(In a week and a bit).
Midnight in Paris
Well that was nice, strange ending, felt a bit lopsided given the character development, I wonder if it had been made now if it would have been so. It was released in 2011
Best quote
Kathy Bates as Gertrude Stein : We all fear death and question our place in the universe. The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.
My pondering
How moments of history puncher through time so that it history appears both definitive and idealistic when in fact the reality would I assume be different it would be just as complex and unknowable as the present.
How some histories don’t show up and how the further away the past is the less that is known. Science can tell us the temperature of the past but it can’t tell us the how things felt and it can’t do that for the present either without boiling it down to almost nothing of an unrecognisable representation.
13 going on 30
Humm ok so this feels dated, even more dated, released in 2004. Though I liked the time displacement element which is why I opted to watch it. The moral of the story is a conflicting one in that you always have what you want even if what you want changes. Still I liked even with its many faults, it gave me a nice hug at the end.
Venom
Released in 2018, it’s a classic Marvel, you know what the ending will be a beginning (just incase it can be milked depending on the box office). Still I liked it ethical considerations, impending doom and love. Though expecting me (the viewer) to think Tom Hardy wasn’t up to tacking someone on is a little far fetched, particularly if it is obvious his characters then do.
Black Death
Brutal and a stark reminder of a lot of the progress we have made. It would have been a harder watch without the strong cast, though it really didn’t need the jiggle cam.
Break the Bank
Uplifting, and just what I needed. A classic British film set in London, humorous, pointed and stereotypical.
Hearts in Atlantis
Very gentle, very touching. Tough things explored and considered carefully. Just my cup of tea. Antony Hopkins was brilliant as ever with a great script. It is a reminiscence of child hood and a young Anton Yelchin plays the lead character. Released in 2001 it still stands the test of time, in fact even richer and harder hitting I think as a result.
Message from the King
Hard hitting, both figuratively and in action showing ultimately but throughout that the reality of life is complicated and dark and either wittingly or unwittingly we exploit that. The final shot of Chadwick Boseman’s eyes showing sadness, shows what a powerful actor/film maker he was.
Leave no Trace
Very gently told story of hardship in carrying unresolved trauma and growing up to independence, mixed in with the nature of belonging. Leaves me with questions about the support of government, and if we could ever get to an individualist system of government. The woodlands in which the film were shot are nothing short of epic, and the use of them in some shots to show otherwise invisible barriers was artfully done.
