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That's what makes them three dimensional characters and the more human. They are flawed like we all are, no one can be likeable all the time. Anyone who says they are aren't been truthful.
Ronit (Rachel Weisz) had every right to be angry. Her community and her own father disowned her cause of her sexuality. No one wanted to tell her father was ill and she only was told cause Esti got in touch. Her father cut her out of his will, shocking as she was his only child. She's clearly not welcome even though they say "Wish You A Happy Long Life" you know damn well they don't. She rightly has a chip on her shoulder.
Esti (Rachel McAdams) is in a loveless marriage with a childhood friend (she respects and cares for her husband) after been pressured by Ronit's father to marry to clear her of her "Ills". She clearly didn't put her own wishes ahead of herself. She saw her true love leave for New York and she had a nervous breakdown it seems. She's a lesbian forcing herself to be straight, that would grind away at any person.
The Only thing I didn't like about them is the cheating, Esti could have broken up with Dovid and then acted on her feelings. Esti is the one who makes the first move on Ronit not the other way round. But it's clear they both have loved each other since their childhood and Dovid was the third basically.
Something about her just oozes Sexiness for me. She's probably not the stereotypical beauty but she just always stand out for me. She was at her sexy peak when she was in Casino Royale, god she was stunning that film. It also helps she made such a big splash in her debut film The Dreamers, also she got her kit off also helped lol.
It's the French chic thing, Charlotte Gainsbourg is the same. Also that gothic look she has makes her stand out like a Starlet from 30's Hollywood. She does it for me, but I can understand why she might not for others. Her look is definitely a love it or hate it thing.
Pretty much, she's now in the stage of been more famous for her Instagram and her shown up on red carpets in the barely any clothing. The fact she got this far just for dancing half naked in a music video is mind blowing to me. But Yeah her time of trying to be a Hollywood actress is over with.
But that's what I love about her, she's not stupid she know's her look's and that scene from True Detective scene has gotten her this far. She's not a great actress but she's not the first hot looking actress to milk her one famous moment for all it's worth.
Tillsamanns is in a strange position in Moodyssons film canon. It's always been overshadowed by Moodysson's debut Fucking Amal and by his heartbreaking third feature Lilya 4 ever. Although I remember at the time it was a critical hit and got into a lot of critics top 10 of the year lists back in 2000, and Moodysson has done two of my favorite endings the one in Amal and the other for this film with Abba's "S.O.S" been played on the soundtrack as the rag tag family play football in the snow.
I wouldn't disagree with anyone who would chose it as their favorite Moodysson film. It's held up well 18 years on.
It was meh for me, sad to say. Even though it's heart was in the right place.
It's definitely flawed and nowhere near as brutally violent as say Headshot was. You can tell Jailbreak was made on a small budget and it showed at times. I didn't like the comedic character of the Playboy, just took me out of the film. I wish the Female villain and her gang had more central role in the film and were more kick ass. Also didn't like the love subplot, felt it was thrown in and it seemed like Dara, the female police officer just switched from Tharoth to Jean-Paul in a flash. Didn't like how one minute Dara went from kick ass to Damsel in Distress, needing Jean-Paul to save her. Shame as they ruined what could have been a awesome female action hero. It lacked a charismatic star like a Iko Uwais or Tony Jaa to carry the lead. Also none of the action scenes were really that great.
But it was a passable 90 minutes, I'd give it 5/10.
The film was simply throwaway, the crappy fast cutting which was insulting considering they had Iko Uwais from the Raid films.
I agree, they were chancing their arm that this film would be a smash hit with that ending so they'd get a sequel.
Li Noor was a triple agent for the Russians, set out to get revenge for the death of the young Russian lad that Wahlberg's character killed at the start of the film. So if you look at it Wahlberg and his cohorts were the bad guys (not known it) and Axl and his group of guy's trying to stop them and get Li Noor were the good guys.
I think it's vaguely implied as they wanted to bring back Lauren Cohan and John Malkovich back for a potential sequel. The ending was trying to go for something smart when this film should have simply been a straight ahead action film.
This should have been a straight ahead action film, just have Mark Wahlberg and Iko Uwais play two agents from different agencies sent to project somebody with important information, they butt heads at the start but gradually as the stakes get higher they start to work together with all their team killed off leaving them two alone to get through gangs trying to stop them. No need for triple spies, any kind of over talking, get rid of the fast editing cutting during fight scenes and just have a balls to wall overly violent action film like The Night Comes for Us.
A Fantastic but grim film with a fantastic central performance from Seo Young-hee. She totally is the heart and soul of this film. The last third is the most brutal I've seen in a film.
