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The Tree of Life (2011)
Dire drivel
the tree of life... should have been chopped down and burnt for firewood long before Brad Pitt added his tuppence worth. I't bored me to tears, I couldn't wait for the credits to roll up.Its Crap, no other word for it. It's not Cinema art! It's cinema dross. Its 100% self indulgent on behalf of the writer and the director. You come out thinking you should have understood it and the reason you don't is because you are not intelligent enough, so you feel obliged to say how wonderful it was, well it wasn't and isn't. The only people who are going to like it are people who eat whole foods and and have their yin and yang sorted. It's a pretentious film for pretentious people and if you one of those you'll love it and give it 10.
The Soloist (2009)
Not for us!
Dire!. Not a film that worked for me or the friends I sat and watched it with. The story was too thin, poorly scripted and in my opinion poorly directed. One of it's many sins was the scene which involved a kaleidescope of colours which changed and kept in sync with the music which was playing in the background?. I am amazed anyone thought that scene would be visually entertaining or that it would 'add' something to the film. The mental heath issues suffered by main character was drawn out and constantly revisited. Once you've established his state of mind I see little reason to keep banging on about it. The film also failed to tell us enough about the main characters for us to get drawn in, by the and of the film I felt little sympathy for them and was pleased it was over.
À l'intérieur (2007)
Come on get a grip.
There is nothing subtle about this movie, its a slasher movie, a blood gore feast pure and simple and if you like this type of film it won't let you down. It's not the most logical of plots. For example the mystery lady has no trouble at all in dispatching a number of armed policemen but she can't seem to nail the women she's come for, who's injured and pregnant and I would have thought an easy target.
The scene with the swearing/smoking nurse says a lot, from just that scene alone you know your watching a french film.
I think the end credits say it all for me. As they rolled up I noticed the Director/producer thanked a couple of people saying: that if it wasn't for them this film would not have been possible... pity I thought.
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Not what I was hoping for
Frank Langella was brilliant as Nixon and manages to give you a small insight into Nixon, the man, as much as Nixon the president. For me that was the high point of the film. David Frost was shown as a playboy and an inept interviewer which I don't believe he ever was. I think was done to 'meat out' the film a little, to give it more of a story, which is a shame. Micheal sheen, had a hard job playing David Frost because there was a real danger of slipping into a 'Hello, Good evening and Welcome' caricature of Mr Frost which he just manages to steer clear of.
For me as a Brit, the film never worked, American viewers will look at it differently perhaps. I can't see how you can't base a whole film on one scene, which is what this film is about. As a stage play I expect it was brilliant but as a film....no.