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Reviewing, reviewing, reviewing...
Jan. 21st, 2007 10:44 pmThe Fellowship of the Ring (with cast commentary): Comfirming my opinion that Elijah Wood is well-spoken and Orlando Bloom... not so much. But very enthusiastic! And Merry and Pippin always crack me up.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: A movie about scent is certainly no mean feat to pull off, and I think this was a success. No matter Dustin Hoffman's totally bizarre and changing accent, no matter that I didn't really feel much for any of the characters (apart from Alan Rickman's), I LOVED how dirt-encrusted this movie was. I remember reading a review of a movie, I forget which one, in which the reviewer pointed out that to him/her, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was the movie that most authentically conveyed the filth of medieval peasants. In Perfume, I found it very easy to imagine the stench of the time. The ragged, dirty clothes, the stringy hair, the horrible teeth, the diseased skin of the poor? Brilliant.
The Company: I'd seen this before, at the cinema, but now I have the DVD and can watch the dance sequences whenever I want to! *happy dance* Beautiful choreography all around, filmed properly. No unnecessary cutting away or close-ups, no cheap tricks -- you really get to see and feel the dancing. If you like ballet, or any kind of dance, see this. Similarly, if you know nothing about ballet, see this: there's a bit of everything in it, from super-classical ballet to modern, abstract numbers.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: A movie about scent is certainly no mean feat to pull off, and I think this was a success. No matter Dustin Hoffman's totally bizarre and changing accent, no matter that I didn't really feel much for any of the characters (apart from Alan Rickman's), I LOVED how dirt-encrusted this movie was. I remember reading a review of a movie, I forget which one, in which the reviewer pointed out that to him/her, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was the movie that most authentically conveyed the filth of medieval peasants. In Perfume, I found it very easy to imagine the stench of the time. The ragged, dirty clothes, the stringy hair, the horrible teeth, the diseased skin of the poor? Brilliant.
The Company: I'd seen this before, at the cinema, but now I have the DVD and can watch the dance sequences whenever I want to! *happy dance* Beautiful choreography all around, filmed properly. No unnecessary cutting away or close-ups, no cheap tricks -- you really get to see and feel the dancing. If you like ballet, or any kind of dance, see this. Similarly, if you know nothing about ballet, see this: there's a bit of everything in it, from super-classical ballet to modern, abstract numbers.