Onto Hae-Won, I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt that they were hoping that she died. I can see what they were trying to do at the end, but for me she was past redemption at that point. When she read those letters, i felt bad Bok-nam more so then anyone else. Her punishment is she has to live with the guilty that she was one big main reason her friend died, sure she didn't beat or rape her but she betrayed her friend in many other ways. Also before she went to the island the way she slapped the young employee (then tried to save her Job by texting that she was sorry rather then out of guilt, great that she was fired) and the old lady with the loan was disgusting.The bit that made her beyond hateable was when Bok-nam with her daughter dead looks up on the hill and sees her friend watching not doing a thing and walks off in disgust. Even when she was young she was horrible to Bok-nam.
But that's what i loved about this film, in a Hollywood film a character like Hae-Won would be redeemed by saving Bok-Nam when she was been beaten at the end by her husband and getting her off the island with her daughter. But nope not in this, she's no hero and i don't think the director or writer were saying that she was (i hope so anyway lol). Even the scene when she shopped the villains who beat the woman to death, I didnt care either way cause she was unredeemable by that point.
Even though she killed many people (all scumbags in their own way) i still felt more sorrow for Bok-nam then Hae-won.
I think the exact nature is that Charlie loves Sarah, but Sarah is a user and abuser and will use anyone for her own gain. She didn't give a damn about Charlie, even when they were on good terms. She knew Charlie had a thing for her but used it to her own gain. Charlie was only there as a stepping stone until she got on good terms with cooler crowd.
Once Charlie found out about Sarah real life, that was the moment she crossed the line. I think Sarah wouldn't have turned that nasty if that was the case, i think she would have used Charlie as her little minion to do as she pleased with. It's a tough watch to see Charlie just been treated like crap by a person who she just wanted to love, but that's why like you i just can't feel bad for Sarah at the end, she pushed Charlie to the point and that's what happens when you do.
I don't agree that it was a frustrating watch, it was a tough uncomfortable film especially once Sarah just turns into a nasty bully to Charlie. But the ending does stay with you, it was coming and I love the face of Sarah knowing right there and then she screwed up badly messing with Charlie.
For me definitely the scene when he's dancing with his wife, I got a little teary end by that. Kōji Hashimoto is such a underrated actor, he reminds me of a Japanese Tom Hanks. A actor that can do any role and be great at it. Although she was a little underused in the film imo, I thought Hideko Hara as his wife was fantastic. She was only on screen for 15 minutes at most but made her impact, also Ayano Nakamura as their daughter was great in what time she got.
Also the scene when Maki sends a letter to Shohei, that scene was touching. As it showed he had changed her life. I liked that this film didn't go down the romance route, cause they could have had Shohei as a single man and have him and Maki falling in love, you know Hollywood would have done it if they made this first. But that's one of the pluses to this film is a friendship between a man and woman, and it doesn't involve a romance, that they both change each others lives for the better.
Thanks for the Recommendation Kuku. I wrote it down on my Korean/Japan movie list, I have to get through.
Ye-Jin Son has one of the better romantic films to her credit, A Moment to Remember. But she's a very good actress and easy on the eye too. I check this one out.
Got to say I'm not one for Romantic Movies, but I'm a sucker for one that's done well and has it's heart in the right place. "Rainbow Song" is definitely one that gets it right. I think down to how well written the two lead characters are. Plus how great Juri Ueno as Aoi and Hayato Ichihara as Tomoya are in the roles, cause in the wrong hands this could have gone all wrong.
I probably watched this for Ueno, as I adored her in Swing Girls (2004). In that film she knocked it out of the park when it comes to comedy, in Rainbow Song she does the same for a Romantic film. She really makes Aoi such a likeable and loveable character, and with the scene at the speed Dating and the following scene on the bridge when Tomoya basically hurts her feelings, she breaks your heart. Without her presence in the last 30 or so minutes, the film isn't quite at the same level as it was when she was on screen.
Hayato Ichihara is excellent as Tomoya, you want to slap him at times cause it's right in front of him how much Aoi wants him. But when it comes to the end you just feel for the guy, as he's probably going to be haunted by the dream girl who got away. His scene at the end reading the letter is fantastic. Also have to give praise to the talented Yu Aoi as Aoi's little sister (although there is only a month or so between Ueno and Aoi in real life) in a small role, also Shoko Aida as Chizuru, who has a small role as Tomoya's older girlfriend.
I find the ending a bit of a downer but it's a great little romantic film.
