Enjoy It While It Lasts
Project 365 here 365Pieces
Jan 3rd, 2012 @ 1:16 pm
August Movies
Arrietty
Below average Ghibli but still has charm by the bucketload.
3/5
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Beginners
Outstanding movie from Mike Mills about the coming-out and death of his Father. A distinctive aesthetic, a singular sense of humour, a moving performance from Plummer and a couldn’t-make-this-shit-up story combine to make this a quietly impelling and funny ode to love, loss and relationships. A fresh and totally original take on the most overdone themes in cinema.
4/5
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Super 8
Superb (lolol) entertainment from JJ Abrams. Wonderful set pieces, great young actors and a plain old nice feeling of nostalgia with the likes of The Goonies in mind. An all-round great movie.
4/5
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Sarah’s Key
Inexplicably filmed story about a journalist discovering some awful secret about France during WWII. It alternates between the 1940s and the present and doesn’t succeed in making either period in any way cinematic or compelling viewing. Dull.
1.5/5
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In A Better World
Interesting concept that succeeds in contrasting first world problems with those of the third world but, surprisingly, fails at making the part of the film that’s set in Africa compelling or memorable. Decent portrayal of bullying and friendship but planes in comparison to superior films like Let the Right One In or Confessions.
2/5
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Glee 3D
Such craic seeing this on the big screen. Exactly what you’d expect - fun fun fun fun!!!!
3/5
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Cowboys & Aliens
What can I say? Grand.
2/5
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The Skin I Live In
Exciting, complex, entertaining and chilling - a masterpiece. It’s no use explaining how utterly smart and compelling Almodovar’s latest is, you have to see it to believe it. Shockingly good. I’m still asdfghjkling about it.
4.5/5
