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marcuss611
Reviews
Sling Blade (1996)
hated it - simply political
SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER
W. E. B. DuBois said 'all art is propaganda,' about 80 years ago and this applies.
do movies form our thinking or reflect our thoughts? you decide. all i know is that in the sixties, movies were more tolerant and thought provoking, ie To Kill a Mockingbird. i can not believe the comparison was made to that great movie. Sling Blade fulfilled everyone's fears about killers and former mental patients. after all the compassion, (three hours worth) in the end he still did it! just like recent movies; Just Cause and Primal Fear, i have a problem with the first lead suspect turns out to be the one who did it! this is not creative and i suspect promotes a mob mentality. To Kill A Mockingbird taught us something; that the obvious is not so obvious. what did Sling Blade teach us? that a not so nice person deserves to be murdered? that once a nut always a nut? i sat through that movie hoping that was not going to be the ending and it was! hated it!
Jenseits der Stille (1996)
a beautiful, thoughtful movie
when you totally give in to a movie, let down your guards, and are completely absorbed in the life of the characters, this is a good movie. i do not have deaf parents, i have a daughter (and the father daughter relationship was very touching for me, personally)but i just surrendered and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank my video store for having a foreign film library. i couldn't help but think of two things while watching this movie; 1.(and apparently many of you were thinking the same)is sign language the same in all countries? and don't laugh, 2. how this film compared to flashdance(bear with me)...and how it is obvious how flashdance was such a good idea on paper, but the translation to film was a complete failure. well..not complete, i liked it for one sit down. i will watch jenseits der stille again, as i do most subtitled films and enjoy it again. thank you ms. link, the cast and especially tatjana trieb and sylvie testud. you touched me.
Samson and Delilah (1949)
some of you don't get it
i just watched cecil b. demille's classic again, and i still enjoyed it as much as i did the first time i saw it at the movies around 1958( as it came out every christmas since it was made in 1949) don't you get it? it was true 'hollywood epic', entertainment. the color was fabulous, the actors beautiful,and the dialogue, 'campy poetic'. hedy lamarr was the perfect delilah, ozzing sexual magnetism. you wanted her to get with samson, ('cause you were samson)even though you knew she was the devil. it was 'biblical film noir'. perfect casting. good 'over acting'. i loved this movie. how could you not?