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How beautiful

posted 9 years ago by tom-volkamer
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I've just seen the movie in Switzerland. I am extremely moved. It exceeded all my expectations which were high to begin with. I have not seen La grande bellezza but I sure will now. I was moved to tears a few times. Incredible performances by Caine and Keitel and Paul Dano is good as always. Wonderful music, wonderful cinematography and I found it to be pretentious in a very very likable way if that makes any sense. Usually, I only see movies once in the theater but I'll be back for this one.

[–] LoveIsMadness 9 years ago

Have seen the movie a few days ago and had the exact same reaction. I had to calm myself down before to leave the theatre. The ending was wow! Don't know why it touched me as much, there has been so many more dramatic ending.

Totally forgot it was from an Italian director. I went only for Caine. The movie has such an interesting messiness. That's what I like the most. Such random situations.

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[–] purplebear17 9 years ago

what was jane fonda like in the movie?

[–] LoveIsMadness 9 years ago

She only appear near the end but she is phenomenal.

[–] purplebear17 9 years ago

Good so viewers can spend their time before the end of the movie to see Jane Fonda a directors nightmare play a directors muse.

[–] LoveIsMadness 9 years ago

and she still is a nightmare really.

I used to have super powers, but my therapist took them away

[–] Lethal_007 9 years ago

A bitch. That's what she was.

[after killing an Irish] Burn him, see if his ashes turn green - Bill the Butcher

[–] bezorta 9 years ago

Same here. This is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. I've already seen it twice and the music at the end some 20 times :) I see that part over and over and over...

[–] lordDEMAXUS 9 years ago

hahahahaha, that is the exact same thing that happened to me when watching eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

[–] lolmail911 9 years ago

The scene with Fonda is so funny - they (her and Keitel) starts talking as old friends. But then the conversation starts going off the rails: "you are a crap director", "you are a *beep* actress", and so on. It's a hilarious scene, with them just sitting in chairs opposite each other, being "old".

[–] Lethal_007 9 years ago

I enjoyed this film as much as i enjoyed The Great Beauty. And if I could describe both these films in one word, I'd go with beautiful. It is indeed beautiful. The reasons are precisely the same as yours, from the score to the cinematography, to the acting and the story, with just the right touch of pretentiousness.

[after killing an Irish] Burn him, see if his ashes turn green - Bill the Butcher

[–] v-81037 9 years ago

Pretentious. One user here used that word to describe the film, in a negative sense, obviously. And the others were attacking him for using it. But I agree. There is some pretentiousness to it. But I found myself saying Okay, that bit was pretentious, but I will take it. it's okay, you're forgiven, because of everything else.

[–] Lethal_007 9 years ago

Yeah, I mean, there's nothing wrong with being pretentious as long as it's not overdone and as long as the rest of the film doesn't suffer too much from it. As I said, just the right amount of it is alright. The films from Paolo Sorrentino happen to suffer from it, at least the ones I've seen, but he can back it up with good story telling, performances from his actors, and most of all, great cinematography, which I give a lot of importance when watching these types of films.

Same thing happens with Lars von Trier and Nicolas Winding Refn (amongst others), but in their cases, the pretentious levels can go through the roof xD I still love some of their movies though, although I do realize some are just full of it...

[after killing an Irish] Burn him, see if his ashes turn green - Bill the Butcher

[–] weaveofkev-119-712475 9 years ago

Absolutely beautiful indeed. I agree with everything in this post.

[–] bastille-852-731547 9 years ago

Yes, the cinematography was wonderful and the cast was very good. I didn't find it very pretentious though. Meditative and thoughtful, yes, but not pretentious.