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The Fountain (2006)
Decent
This is a film about death and it being a necessary requirement for life. It follows Huge Jacked man who is a oncologist in the experimental phase of drug testing. He tries a tree bark/root and it cures and reverses the tumor in the monkey patient. He is married to a woman who also has a brain tumor. She is writing a book about a Spanish conquistador who is looking for the tree of life. She dies before she is able to finish the book.
A cute symbolic thing they do is when he abandons his wife to do surgery he then looses his wedding ring, and does not get it back until he accepts her passing.
They also have an allegory that life can only be created from death. His wife is implied to have turned into the tree of life. He puts a tree seed on top of her grave at the end of the movie.
The psychedelic scenes were interesting but were washed out and it made it hard to appreciate them. Him sitting on the tree island was cool but they went back to it too often.
Le gamin au vélo (2011)
Modern 400 blows
This movie has some of the best cinematography. Mostly one shots that are very well blocked and has dynamic camera movement. The plot is fairly well done. The boy is abandoned by his father and lives with a new foster mother. It is mostly about forgiveness. One criticism is that her motivation for putting up with the boys unruly behavior is not explained. All of the actors were truly outstanding, including the little fight choreography that was included. Has the best child actors I have seen. The setting of the movie is beautiful, and compliments the plot very well. It is one of the most bike able town I have ever seen.
Verdens verste menneske (2021)
Above average for a well trodden topic
The bad 1st period I believe that the use of chapters in this film did not help enhance the story in fact it only made it worse. In addition there was a drug scene that was well below par for our current era of movies. The practical affects prevented me from be fully invested during the scene. Also the pacing and themeing was not as good as the first half.
The good now. I believe that the pause time sequence was one of the best hence why it was shown in the trailer. I also believe that the scene right before she cheats on her boyfriend is very good. It was very believable why she took that course of action. And it was a extremely good example of show don't tell.
Kurîpî: Itsuwari no rinjin (2016)
Some excellent and some bad
This movie was a very mixed bag. A lot of the earlier scenes had excellent cinematography. However a lot of the later scenes back off from its own unique style. The acting is sub par Through the whole movie. The script was Interesting although it had some logical issues along with some Convenience issues.
Gûzen to sôzô (2021)
Good not great
All three shorts have to do with love stories that involve cheating. How cheating affects yourself and others. The first short was a love triangle where there was a woman, her friend, and the friends ex. The friend cheated on her ex because of apathy.
The second short was a woman who is a nympho maniac who is conviced by her current lover to honey trap a her ex french profesor. She tries but he is emotionally stunted so it doesnt work. Also he wrote a book about love. The third story is about a lesbian woman who s ex cheats on her with a guy. She thought she recognizes her at a train station but the women are not the same.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
The tone A Ghost Story was going for
Its about a mom who goes through each day with mundane ease. Until one day she messes up a simple task , then another, then another. All these simple mistakes get to her though, because she has nothing else to focus on in life.
The symbolism is strong in this movie. I do not understand the chair that keeps dissapearing inbetween shots. However, the first scene that is longer is when she takes a bath; showing that she feels unclean. Also her son says that he read in a textbook that sex is like a man shoving a sword in a woman; and this ties in well with the last scene.
This movie probably would of been better if it was at least 30 mins shorter. Also some of the adr was distracting.
Overall this was one of the hardest movies I have ever had to sit through, but I hope to be thinking about it for weeks to come.