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Latest
Favourite:
Amelie (Le
Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain)
An absolute must see
film! Feelgood, very French, fantastic soundtrack,
beautiful colours, beautifully shot, fantastically loveable
characters, gives you a zest for life!!! A+
Dancer in the Dark
Is the film that has
moved me most in my life. I first saw it while coming down
with pharangytis in Paris after having eaten too much cheese
and toured six floors of erotica and the Parisian sewers, so
I was in a funny state. It was not just an arthouse
film in Europe, it was very mainstream and everyone was
talking about it, though I didn't have any expectations
about it. I spent the whole film in an utter state of shock.
I started crying about halfway through and didn't stop
sobbing until the end, when everyone sat in their seats
trying to recover. The film is simply amazing. The music is
beautiful, the story heart-wrenching. Bjork doesn't act, she
IS Selma. Don't see a dubbed version of this film, you must
see the real thing. And watch it in a cinema if you get the
chance, it is an IMPACT film.
I do not agree
with capital punishment for the reason that if one person in
one hundred who is given the death penalty is actually
innocent of their crime then that is too much.
Chocolat
A joy to watch after
I vowed never to see a film again after watching
Dancer in the Dark. Chocolat is a delight, it
is sickly sweet but we all need this once in a while.
Beautifully directed by the director of ABBA The
Movie, it is weird with them blending French and English
but it is a lovely little storyline and a great film to
wallow in.
Moulin
Rouge
Australia should be
proud to have had this spectacular film made here. Nicole
was brilliant, the others were all okay, but the excitement
I think is in the artwork and the music and the fast pace of
the editing. Just exciting and a real delight. I really
enjoyed this film.
The
Others
Now this was really
special. Nicole Kidman was absolutely beautiful and acted
beautifully. The old nanny was fantastic and the little boy
had that constant frown! I wonder if he still had that
when filming was over! Nothing really very much happens in
The Others except at the very end but a rich
atmosphere of dread is built up over the course of an hour
or so that really keeps you on the edge of your seat,
without the need for silly special effects.
Arachnophobia
An old classic that
I revelled in when I saw it. It isn't that great a
movie I suppose but it was the first reasonably scary film
I saw, and I just loved the bits where the spiders
are coming out of everywhere! Horrible!
ABBA The
Movie
Now this movie
doesn't get enough credit. Lasse Hallstrom has gone onto
bigger and better things, but for a movie which didn't
really have much of a script when it was being filmed it is
pretty good. Of course it is a must-see for any ABBA fan as
it captures the excitement of ABBA live, something
which was pretty rare, as they didn't perform live that
often. But it is also an important relic for anyone
interested in Australian culture, present, or from the
1970s. Soon to make an appearance on DVD, hopefully with
lots of extra goodies!
Muriel's
Wedding
A truly fantastic
movie acclaimed by critics and viewers alike. Very, very
Australian. It features the excellent as always Bill Hunter
and was the discovery of Oscar-nominated actress Toni
Collette (The 6th Sense). It is absolutely hilarious
and features five ABBA songs in all their glory,
fantastic humour, sad and silly story. The mother is the
saddest character, sticking the tea in the microwave. A
must-see film, one of the greatest comedies ever.
Benji
Now I can't really
remember much about this film, because it was the first one
I ever saw in a cinema, and I remember most of the time
was spent leaning over the side of my seat to shine the
little light on the side of my chair into my bag of jelly
beans, trying to avoid the horrible black ones. Much better
kids films are of course Milo and Otis and
Homeward Bound (both with teary moments; in the
former when dog and cat are separated and then reunited, and
in the latter when the old golden retriever makes it over
the little hill to see his family at the very end).
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