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The Honeymooners (2003)
Shakes but fun
Watched this for the first time last night.
For the first few minutes the shaking camera will get on your nerves but after a while you start to feel as if you are standing there watching the people yourself.
Plot revolves around a man just jilted at the church and a waitress he pays to drive him to Donegal. He is less than endeering - obviously will not let himself be happy about his new found situation. She is far easier to warm to, but has a habit of saying hurtful things at just the right moment. Both actors are quite believable in their roles and the writing for the minor roles keeps the whole thing quite realistic. At times I could identify with both leads, at times they both p-ed me off - quite realistic. (Also found the girl - Alex Reid - quite attractive, thats just me I suppose.)
Its a rom-com, but the gentle pace makes it stand out a bit from the others - quiet, and thoughtful, and funny. Just what I was looking for in a movie last night, as it happens.
Don't expect too much from this movie and you should enjoy it 8/10 as a rom-com.
37°2 le matin (1986)
Absolutely my favourite
The original cinema release was class, it left me hungry for more, which made me buy the soundtrack and then later the English translation of the book - which I soon realized was even better, with more depth. The book Gives a greater understanding of Betty's descent into her own personal madness while also allowing an understanding of how and why Zorg could follow her there. I started to feel that the film was not all I had originally thought - with such a template it could have been much more! But then - the DIRECTOR'S CUT - an extra 61 minutes of pure brilliance - it's as close to the book as it was ever possible to be and the scenes for me are as close as is possible to how I imagined while reading the book. Simply, it is top class. I would recommend it to anyone.