perfection i’m sorry….. and still so captivating on a rewatch
i think the film is very subtle and considered, and my second viewing made me think about the characters in different ways
how that *redditor epic xD* movie won best picture over this is a mystery; it is also a crime probably
was particularly cool to have Cate Blanchett give the introduction to the movie in person!
hmmmm… i will have to think a bit more about why this didn’t work for me. my general (still vague) impression is that it felt like episodes were spliced together with insufficient consideration for how they all hang together, or what they mean for the characters.
I've found it hard to cry during films recently. My aim in saying this is not to seem endearing -- the epitome of some "Platonic creature of pure rationality" -- but to attempt to expound the impact that Ida had on me. Once I had wished more than anything else that I could harden myself, to control any tears when they came. Now things have turned the other way. I miss the more visceral way that we respond to the…
Neither especially good nor bad, I had fun watching Paris When It Sizzles, which I think is one of the most important things. Where the story-line and dialogue doesn't quite "click", the film coasts along on the chemistry between its charismatic leads.
