12/14/2018 1 Comment the lobster (2015)Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
The Lobster is about in a future world, people have to find their partner and live as a couple in a limited time, or they will be turned into animals. David was divorced by his wife and went to the hotel where he has to find his partner. I don't know if it is because I wrote a 10 page research paper on Wes Anderson, I can sense a little bit Anderson's style in Yorgos Lanthimos' movies. I watched his new movie's trailer, The Favourite. 1)There is a lot reoccurring cast, sounds like Bill Murray is in every Wes Anderson's movie. 2)The way of the characters speak also have a weird tone and pace, weird wording, etc. In The Lobster, all the characters sound quite emotionless. 3) There is a consistent color palette throughout the movie. It mainly has cool-toned colors. Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel is mainly pink. *Spoiler* The first part of the story is about David trying to find a partner in the hotel. The second part is he ran away from the hotel, and there is a group of anti-partner loners who have strict rules about not having partners. The two places are like the two polars, one has to have a partner, one has to be alone all the time. David is unlucky, he couldn't find a partner in the hotel and he finds one when he joined the loner group. Because of the weird emotionless way of them speaking, even there is romance in the movie, audiences still feel it's "a dark mocking mirror" as someone would say. The movie makes you feel like it's a dark-humored reflection of society. People try so hard to fit in, try to find a common thing with others, like the guy who wants to get the girl who has a nose bleeding problem, so he punches himself just to make himself look like he has a problem with nose bleeding as well. In the end, David even wants to cut his own eyes so that he can be blind just like his partner. This movie is more like a message that is very thought-provoking, especially in today. Weirdest movie I've seen this year, but I loved it. I understand this kind of movies aren't for everyone. I like the director (of course), I am really excited for his new movie. Rating: 9/10
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12/10/2018 1 Comment it's a wonderful life (1946)Director: Frank Capra
It's a Wonderful Life is about a young man George Bailey who has big dreams inherited his father's loan company after his accident death. He felt worthless and wishes he has never been born. And he was given an opportunity to see what would the world look like if he has never been born. I've watched Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life. They both have a rather happy ending and make people feel like everything is possible. And I would say there are similarities in both of the film especially Jimmy Steward were in both of them. When George Bailey was in a conference room with Mr. Potter and try to convince other men not to crawl to Mr. Potter and keep his dad's loan company, it makes me flash back to when I was watching Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Smith stood for hours and tries to talk through the congress men. I watched the color version on the weekend. I noticed some useless details I didn't notice when I was watching the black and white version, like the Baileys have a dog. But also, in the beginning, when George was little, he stops his boss from poisoning a boy. His boss has tears on his face which I didn't know. And George was beat to bleed... This movie is arranged so well that I am very impressed about how Capra was able to bring everything back after George goes back on to the bridge. The police was chasing him and when he arrives, everything goes back to normal. The details like Zuzu's petals and mouth bleeding just work so well together like a flow of creek even it involves reality and fantasy, fiction and nonfiction. The theme is also the most encouraging and heartwarming message. A man with friends is never worthless. ~It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas~ Rating: 9/10 |
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