The a capella 'favourite things'in the prison cell is a fucking tear-jerker. It is slow, though.
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Sat 23 Oct 2004, 23:21,
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Funereal at times.I think its one of those times that they feel they are already stretching credibility stylistically so you go all out to make it as realist as possible, which misunderstands the fact that once your disbelief is suspended, they're free to spank it like a punchbag full of puffins.
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Sat 23 Oct 2004, 23:23,
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Thanks.This feels like something that should really take place in the Talk thread, but I'm happy to sit here and natter away for a while.
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Sat 23 Oct 2004, 23:25,
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Heh.I think I enjoyed the film overall. I admit I watched it because I like Bjork, and I think she acquitted herself well in her own way. I did have a lump in my throat and an angry adrenaline rush when the trapdoor opened...
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Sat 23 Oct 2004, 23:28,
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Yup.It's one of those "big subject" films like Elephant that take this askance approach. It's nice not to have to stare down the barrel of a loaded LIfe of David Gale, but a little slicing and dicing would have been nice to make the film a little leaner and more explicit. LIke the old man said, "Take a rock and carve away anything that isn't walrus". Hope somebody gets that.
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Sat 23 Oct 2004, 23:31,
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