Not a comedy person
Aug. 24th, 2011 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaniTwo weeks ago I watched Melancholia by Lars Von Trier and rather enjoyed it (I hadn't read anything about it in order to keep an open mind so I was suprised to see that Kirsten Dunst's husband in the film was Eric from True Blood!); it's my favourite film by Lars Von Trier so far, and a better film than A Tree of Life that won the Palme d'or in Cannes.
Last week I went to the movies again and saw the last Planets of the Apes film (entertaining but pure Hollywood formula from the beginning to the ending credits *sigh*) and the last Almodovar's flick, La Piel Que Habito which is quite good IMHO (I know that some people/critics hated it but I found it very well crafted), much better than its trailer. I shall write a review some day...
It's funny because Lars Von Trier and Pedro Almodovar aren't film makers I'm usually a big fan of...
Today, I saw another Spanish movie at the cinema: Pa Negre, a dark film that won nine Goyas (the Spanish awards) this year and made me think of both Cria Cuervos and El Laberinto del fauno. The language was Catalan so I hardly understood a word here and there and had to read the subtitles. Not a bad movie at all, and the cast was splendid, but nothing really...especial.
Speaking of drama movies, Soderbergh's Contagion is a film about which I don't have high expectations but I will watch it...if only for Bryan Cranston and the great John Hawkes !
Oh yes there are also many big Hollywood stars in the film who probably have bigger parts...
What can I say? I love good cinema but I also love my TV actors*!
*ETA: That said, I am not sure I love David Tennant enough to go and see Fright Night...
Last week I went to the movies again and saw the last Planets of the Apes film (entertaining but pure Hollywood formula from the beginning to the ending credits *sigh*) and the last Almodovar's flick, La Piel Que Habito which is quite good IMHO (I know that some people/critics hated it but I found it very well crafted), much better than its trailer. I shall write a review some day...
It's funny because Lars Von Trier and Pedro Almodovar aren't film makers I'm usually a big fan of...
Today, I saw another Spanish movie at the cinema: Pa Negre, a dark film that won nine Goyas (the Spanish awards) this year and made me think of both Cria Cuervos and El Laberinto del fauno. The language was Catalan so I hardly understood a word here and there and had to read the subtitles. Not a bad movie at all, and the cast was splendid, but nothing really...especial.
Speaking of drama movies, Soderbergh's Contagion is a film about which I don't have high expectations but I will watch it...if only for Bryan Cranston and the great John Hawkes !
Oh yes there are also many big Hollywood stars in the film who probably have bigger parts...
What can I say? I love good cinema but I also love my TV actors*!
*ETA: That said, I am not sure I love David Tennant enough to go and see Fright Night...