In my humble opinion this movie has everything. Superb music, some great comedy moments and a brilliant ending. It is most certainly in my top 3 films of all time. Just sit back and enjoy but don't take it too serious 5 stars!!!
>>More Details
This is a Classic Film make no mistake about it. Yes, it is slow but it is meant to be.
Is it a faithful adaptation of the book? I would say yes considering the source material. The book contains whole sections of intellectual pondering regarding the internal struggle involved in passionate love. These passages are unfilmable.
What we have here is a very European film dripping with cold sexuality and emotional torture. The Actors, the Director and all involved in this production should feel very proud of what they have achieved.
The Direction is confident and fresh. The performances are faultless. Juliette Binoche is truly a remarkable actor. Her desperation is beautifully played. I have to say that this ... Read More:
>>More Details
"Quills" tells of the last days of the infamous Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush), who wrote erotic stories that shocked and delighted readers in 18th century France. He is living a rather privileged life as an inmate in an asylum run by a sympathetic cleric (Joaquin Phoenix), where he produces his plays for the nobility. Sade is allowed to write, but not to publish; however, a young laundry maid (Kate Winslet) admires him and smuggles his work out of the asylum. The Emperor, Napoleon, dislikes his books and orders that Sade be stopped once and for all. Sade's paper, ink, and quills are confiscated, and the cruel Dr. Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) is sent to oversee the asylum.
I have a mixed feeling about this movie. I love it because of the effects. It is wonderfully made and all the scenes feel "real" even the clearly CGI scenes. The actors are good too, Shephard is fine as Yeager and Ed Harris is perfect in the role of John Glenn etc. What i dislike about the movie (and the book for that matter) is that it simply doesn't tell the truth and some of the scenes with Gus Grissom is (imho) close to slander -and that is slandering a dead man which makes it worse. The portrayal of Grissom as a coward who "lost his cool", panicked and sank his capsule is simply not true and it is downright mean of Wolfe to repeat those allegations. Both Chris Craft and Gene Krantz call these allegations ridicoulus in their books and both knew Grissom and ... Read More:
>>More Details
Im sure everyones stoned in this, or maybe im just paranoid?. Have another look, not just because its still a solid nervy and edgy 70's paranoia film, but look at Donald Sutherlands face as he smirks alot and tries not to laugh in the first half. Marvel in awe as Leornard Nimoy hams it up with a turtleneck and large powerful demmanding sideburns. Geoff Goldblum's just plain eyeball weird anyway. Watch out for people carrying hairy pods around. You have been warned. Ssshhh....i feel a bit tired and flakey
>>More Details
I have a mixed feeling about this movie. I love it because of the effects. It is wonderfully made and all the scenes feel "real" even the clearly CGI scenes. The actors are good too, Shephard is fine as Yeager and Ed Harris is perfect in the role of John Glenn etc. What i dislike about the movie (and the book for that matter) is that it simply doesn't tell the truth and some of the scenes with Gus Grissom is (imho) close to slander -and that is slandering a dead man which makes it worse. The portrayal of Grissom as a coward who "lost his cool", panicked and sank his capsule is simply not true and it is downright mean of Wolfe to repeat those allegations. Both Chris Craft and Gene Krantz call these allegations ridicoulus in their books and both knew Grissom and worked with him. ... Read More:
>>More Details
Rising Sun is a textbook example of how to take a sure-fire, can't lose property and muck it up completely. It's not just a matter of the producers controversially changing the nationality of the killer that makes Rising Sun such a appointment: where Michael Crichton's novel weaved a multi-stranded web, turning issues into clues and bombarding the reader with information and clues to keep you guessing, director Philip Kaufman simplifies and makes it all patently predictable. Subplots are poorly handled, often either never followed through or simply forgotten, and you don't even care that much about who done it, or why.
Of course, there is a difference between what makes a good book and what makes a good film, but before the rot set in Crichton didn't just write novels that ... Read More:
>>More Details
Rising Sun is a textbook example of how to take a sure-fire, can't lose property and muck it up completely. It's not just a matter of the producers controversially changing the nationality of the killer that makes Rising Sun such a appointment: where Michael Crichton's novel weaved a multi-stranded web, turning issues into clues and bombarding the reader with information and clues to keep you guessing, director Philip Kaufman simplifies and makes it all patently predictable. Subplots are poorly handled, often either never followed through or simply forgotten, and you don't even care that much about who done it, or why.
Of course, there is a difference between what makes a good book and what makes a good film, but before the rot set in Crichton didn't just write novels that ... Read More:
>>More Details
I have a mixed feeling about this movie. I love it because of the effects. It is wonderfully made and all the scenes feel "real" even the clearly CGI scenes. The actors are good too, Shephard is fine as Yeager and Ed Harris is perfect in the role of John Glenn etc. What i dislike about the movie (and the book for that matter) is that it simply doesn't tell the truth and some of the scenes with Gus Grissom is (imho) close to slander -and that is slandering a dead man which makes it worse. The portrayal of Grissom as a coward who "lost his cool", panicked and sank his capsule is simply not true and it is downright mean of Wolfe to repeat those allegations. Both Chris Craft and Gene Krantz call these allegations ridicoulus in their books and both knew Grissom and worked with him.
This is a movie for girls - guys steer clear, unless you want to fast-forward to the lesbian scenes, which are very nice, and which are the only reason to give the film two stars instead of one. Otherwise leave it to the girls!
>>More Details