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[walrusbear]

I just got back from an early screening and it's up there with his (Almodovar) other recent movies (Talk To Her, All About My Mother).
It's familiar stuff by now, the whole family melodrama thing, but it's done very well. The sentimentality is never really irksome.
I thought it had a greater dose of 'comedy' over the dark material, so it's more uplifting than talk to her was.
penelope cruz was very good too.

anyone else seen this? going to see it? rate almodovar?

 

[icecreamdisco]

saw in on my holiday to nyc (arrived back this morning, how's it hangin'?), thought it was pretty good but left me kinda cold despite being an unqualified success; a strange dichotomy, yet every pa film i've seen save talk to her i've felt the same way about. wouldn't mind watching it again tho.

cruz was very good and i wanna make romance explosions inside her. damn.

EDIT: almodovar, rated...

1. talk to her - ****1/2
2. volver - ***1/2
3. bad education - ***
4. all about my mother - ***
5. women on the verge... - **1/2

 

[walrusbear]

welcome back. wish i were in NY you lucky bastard

funnily
i felt cold and detached after talk to her
but fairly involved with this and all about my mother
yet i still rate talk to her the best.

i haven't seen many of the early movies. 'what have i done to deserve this?' was kind of funny, but less full on than others (from partial viewings, it had far less comic rape scenes than other 80s efforts). i'd really like to see 'dark habits'. the nuns behaving badly sort of thing.

 

[icecreamdisco]

welcome back. wish i were in NY you lucky bastard

funnily
i felt cold and detached after talk to her
but fairly involved with this and all about my mother
yet i still rate talk to her the best.

i haven't seen many of the early movies. 'what have i done to deserve this?' was kind of funny, but less full on than others (from partial viewings, it had far less comic rape scenes than other 80s efforts). i'd really like to see 'dark habits'. the nuns behaving badly sort of thing.

i saw so many damned films on that trip. i also went to halifax, canada (where grew up) to visit relatives. i'd been away since 17/11.

everything i saw is here (everthing from little children and upwards)

boilmaker.livejournal.com

 

[walrusbear]

that's one incredibly meticulous viewing log
of course i'm very jealous
particularly for inland empire!

all you missed here is an antonioni retrospective
and by the looks of it you've prob seen then before anyway

 

[icecreamdisco]

that's one incredibly meticulous viewing log
of course i'm very jealous
particularly for inland empire!

all you missed here is an antonioni retrospective
and by the looks of it you've prob seen then before anyway

i saw l'eclisse at the antonioni fest! i gave it a 9 in my log. haunting film. i was here for most of the screenings, but exams/essays got in the way.

inland empire will probably only please hardcore lynch/avant-garde fans, but i ate up nearly every moment (not crazy about some of the non-sequitor conversation scenes). video looks fugly, but somehow suits it.

i think i'll make a top 10 of '06 thread soon, gotta go out now...