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Oh, movie...

posted by [personal profile] selkie at 11:43pm on 12/06/2004

I think I've just seen one of my Top Three Films Ever. (Sadly, I cannot include all of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, because of the Battle of Ent's Deep editing fiasco that was TTT.)

Girl With A Pearl Earring. The film was better than the book, I kid you not. From the casting to the costuming to Alakina Mann's evil little mug. Griet stood and stared a little too much, maybe, but... oh. So erotic without anybody doing anything, and gut-wrenching sexual tension, and best cinematic example ever of the power of a woman's unbound hair.

Go, rent it!

 

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posted by [identity profile] navelofwine.livejournal.com at 12:55pm on 13/06/2004
Do you think someone like my husband would be able to sit through it without falling asleep? He liked "Kill Bill."
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posted by [identity profile] muchabstracted.livejournal.com at 02:41pm on 13/06/2004
I'm about to present myself as a philistine.

...but I could barely read the book without falling asleep...
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 07:07pm on 13/06/2004
I tell you, better than the book, because the movie has this thing, it's called pacing... Actually, it's what I'd refer to as a 'film' rather than a 'movie', if that makes any sense at all, but yeah, other than Griet staring too damn much, it eschews the book's tendency to go off onto the Plane of Tangentia.
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posted by [identity profile] strange-selkie.livejournal.com at 07:09pm on 13/06/2004
(mournful headshake) Probably not. There is no killing.... It's a grand film if you like gorgeous cinematography, period sets and costumes, and Repressed Sexual Tension Guh-lore. Can't imagine it being a guy-friendly flick, though.
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posted by [identity profile] navelofwine.livejournal.com at 10:27am on 14/06/2004
Figured. DH always says "you know I'll sit through anything," but it's no fun to watch a movie with someone who's bored witless. I'll probably watch it by myself.
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