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Post by Dominique on Oct 30, 2006 6:38:19 GMT -5
I saw two today: this morning I went to the movie theatre to see "Conversaciones con mi mama" (Conversations with my mother). It's pretty rare that they show movies in Spanish around here so my teacher had recommended it for practice - but I hated it! The character of the mother was so like my mom, so self-centered, it took all I had not to leave halfway through the movie. So when I got back home I sat down to watch my "Lost in Translation" DVD to make up for it How good is lost in translation? i love that movie! Conversations with my mother sounds a bit grating! I think I've heard of it but I haven't seen it. Do you get along ok with your mother?
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Post by Isa on Oct 30, 2006 8:50:31 GMT -5
I love Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides are two amazing movies. Can't wait to see Marie-Antoinette!
And no, I don't get along with my mom all that well. She's a very, hum, special lady, let's put it that way, and we really don't have much in common. We're not fighting or anything, but we don't talk a lot and rarely see each other. But don't feel bad for me because I get along super well with my big sister and my mom-in-law, so it totally makes up for it!
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Post by bastet on Oct 30, 2006 9:27:59 GMT -5
Can you, please, tell me what I missed with Lost in Translation? I watched it on the plane back from the States almost 3 years ago and I just don't get it. All that came across was boredom, infinite boredom and isolation. They managed to do this pretty well though. So, what's the attraction, what did you love about it? What is there that I can't see?
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Post by Isa on Oct 30, 2006 19:34:51 GMT -5
Perhaps you should give it a second chance. What I love the most about it is that sitting down to watch Lost in Translation is like sitting down to read a good novel. It's an awesome script, with amazing characters. I think Coppola creates an atmosphere that conveys their emotions really well - I still feel like crying every time I watch Charlotte call her friend back home to say she went to a temple but couldn't feel anything, she's the perfect picture of despair. And at the same time, this film makes me laugh like few other films have. It's just brilliant!
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Post by Dominique on Oct 30, 2006 21:21:10 GMT -5
I enjoyed it for the same reasons. It builds up such a strong sense of isolation, but it's such a quirky film with funny moments. I like it how the two characters in very different points in their lives strike up a strong relationship, the male/female dynamic is interesting too because at times you feel there's an attraction there but nothing ever happens and I think I like it that way, it's more real and less neatly tied off at the end. Bill Murray's minimalism acting style in it is fantastic as well, he conveys so much by doing so little. I'm really looking foreward to Marie Antionette as well
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Post by Bina on Oct 31, 2006 9:42:02 GMT -5
She´s really amazingly talented and Bill Murray is also great so I really loved the movie. Plus I´m a sucker for weird characters. Only I can´t stand Scarlett Johansson but it didn´t ruin the movie for me.
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Post by Kristie on Nov 2, 2006 18:19:37 GMT -5
I just watched the Lake House last night. I really liked it, although I was a bit confused at parts. Just like when reading The Time Traveler's Wife but I love that book!
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Post by bethany88 on Nov 3, 2006 20:34:57 GMT -5
I just saw Marie A ... I really didn't like it but i think its the type of thing you either love or hate so i would still recommend to go see it for all of you who were looking forward to it. I also just saw death of a president...
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Post by Isa on Nov 3, 2006 21:33:13 GMT -5
It's cold outside and I've had a busy week so we rented 3 movies for the weekend. The first one we watched was A Good Woman - it's based on Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan. I've never read it (but now I intend to) so I can't compare the movie with the original but I really enjoyed it - there was a fair amount of "Wildeism" in it, a catchy plot and great actors!
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Post by Bina on Nov 4, 2006 9:44:35 GMT -5
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind- great story and good music!
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Post by Dominique on Nov 5, 2006 6:33:27 GMT -5
I love Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides are two amazing movies. Can't wait to see Marie-Antoinette! You reminded me about lost in translation and I rewatched it today, I love that movie, everytime I watch it I still love it. I read an article on the weekend where someone interviewed Sofie Coppolla and she said all three of the films are very personal and she put a lot of herself into them. They're all about strong-willed women and apparently represent different aspects of her life. The Virgin Suicides in regard to Lux trying to extricate herself of her oppressive family: Clearly the source material struck a chord with this young woman of grand Hollywood stock who dabbled in acting, fashion, photography and television before finding her feet, and her place, behind the movie camera.
Lost in Translation; Coppola's ex-husband was a photographer who is supposed to have had an affair with Cameron Diaz (Charlotte's married to a photographer who's very keen on a blonde, ditzy movie star) Marie Antionette; And now there is Marie Antoinette: a portrayal of an insulated world of luxury in which the teenage dauphine surrounds herself with a gaggle of co-conspirators and parties like it's 1799, before finally emerging as a queen. Is it the final part of a semi-autobiographical triptych? Three films about Coppola growing up as a woman, growing up as a partner and, finally, stepping out of a seclusion similar to that which Marie Antoinette was in?
"I think there is a connection between them all," Coppola says. "This is the last part. I feel like now I want to do something different. I think of them as being related, these different stages of girls' development, finding your way. Then [in] this one, I think she finally makes the transition from a girl to an adult."
Here's a link to the article. I can't wait to see this movie. Doesn't come out here till xmas day www.smh.com.au/news/film/in-the-court-of-queen-sofia/2006/11/02/1162339967720.html
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Post by Isa on Nov 5, 2006 9:34:15 GMT -5
Great article, thanks for the link!
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Post by Dominique on Nov 5, 2006 18:55:52 GMT -5
your welcome
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Post by katiaisme on Nov 5, 2006 19:02:32 GMT -5
I saw Marie-Antoinette this Friday, it was kind of slow but I still like it.
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Post by Dominique on Nov 8, 2006 6:27:16 GMT -5
it's not released in Australia until xmas day
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