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Figures in a Landscape (1970)
I quite liked it...
I quite like this film but I think other reviewers may have missed the point. There's no need for us to know where this is set as it could in fact, be anywhere and it need not even be in this reality.
We're looking at the volatile interaction of three main characters two of whom seem to be two sides of the same person - Mac a probable psychopath with utterly twisted morals, the seemingly weak but rational and sympathetic Ansell and the catalytic helicopter.
The star of this show is undoubtedly the black helicopter endlessly and seemingly mindlessly track or perhaps even herd the protagonists into an area where they can be captured or killed.
The chopper is like a cat, playing with a mouse (life) without actually killing its victim. The gunman on the chopper is seen smirking as the helicopter threatens Ansell on the mountainside. The helicopter could in fact be death or something else like the balancing agent between rational and irrational thoughts.
I don't think this film gets the exposure it deserves. It's definitely worth a look.
Divergent (2014)
Another movie of teenage angst
I watched this because I thought it was a dystopian sci-fi movie and I'm a fan of the genre. How wrong I was. Yet another movie about what it's like to be a teenage girl, finding it hard to fit in, being an individual and different and starting at a new "school" etc. You know what? We're all individuals and yes, we're all different. This is hardly an epiphany. It's just ordinary life. The entire thing is inane, wooden, trivial with more plot holes than swiss cheese. It's just too simple a message. We've seen it all before in so many movies regardless of how it's dressed up. And it's over 2h I won't get back - don't waste your time.