I think it should be higher then 7.6 it has right now. I'd go 8 personally, I think it's a fantastic comedy that has you coming out at the ending with a smile. Sure I can see some maybe not liking the humour, which can be very OTT in places. But the performances just make the film and the last 10 minutes doesn't leave you with a smile on you're face I don't know what will.
I never felt a lull during the whole film, something that I think another Japanese music coming of age film Linda, Linda, Linda has sadly, it's slow pace doesn't help it in places. Although Linda is still a very good film.
It's Swing Girls for me. I just laughed from the first minute until the end, and if the last 10 minutes doesn't leave you with a smile on you're face then you have no heart. The cast are all excellent, especially Juri Ueno and Yuta Hiraoka. And you don't feel the time go by. It's the one film that I would pay crazy money to ship over to own.
Linda,Linda,Linda, I did like it a lot but it's slow pace does let it down. Some parts I was feeling the time. But it does have the heart and smile on you're face ending that Swing Girls has. The Blue Hearts song is excellent and it has probably Bae Doona's best performance to date in her career, anytime she's on screen she brings all the laughs with her. I just think it's a film that could have done with a tighter edit.
I give Swing Girl's the nod just about, but Linda Linda Linda is a great watch too.
I saw it twice in the cinema, We've churned out some great little films over the last few years, Sing Street, Young Offenders, Brooklyn and Michael Inside. A Date with Mad Mary is right up there, it's definitely a showcase for Seana Kerslake, she's awesome in it. She doesn't play a likeable character at all in places but she makes you care about her by the end. Also helps that she's not a bad looking woman either in real life, but plays it down in this. She's definitely going to be a star.
I liked the stuff with Tara Lee's Jess, it was nice to see a Lesbian relationship not be made a big deal off. Made you care more for Mary too as before that she wasn't the most likeable of characters. Her mate Charlene, I thought was the most dislikeable from the film but they did redeem her at the end, and we saw why Mary saw her as a close mate. They could have gone either way with Charlene, you could have had her go out been a bitch to Mary and Mary telling her where to go at the end. That's where I thought it was going to go, but they surprised me.
At 80 mins it doesn't outstay it welcome, it has a few comedic moments but it was a lot darker then I thought it be in places. But it was deserving of the IFTA awards it won. But it's all about Kerslake performance really.
I don't think with the case of Ziyi Zhang that it's a case of not making it but rather she didn't want Hollywood like most actresses would do. It's only recently with her been announced for the two upcoming Godzilla films (I'm sure it helps that both films will do big business in China) and that recent Cloverfield Paradox film that she's at that point in her career that she's probably willing to be more open to working in Hollywood films. She said it in the past it never interested her too much, she reminds me a bit of Juliette Binoche a bit in that case. Did a big Oscar winner (English Patient) unlike Zhang, she won a Oscar for it. But she never went full time into Hollywood or art house English films, she did the odd film role, Chocolat, Dan in the Real Life, Ghost in the Shell, Breaking and Entering and a few others. Her main work is in French cinema, and her greatest work at that.
With Zhang's career, I still think from 1999 to 2006, she was probably one of the best actresses in the world. Films like Hero, 2046, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Warrior, the Road home and Memoirs of a Geisha. Not a bad run of films is it. Her work after that have been more romantic comedies, with the odd move into American cinema (Horsemen) with the odd great film thrown in (The grandmaster) of course this is my opinion.
I always seen Water lilies as the darker cousin to Fucking Amal, what I mean imagine FA if that story had Agnes going a little dark and stalky and Elin been a bit of tease and not giving a damn about Agnes. Fucking Amal is the brighter version and Water Lilies the darker version. Both would make a great double bill.
The leads been teens and Lesbianism that's all they really have in common. Two talented Director/Writers as well. Water Lilies has another subplot with Marie's friend, while Fucking Amal is all about Elin and Agnes. I prefer Fucking Amal as I do consider it one of the best films of the 90's, while I admire Water Lilies I think Celine Sciamma has done better work (Tomboy and Girlhood are better films imo). But it's always great to see the awesome Adele Haenel in a early role, she's the modern day Isabelle Huppert.
She didn't, he broke up with her. Told her he wasn't good enough for her and that she deserved someone better. As her sisters said she chose bad boyfriends and drank too much.
I do think Elin loves Agnes, I don't think it's all about rebellion or to be unique. It's the first time Elin can be her true self and not hide behind what others want from her. I don't think this relationship is built to last (but that's just my opinion) and it could have ended a few weeks, a few months or few years later after that last scene in the film but that doesn't matter. It's all about that moment.
I think their is a friendship for life between those two, they might not see each other for years and will live different lives but they will have that bond.