After a year seeing virtually no movies, have seen in one week (and fallen head over heels for) the following 3:-
Angel -A - Luc Besson of Leon, The Fifth Element, etc, directs - Jamel Debbouze (the grocer's assistant in Amelie) is a debt-ridden con artist who is about to drown himself in the Seine before the mafia do it for him, when he rescues a beautiful six foot blonde woman who is also about to jump in the river. Turns out she is an angel come to save him from himself...
Rie Rasmussen is the most beautiful woman you've ever seen, like an old-style Hollywood film goddess, and annoyingly a really good actor too. It is very over-the-top, very philosophical, romantic and French. Luc Besson clearly has good taste in women (was married to Milla Jovovich at one point.) (British films are never like this, the most we can do with romance is Richard Curtis films which are frankly awful and embarrassing.)
The Notorious Betty Page - Betty obligingly gets her kit off and her bondage gear on in repressive 50s America, before finding religion. Shot in black and white and in technicolour, it looks gorgeous and will inspire most lady viewers to go and buy some fancy underwear.
not the real Betty
Walk the Line - the story of June Carter and Johnny Cash. Both actors fantastic. Very moving. Why was his dad such a bastard?
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14 comments:
i don't get this about Walk the Line. People either say really shit things about it, or praise it wildly. i'm too scared to see it since i'm afraid i wouldn't be able to make up my mind about it.
I thought Walk the Line was wonderful. And if you've ever seen Johnny Cash perform, you'll know what a good job Joaquin Phoenix did of capturing his mannerisms.
I came out feeling good about the world - that doesn't happen to me very often!
I thought Walk The Line was excellent. Biopics are always tricky territory as essentially they have to condense an entire lifetime into 2 hours but I thought this one managed really well. The cast were superb. I think his dad was such a bastard because he blamed Johnny for his brothers death.
I was really, really freaked out though because the guy who played Elvis was the absolute spitting image of my evil ex-boyfriend. This will sound so stupid but I actually checked the credits at the end just to make sure it wasn't him.
I've been hearing great things about Angel-A from Besson fans for a long time now, but have to wonder .. will it ever get a wide release in America, or will those of us who live in the hinterlands once again have to wait for DVD?
That blonde woman is rather striking isn't she? She looks more like an angel than Alanis Morrisette looked like God, anyway.
Walk the Line gets 4 thumbs up from Del! And yeah, what Heather said. And plus, it's kind of the rule of Dad to be mean to your son. I certainly intend to be. No good kids. Don't know their born.
And I don't know my grammar. Hot dog.
The only one I've seen is Walk the Line - I really enjoyed it, even if I had a lot of parallels with Ray, which of course came out the previous year, so at least in my mind there was a bit of repetition. I thought both of the leads did such a fantastic job - Reese Witherspoon was a revelation.
Looking foward to seeing the other two now. Thanks!
I so wanted to hate Walk The Line, but it's fab isn't it? Saw it on a plane; was still singing "Jackson" when I picked up my luggage.
One Sunday in the country. A French movie. A quiet film, strange tensions, thought-provoking.
I love French movies.
Treespotter, you don't strike me as someone who has problems with holding strong opinions - still, here, have one of mine - 'Walk the Line is great!And anyone who doesn't think so can piss off.'
It was great wasn't it Anxious? I loved June Carter's family scaring off the drug dealers by brandishing shotguns at them...
Heather - but it wasn't his fault! He favoured his older son even before he died... That is spooky about your ex-boyfriend. Do tell, why was he evil...?
Hi Reel Fanatic! I rarely go to the cinema, but it's just not the same watching it at home is it... no popcorn, for starters...
Welcome Realdoc... she looks pretty good in a photo, and is breath-taking on film. Plus six foot. It's just not fair. No, Alanis is not really how I'd picture God either.
Del, you are harsh. Plus you have 4 thumbs, which is kind of unusual.
You're welcome, Alda. I have pretty low-brow taste in movies, but I think these are acceptable...
It looks amazing, GG, will check it out...
Tim, you old music snob you. I love a good biopic, me, can't get enough of the Biography channel. Ricky Martin? Gladys Knight? Bring it on!
Not only is she gorgeous and a good actress but apparently Rie Rasmussen learnt French from scratch in 3 months for the role.
An out of date comment here, because Annie will have moved on from this entry many moons ago, but something that Tim Footman said struck a cord (I just typed cork there instead of cord and I don´t think it´s pushing anyones ability to amateur-analysis to summise that I´m drunk at the moment), but I´ve also been put off of films, books, music either because of some hype or because I´m very quick to make a snap decison based on not very much evidence, or I´m ashamed to say because i haven´t liked the cover, look of an actor etc (not for a minute suggesting TF does the same) and have consequently had to eat my words when I have finally got round to seeing, hearing, reading said work and have really really liked it. Damn, I hate it when that happens... Why do we not want to like things?
Walk the line very good. Apparantly his dad wasn't that big a bastard in RL but the movie hammed it up.
You have a different view of AngelA to Mark Kemode. Have a listen to his podcasts, even if you disagree they're brilliant.
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