Although I'm not particularly new, I am definitely learning. Please be gentle and I'll soon get the ...
Although I'm not particularly new, I am definitely learning. Please be gentle and I'll soon get the hang of Ciao. Hope I'm of help... oh oh. Must do better. I will be here more often and share my reviews. Nice to 'be back'.
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Like I said, the weekend of it's release my parents returned from the cinema raving about some random sub-titled film. Initially I was suspish. I must admit mainly on the basis that my mother loves uber-cheese and reads Mills&Boon. My parents rarely agree with one another, or myself, when it comes to enjoyable, recommendable films. My boyfriend contorts his lip in British disgust at any film that involves READING (oh, heaven forbid). Yet somehow, none of us will disagree at the superiority of this film! I found it amazing, elating, funny, smart, sexy, modern, action, romantic, historical - fantastic! However, I must admit that my Father must have acquired very cool taste. Or does this say something of the film's all-round appeal? Fights, romance, love lost, love regained, love really lost, good vs. evil, unrealistic-but-cool flying moments, scenery from a travel brochure... Okay, do you get the idea? The film is everything rolled into one. It is quite long and the old gluteus maximus did feel the strain (please do note that I WAS at the New Picture House in St Andrews, reknowned for the 1.5ft gap between oneself and the person in front), so perhaps this won't be the same case for others. I'm not sure if I would watch it again at the cinema - the surround sound and the large screen definitely do favours for the film, but I doubt much would be lost lying in bed/on the sofa with some Global Video popcorn (and a wait of several months). There isn't any one obvious plot (of the Hollywood 'bloke-gets-girl-bloke-loses-girl-bloke-gets-girl-the-end' type plot), but it really doesn't need it. The music is beautiful, the scenery is stunning, the fight scenes rock and it is simultaneously old fashioned and feminist. Ang Lee has really gone to town here. And with the very cool chick from Tomorrow Never Dies and the bloke from Anna and the King (I apologise, but don't want to mispell names!), there is enough of a reminder of Hollywood to keep non-International fans interested. Considering I was in the dual queue for What Women Want and Crouching Tiger... I feel that the right choice was made. This is a definite Oscar winner. Another 'Il Postino'.
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