cancer, the only treatment facility for him is hours away. She moves the family closer, into a house going for cheap because "it has a bit of a history." Strange happenings ensue. Based on "the" true story, we're told. Uh-huh.
The Good: It's just an old-fashioned haunted house tale. Lots of things go bump in the night. Cabinet doors click and clack, dishes move by themselves and things besides reflections show up in the mirrors. Back in horror for the first time since her Candyman days, I think, Virginia Madsen turns in a solid performance as our courageous matriarch. The story also moves along at a brisk pace which helps maintain its spookiness.
The Bad: It's just an old-fasioned haunted house tale. Though its said to be based on "the" true story, there is even a documentary that inspired it (A Haunting in Connecticut), it feels overly derivative of The Amityville Horror and through its use of a random reverend, Poltergeist. In fact, said religious-guy is only there as a replacement of the people that were used in the documentary, the folks that initially investigated the happenings in Amityville. I guess my main point here is that it seems only so much can be done with the genre, plot-wise, so the directors of these films are left to try and out-spook the last popular haunted house flick in terms of visuals without much substance. Finally, the way our resident evil spirit is suddenly able to jump around doesn't seem to match what we've been told up to that point.
The Ugly: Scissors, meet eyelids.
Recommendation: This is an OK, if unexceptional entry into the haunted house genre that works better, the fewer of these types of movies you've seen. Still, if you're going to watch it, it works best when watched at home, at night, with the lights off, then trying to go to sleep immediately after its over.
The Opposite View: Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
What the Internet Says: 5.8/10 on imdb.com (10/21/09), 18% on rottentomatoes.com, 33/100 on metacritic.com
MY SCORE: 6/10Comment
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Just saw a Tale of Two Sisters...I'd like someone elses viewpoint on what they thought the whole thing meant and how it wrapped up...definitely creepy and a mindbender. Started kinda slow and only had a couple of really scary parts but it was definitely worth watchingComment
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Ya, I'm pretty much on the same page
A lot of questions, I know but I really felt like discussing itComment
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You should get a show or site or something.Comment
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