Yeah, I thought Interstellar was OK too. One year on, try another Space orientated sci-fi film in The Martian. Also pretty good. But these films are relatively easy to watch. Earlier this evening I viewed The Danish Girl about the landscape artist Einar Wegener who had a hidden lifelong desire to become a woman. Her's was one of the first recorded cases of transgender, specifically that psychologically she was a woman trapped in a man's body. The film follows her journey to becoming Lili Elbe, and after the final operation, which involved the transplanting of a uterus, she died following her body's rejection of the organ. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Wegener/Elbe, and I watched it purely in the back of his excellent acting in The Theory of Everything. Once again, he gives a sensitive yet emotionally charged performance, along with Alicia Vikander, as his artist partner, Gerda Gottlieb. It's a film which requires patience, thought and effort on the part of the viewer, unless you're carried along by period costume and shots of 1920's Copehagen [actually Elstree Studios, so I've read], so it's certainly not for everybody. I can't say I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it was an experience which I'm glad I spent a couple of hours on.
I've been recommended Coen Brothers films so many times. Don't think I've knowingly seen one yet. Just checked: Bridge of Spies - excellent. True Grit 2010 - very good indeed. The Hudsucker Proxy - not for me. The Big Lebowski - not for me. Remember starting to watch The Ladykillers, but it wasn't a patch on the Ealing Studios version, so after 30 minutes I quit. Tom Hanks as well. Might give Inside Llewyn Davis a look.
I would recommend No Country For Old Men, Blood Simple, O Brother Where Art Thou, Millers Crossing, in that order. I'm a Coen brothers fan but even I would admit they've made some turkeys as well as some great ones. I've not seen Inside Llewyn Davis, when is it on?
So, a new national newspaper hits the shelves today... it's free for anyone who picks up a copy today (Monday). Aiming to bridge the gap between The Sun and The Guardian, without pushing any political agenda. It aims to give both sides of an issue (or more, if relevant) and then allow the reader to decide. Quick promo/explanation below. Interested to see how this goes, what with so many people insistent that print media is for the knackers yard etc.
Me too Vin. Once I realised that I didn't care how it ended, or what happened to any of the characters, I knew it was a lost cause. I'm a lover of sci-fi but even I couldn't face 5 dimensions, singularities built by future humans or the great good that exist within man inevitably showing itself at the end 2001 - a space Odyssey had a similar effect (I know it's film review blasphemy to say that probably) in that I just didn't care enough to like it. Great visuals, great soundtrack, but overall a confused mess. I don't like to use the word pretentious but that was how it struck me, and Interstellar was the same IMHO. The Martian on the other hand was great fun, which just told a classic Robinson Crusoe type story without trying to be too damn clever for its own good. Matt Damon was good as ever, and despite there being holes in some of the science, it didn't mention a tesseract once.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-35635935 So, so cruel Needs to be looked into & changed imo.
