Comments on: Cinecast Episode 96 – Ya Know, for Grown-Ups http://www.rowthree.com/2008/08/26/cinecast-episode-96-ya-know-for-grown-ups/ Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2008/08/26/cinecast-episode-96-ya-know-for-grown-ups/#comment-15599 rot Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:31:14 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=4204#comment-15599 Look forward to the Soylent Green movie club talk, I just saw that film this year for the first time and I loved it. Look forward to the Soylent Green movie club talk, I just saw that film this year for the first time and I loved it.

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2008/08/26/cinecast-episode-96-ya-know-for-grown-ups/#comment-15378 Andrew James Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:48:36 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=4204#comment-15378 Caught Transsiberian last night. I guess I liked it, but didn't love it. The external/aerial shots of the train were big highlights. Mortimer is pretty great too. Harrelson was a strange character though. Oddly enough, I liked the "building up" portions of the story a lot more than the more fast paced parts towards the end. But even these parts that I liked didn't feel quite right for some reason. It was all just a bit unbelievable and frustrating. The characters didn't really seem to behave like people in those situations would behave. Like they didn't have much intelligence or something. Or they were just acting weird to act weird. Definitely a picture worth revisiting though. Ben Kingsley speaks Russian? Caught Transsiberian last night. I guess I liked it, but didn’t love it. The external/aerial shots of the train were big highlights. Mortimer is pretty great too. Harrelson was a strange character though.

Oddly enough, I liked the “building up” portions of the story a lot more than the more fast paced parts towards the end. But even these parts that I liked didn’t feel quite right for some reason. It was all just a bit unbelievable and frustrating. The characters didn’t really seem to behave like people in those situations would behave. Like they didn’t have much intelligence or something. Or they were just acting weird to act weird. Definitely a picture worth revisiting though.

Ben Kingsley speaks Russian?

]]> By: Marina Antunes http://www.rowthree.com/2008/08/26/cinecast-episode-96-ya-know-for-grown-ups/#comment-15316 Marina Antunes Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:49:25 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=4204#comment-15316 To clarify, neither of Coixet's previous English language films are perfect but there's a reason they've attracted the actors involved - namely excellent scripts. The one thing they both have in common are excellent performances. "My Life Without Me" is a surprisingly uplifting movie about death and yeah, it's rattled with cliches but it's well directed and the acting from Polley raises it well above average. "The Secret Life of Words" is much more depressing but it's a completely unexpected, emotionally charged film about people stuck on an oil rig of all things. Again, excellent performances from Polley and Roth. Still no "Transsiberian" here. *sigh* To clarify, neither of Coixet’s previous English language films are perfect but there’s a reason they’ve attracted the actors involved – namely excellent scripts. The one thing they both have in common are excellent performances. “My Life Without Me” is a surprisingly uplifting movie about death and yeah, it’s rattled with cliches but it’s well directed and the acting from Polley raises it well above average. “The Secret Life of Words” is much more depressing but it’s a completely unexpected, emotionally charged film about people stuck on an oil rig of all things. Again, excellent performances from Polley and Roth.

Still no “Transsiberian” here. *sigh*

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2008/08/26/cinecast-episode-96-ya-know-for-grown-ups/#comment-15314 Andrew James Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:22:36 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=4204#comment-15314 Forgot to mention that this director's cut of Brotherhood of the Wolf has over 40 minutes of additional footage placed back into the movie. More cinematic beauty and more naked Belucci hopefully. ;) Forgot to mention that this director’s cut of Brotherhood of the Wolf has over 40 minutes of additional footage placed back into the movie. More cinematic beauty and more naked Belucci hopefully. ;)

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