Comments | mer_moon: Bright Star

mer_moon

Bright Star

Feb 05, 2011 02:04

A concise review of that movie, Bright Star: what a brilliant. I love it, but quietly. I like the colors. I like how the colors aren't all too bright or too dull; I like how the sunlight looks natural. I like how, when there is no score in the background, there are commonplace sounds: birds singing, cutlery singing, rain singing, the purring of the ( Read more... )

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mer_moon February 5 2011, 18:27:48 UTC

Ee. It came and went very quietly, this movie. Out here, it was only in the indie theaters. That's probably how! But it's so good -- I do hope you enjoy it when you track it down.

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mer_moon February 5 2011, 18:30:48 UTC

Oh, man. I know. The way she sobbed? And then couldn't breathe? And - ? Man. I was totally heartrended. And I think that was a way, way more effective 'death scene' than an actual death scene would have been for this movie. I also bawled buckets (which may have contributed to me listening to the whole credits-poem - I needed soothing after being so saddened. Ha).

csecooney February 5 2011, 16:31:09 UTC

Oh, I am so GLAD you liked it! My father didn't. He said, "If I wanted a book, I'd read it." Or something to that effect. He didn't like the mutedness. I suggested he might like "Byron" as it is far more salacious and sports Venetian women ( ... )

mer_moon February 5 2011, 18:40:22 UTC

I have not seen (or heard of) Phoebe in Wonderland. Am now very intrigued.

And oh, yeah. I loved the mother, too. I think it would've been really tempting to play her off as one note -- figure of society wot wouldn't let them just get hitched, or something. I'm glad that's not the route they went. Instead, she comes across as a really strong and compassionate mother-figure, without being the Improbably Rebellious and Careless of Society's Mores mother-figure, you know?

(grin) But yeah. As much as I loved it, totally not one I'll be recommending to EVERYbody.

Also, whoa! He was in Lars and the Real Girl? Who did he play? (Not ... Lars?) And Whishaw is ARIEL in the Tempest? HUH. The one with Helen Mirren? (Which I so o o o want to see - come out on DVD already silly movie).

Perfume is a movie I've had recommended to me over and over, but haven't yet watched. One day soon! Ha!

I hope your roomie likes Bright Star, though. So, so, so nice.

csecooney February 5 2011, 18:46:56 UTC

He plays Lars' BROTHER! His big brother the one who "has it all together." Oh, and Lars is played by the beautiful Ryan Gosling, who cannot bear to be touched. Patricia Clarkeson is amazing in that one, and ALSO in Phoebe in Wonderland.

She'll love Bright Star. Am pretty sure.

Yeah. Whishaw's Ariel. But that movie is MADE by Helen Mirren. All the ACTORS are good, and it's very pretty, it's just not very... good. Cohesively. I almost blame Shakespeare. Shakespeare and an over-indulgence of "Lookit all this cool stuff I can do!" Worth the watch, though!

neile February 5 2011, 18:23:56 UTC

Thanks for this wonderful assessment. I loved this movie, too, for exactly these reasons but didn't know them all of them so consciously until I read this.

We're so used to the speed of the modern rushing movie. Bright Star's mood and mode and tone go perfectly together, robust but delicate. Like the acting.

Now I need to go and watch it again.