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 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:00 am |
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i finally saw it, well, some of it. what did i miss? i had such great
expectations after your earlier 10+ review, i mean, i DO respect your
opinion, but as soupy sales used to say, "i don't get it"  |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:52 pm |
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On Feb 3, 10:00 pm, mikestra...@webtv.net wrote:
Quote: i finally saw it, well, some of it. what did i miss? i had such great
expectations after your earlier 10+ review, i mean, i DO respect your
opinion, but as soupy sales used to say, "i don't get it"
Sorry you didn't like it! My sister is ambivalent too. But I already
described my detailed impression; perhaps you can share yours? |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:34 am |
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it just seemed to me like a bunch of self absorbed people rambling on
aimlessly about nothing. it reminded me a lot of rober altman's movies
which i dont "get" either. i really did want to like this movie. i
really did. genrerally i like french films. ie. "le chat" which i
thought was extraordinarily good. that one didn't have any "plot" either
but you could see inside their (signoret's and gabin's) souls. this one
(private fears...) just seemed like giddy, plastic, cardboard-y people
to me, if that makes any sense. the whole thing seemed very banal and
trite to me. this movie seems to a be a "comedy", and maybe that's my
problem. maybe i was expecting a something deeply dramatic like "le
chat" and the dichotomy of what i expected and what was presented
traumatized my psyche, lol. for instance, the scenes of the cantankerous
old man repeatedly throwing food on his caregiver and on the floor just
seemed too ridiculous to be believed. i mean, was he determined to eat
NOTHING that day? and the woman who was caring for him (or should i say
"babysitting" for him? lol), seemed to be determined to become a martyr
for his sake, and for what purpose? as the old man's abuse of her went
on and on and she kept "taking" it like joan of arc it seemed absurd.
maybe if it was presented as a drama i could understand it ~ a woman who
has no real work skills or means to support herself except to care for a
viscious old man who continually berates and degrades her accepts this
situation because she has no other choice and must endure it, and
because of her religiosity she assumes she must endlessly "forgive"
those who tresspass on her, lol. but instead it was presented as sort of
a "theatre of the absurd" with no relevance to reality. but maybe i'm
too much of a realist or too old to "get" this kind of humor. i started
and stopped a couple of times and tried to FORCE myself to continue
watching it, but just couldn't take it anymore. i think i watched about
1/4 of it altogether. if you think it gets any better further along i'll
try to make one more desperate attempt to continue watching it, lol. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:20 pm |
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Hi,
Sorry it took me a while to get back.
On Feb 6, 2:34 am, mikestra...@webtv.net wrote:
Quote: it just seemed to me like a bunch of self absorbed people rambling on
aimlessly about nothing. it reminded me a lot of rober altman's movies
which i dont "get" either.
I guess to each his/her own; my sister didn't like this either, but
it is very well reviewed by the critics (those few who saw it). Maybe
I'm getting old and am too ready to associate myself with these
characters.
i really did want to like this movie. i
Quote: really did. genrerally i like french films. ie. "le chat" which i
thought was extraordinarily good. that one didn't have any "plot" either
but you could see inside their (signoret's and gabin's) souls. this one
(private fears...) just seemed like giddy, plastic, cardboard-y people
to me, if that makes any sense.
I haven't seen _Le Chat_, so I can't compare them. I find the
characters vhere ery real (almost painfully so) but that's just me.
the whole thing seemed very banal and
Quote: trite to me. this movie seems to a be a "comedy", and maybe that's my
problem. maybe i was expecting a something deeply dramatic like "le
chat" and the dichotomy of what i expected and what was presented
traumatized my psyche, lol. for instance, the scenes of the cantankerous
old man repeatedly throwing food on his caregiver and on the floor just
seemed too ridiculous to be believed. i mean, was he determined to eat
NOTHING that day? and the woman who was caring for him (or should i say
"babysitting" for him? lol), seemed to be determined to become a martyr
for his sake, and for what purpose? as the old man's abuse of her went
on and on and she kept "taking" it like joan of arc it seemed absurd.
maybe if it was presented as a drama i could understand it ~ a woman who
has no real work skills or means to support herself except to care for a
viscious old man who continually berates and degrades her accepts this
situation because she has no other choice and must endure it, and
because of her religiosity she assumes she must endlessly "forgive"
those who tresspass on her, lol. but instead it was presented as sort of
a "theatre of the absurd" with no relevance to reality.
She (the Sabine Azema character) has a day job. The night care-taker
job is more of a charity thing. And Joan of Arc didn't do strip tease
or
record erotic dances on video! It is never clear whether she is on
the
side of angels or devils.
but maybe i'm
Quote: too much of a realist or too old to "get" this kind of humor. i started
and stopped a couple of times and tried to FORCE myself to continue
watching it, but just couldn't take it anymore. i think i watched about
1/4 of it altogether. if you think it gets any better further along i'll
try to make one more desperate attempt to continue watching it, lol.
It *is* a comedy, if a very sad one ultimately. I personally applaud
Resnais to make something this funny and yet heartfelt, especially
after his last film, the very forced comedy _Not on my Lips_. |
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