Name the most engrossing/impressive film you saw in 2007.

It's very overtly violent, with very still-frame, noneditorial cinematography. Not glorifying, not moralistic, just bluntly portrayed. Way beyond Fargo.

Would be interested in seeing Eastern Promises if it wasn't Kronenberg. I've never really liked one of his movies. Anyone know if this one is different? Like, a little human, maybe?

I've read very good reviews of No Country For Old Men, patiodog & have been considering seeing it. But tell me, is it super violent? (Not good with really overt film violence here.)

msolga wrote:

I've read very good reviews of No Country For Old Men, patiodog & have been considering seeing it. But tell me, is it super violent? (Not good with really overt film violence here.)

I coped Msolga......and I am pretty sooky.


Mind you, I am good at knowing when it's coming, and squeezing my eyes shut.



I thought it was a great film.....very Coen brothers, with lots of shots echoing "Fargo"....



Very interesting.

The trick, msolga, is to develop a well-honed sense of when to squeeze your eyes shut, like Deb mentioned. Keep a little distance between your fingers in case there might be an interesting break between violent scenes and you can quickly squeeze your fingers shut as well as your eyes if it gets too blood and gutsy.

I'm very tempted to go see it even though I too don't like lots of violence. Deb's sooky, I'm spooky and you are what, just a little wimpy? Wimpiness is included in my spookiness in quite a large degree.

....All those creeped out women must have been an experience. If I had known beforehand about the film, I wouldn't have gone--that's waaaay too gory for me.

You were a brave trooper.

dlowan wrote:

msolga wrote:

I've read very good reviews of No Country For Old Men, patiodog & have been considering seeing it. But tell me, is it super violent? (Not good with really overt film violence here.)

I coped Msolga......and I am pretty sooky.


Mind you, I am good at knowing when it's coming, and squeezing my eyes shut.



I thought it was a great film.....very Coen brothers, with lots of shots echoing "Fargo"....



Very interesting.

Hmmmmm .... perhaps the blood n guts reports I've heard have been exaggerated? Otherwise nothing but raves.

So you don't think a person would be scarred for life? :wink:

Sooky sooky la la

Cant help myself,
brown rabbits
Well i'm running wild, lost control
And it's a shame to think
That a boy like me
Has got so many , bad habits

VITUS is a film from Switzerland that has garnered many accolades and nearly won an Oscar. And yes, it is that good! Written by Fredi M. Murer, Peter Luisi, and Lukas B. Suter and directed by Murer, VITUS explores the life of a child genius, a lad who from the age of five is obviously gifted in that he can play Bach et al after only a few months lessons and is able to read books and understand concepts that make his stance in a regular kindergarten class untenable. But the film is less about the gifts of a child prodigy than it is a story of how a genius child longs for a normal childhood. It is in the telling of the story that the audience is privileged to discover the joys and trials in a child's view of being extraordinary.

Vitus - played at age 6 by Fabrizio Borsani and at age 12 by Teo Gheorghiu - is referred to as a little Mozart by his parents Helen (Julika Jenkins) and Leo (Urs Jucker), and by the family friends who are amazed at Vitus' gift as a pianist. But as is often the case with gifted children, they are overprotected, not allowed to engage in the normal activities of being a kid. Vitus finds consolation in his grandfather (a brilliant Bruno Ganz) whose creative energy includes Vitus in his longing to fly and to build complex machines. While Vitus continues his love for the piano he also takes risks with his beloved grandfather. Vitus' intelligence serves him well in analyzing the complexities of his father's job and his grandfather's role in that position, and it is his genius that leads the family in a direction no one thought possible. And of course with every story of an extraordinary young lad adapting to a puzzling world, there is also a love interest: Isabel at age 12 (Kristina Lykowa) is his fun-loving babysitter and at age 19 (Tamara Scarpellini) is the queen of his inexperienced heart and fill a void in Vitus' life that otherwise would be empty. Fitting all of these subplots together is made magical by Vitus' constant playing of classical music - a feat the young actor is capable of performing on his own!

The cast of this film is not only gifted but is also endearing. Bruno Ganz is a brilliant actor and he is matched by both of the young actors who play Vitus. The story is tender but avoids bathos. It simply is an uplifting, inspiring, entertaining film. A Must See!