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Both of which are bleak, realist portrayals of family existence in two geographically but in some ways very similar locals, both made with not a 'Star' in sight and made by outsiders.
My wife suggested my choice of these films might in small part be an echo of recent events such as the economic meltdown, 'Obama Letdown Syndrome' and various other Global events.
Could be, but they are also masterfully made and riveting films that drill straight to the heart of the disintegration of the family and systems of human/social interaction that we as human beings have been getting by on for a long long time.
Still a lot of non-English language films I loved during the year that deserve their place in the line up of greatness but at this point these two keep ringing true for me.
J.B.
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I need to know how we are now corollating a movie about a house in the Ozarks that's been put up as bail collateral into what Bu...sorry, I mean Obama hasn't done.
...I think Social Network and Inception were the best so far.
I appreciated Winter's Bone, especially the lead's acting, but didn't like it that much - so I guess the dark, depressing tone worked.
The best films of the year are coming out now through the end of the year.
Strange.
"Fish Tank," the plot is ridiculous in a way few Hollywood films would venture. It must be redeemed by the acting to have won Cannes and BAFTA awards. Many films are overwritten, creating scenes with unbelievable, fanciful actions and outcomes to make larger points. The worst films have many of them. On the other hand, in the best films, characters are illuminated in seemingly commonplace situations, there needn't be a crisis every minute.
I'll see "Fish Tank," but it really does seem like the plot's exaggerations may well have doomed it.
you must be talking about another film also called 'Fish Tank' if you think this describes it:
"Many films are overwritten, creating scenes with unbelievable, fanciful actions and outcomes to make larger points. The worst films have many of them. On the other hand, in the best films, characters are illuminated in seemingly commonplace situations, there needn't be a crisis every minute.
I'll see "Fish Tank," but it really does seem like the plot's exaggerations may well have doomed it."
Have a look though and do post your thoughts.
J.B.
I read the plot is about a younger woman that sleeps with her mother's boyfriend, follows him to his home, pees in his living room, kidnaps the guy's daughter when he discovers he's a lying married guy, and then saves the kid's life.
I don't think I'm greatly exaggerating in my earlier paragraph, considering these facts?
If I considered myself a bit of a film buff but judged movies by reading the plot before seeing them then I would be rightly laughed out of any conversations about those movies.
I thought you were a lot smarter than this.
J.B.
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We must be the change we wish to see in the world. -Gandhi
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SPOILER.
Again, any one or two of those occurrences in "Fish Tank," would strain credulity. All of them boggles. The part about taking the kid to the river really is contrived, especially considering the life-saving thing. Like I said, I'll see it because of its awards, but I'll be surprised if it can overcome such over-theatrical writing.
As far as the superb Kane, though it pains me to have to mention it in the same post, it is about childhood trauma and its impact on a life (and also about a lot more....). Hardly melodramatic or contrived. It would be hard to find a child so separated from loved one(s) that wasn't traumatized.
Anyhow, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
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you just cannot admit your "reasoning" was ridiculous. Citizen Kane, in case you didn't know it, was loosely based on a true story, that of William Hearst.
"Fish Tank?"
Oh, c'mon. You think that's realism?
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