[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

I never want to watch films that are broadcasted. No 5.1 surround sound, shitty commercials every fifteen minutes, end credits are being cut off as soon as the film ends.

That is NO WAY to enjoy a movie!

For me it's the dvd / blu-ray or nothing at all.

Yes, it's a beautiful film. Very strong. The little girl did her role splendidly. Very touching also when a close family member (or friend, I forgot) says "I don't want to know", breaking her search. I love these stories in which they start digging in the past for a small story.

The music became really good near the end, when the theme was much more clear. Music was by Richter right?

For me, my personal space is pretty much distraction-free. And ever since Jurassic Park blew me away on VHS with it's monstrously powerful Dolby sound, I've been addicted to watching all my movies in the best possible conditions. That doesn't mean I never watch films by way of the telly, I try to minimise it as much as possible. If I have the choice to watch it better, without commercials or the like, I won't hesitate. I never watch TV broadcasts anyway. No time and no interest.

Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil

A very simple, very funny and rather charming take on the teen slasher/boobs in the woods genre. A very enjoyable film that I could easily watch again. (Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine make a decent duo I think.)

It also has boobs. And ass. Yay for boobs and ass!

There's a good a chance this post may be gratuitous.

^ One of his finest scores! Alfred would be proud!

-Erik-

Yes, Max Richter! A good work, lots of lovely moments in the score. The scene were the soldier steps on the apple really made an impression. And yes, the little girl who played Sarah did amazingly well. Interesting to see he documentary features where you see the director working with the child actors. Touching stuff!

Whose own score is fantastic too.

Absolutely. The last act is particularly Dante-ian.

Saw it too and though it was fantastic although I was estranged by he complete absence of music...

Estranged? That's fairly common in sociorealistic films of this kind. I thought the absence of non-diegetic music was perfect for this.

In fact, if I remember correctly, one of the best (but also most harrowing) films last year was Greek and had no non-diegetic music either -- DOGTOOTH.

I'm a huge film music buff, of course, but also LOVE films without any music whatsoever (at least non-diegetic music).

Really? I thought THE WAY BACK was a bit of a letdown for Weir, somehow lacking that extra layer of meaning that his films have tended to have. Definitely some very striking images.
Dallwitz's score bows heavily to a Max Richter temp track.

I was bored to death by THE WAY BACK, and I'm a Peter Weir fan. It's an incredibly story, for sure, but why does the film have to feel as long as their actual walk? I thought Dallwitz's score was nothing special. At all.

I've just seen COWBOYS AND ALIENS. It has a really great set up. I really enjoyed the first half of the film. Where it went from there was a big let down. The actual battle between the cowboys and aliens was no where near as fun as you might expect something like that to be.

Loved THE WAY BACK, i thought the score had more an influence by Zimmer than Richter though.

Hang on a second... MEEK'S CUTOFF and TURIN HORSE were among my favourites of the year, so I'm not just dead set against slow things. I think for me it just felt a bit literal, like he hadn't quite found the metaphorical side of the tale that he would often bring. Maybe taking the famous actors out of it would've helped me... truly anonymous individuals might have helped. Mind you, Kelly Reichardt somehow made her actors invisible in MEEK, so I think there's a film language issue there too.

I'm probably a bit sensitive to the strength of a film's ending as well. With the -- '2 minutes through the himalayas barefoot' feeling like no hurdle at all, and the sudden skip to 40-50 years later (something I knew to be fictional) -- it felt hurried, false closure.

The one bit I really liked was the handling of the man who was lost in the woods and his fate.

I think the piece Richter did was called 'Organum', from his album THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS. Dallwitz's opening cue and most of the dream sequences return to it.