Inglourious Basterds was my choice of movie for this week. And i have to say it was a great choice. Another great creation of Quentin Tarantino. I actually had no idea what this movie was about until i read a review on it explaining it. Even when it was nominated i had no idea what went on in it. What really made me decide to watch it is my interest in world war two. although im sure none of it actually happened just the era it took place in made it a lot more interesting. Not to mention the movie was just really good on its own.
The plot was two different stories about an escaped jew whose family was destroyed after hiding but she was able to get away and she eventually inherited a movie theater and began her life there. The main plot was about the group of people that went by "the basterds" that were nazi murderers. They would get as many nazis as they can and killed them on the spot. except for the select few that they would free to tell the other nazis of them-without revealing their plans otherwise they would be struck by death. Which just made this movie much more interesting. But what made this movie what it was, was when the escaped jew, Shosanna (Melanie Laurent), teamed up with Lt. Aldo Raine's (Brad pitt) legion of Basterds to kill the jews.
This all came about when Shosanna had a nazi take a liking to her after actually meeting her at her theater. He found that she didnt like him as much because of the fact he was a nazi so he just wanted her to like him. He helped her have an opening of a famous movie there for the nazis to give her a lot of business and she planned to burn it down when they were all in there because she found that one of the nazis attending was the one that killed her family. The basterds also had a plan to destroy nazis at this movie premier with the help of theyre double agent actress.
In my opinion, the acting in this movie was phenominal. As usual Brad pitt did an outstanding job and i also think Melanie Laurent did a job worthy of recognition. Christoph Walts (grammy nominee) also did well. All of them sticking to character with very believable accents. The era this took place in worked, although the movie wouldnt make any sense if it didnt take place of world war two, but it might just be because thats my favorite historical event to learn about because of the interest and passion. It really makes you feel for the jews that lost their lives. And this movie just hit that emotional spot but it was still really good.
The directing, the way it was shot, with the two storylines eventually meeting made it all the more interesting. I really liked the action and humor thrown into it (mostly from brad pitt and the basterds) but it really added onto it. The revenge and torture to those that kill others is something you dont really see everday. in the words of Shosanna "My name is Shosanna Dreyfus and THIS is the face... of Jewish vengeance!" but id have to say my favorite quote, said by Lt. Aldo Raine, was "Were interested in one thing and one thing only, and thats killin nazis" So in my opinion, as i said a few times before, this movie was amazing. So i definatly suggest it to all!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Memento
Memento, a movie directed by Christopher Nolan starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Joe Pantoliano, was a movie of brilliance. From the first shots to the very end this was nothing but a unique style of shooting. The movie started off with the end, and worked its way backwards to the beginning. Its pretty hard to follow but eventually you can get the hang of it. Personally i know theres things in the movie i didnt understand, especially after only seeing it once. Someone i know has watched it around 3 times and is still discovering new things about it. Which makes it all the more interesting. Its definatly one to make you use your head. But thats what makes it so amazing.
Like i said this movies not the easiest to figure out, therefore its not so easy to explain. But to sum it all up its about a man named leonard who has a short term memory loss because of an accident. the last thing he remembers seeing is his wife dying because thats when he was struck on the head, causing the memory loss. he forgets things within a matter of about ten minutes. He holds conversations with people forgetting how they even started. So to remember things, he writes himself messages all over his body by tatooing them on and he takes lots of pictures and writes captions to explain. But the whole plot of the movie was him trying to find and kill the man that raped and killed his wife. He found two friends along the way. Natalie, who he thought he could trust ends up being the one that took his memory loss for advantage and made him do the wrong things for what he thought were the right reasons. His other friend, Teddy, was actually only always there to help him, but he thought otherwise. Lenny let his lost memories and confusing messages get the best of him making him think teddy was bad news all along. The struggles he faces brings him to learn even more confusing aggravating things, not that he would even remember them and that sentence alone describes this entire movie.
It wasnt just a mysterious thriller, but i found a lot of comedy thrown in there in a sense of sarcasm. The irony made this movie funnier than some would expect a movie like this to be. Which made it even more enjoyable. Guy Pearce, who played the main character Leonard was a great actor. Ive never heard of him before but im glad it was him. he really played out the character well and he knew what he was doing. I actually just found out brad pitt was originally hoped to play this character but he couldnt. But thats fine because Guy Pearce played it out possibly better than brad pitt would have. Carrie-Anne Moss played supporting role Natalie. She was Leonards friend and i think she did a really good job too. She had the innocent, yet not-so innocent best friend role played well. Even though she didnt know him that well. but Carrie-Anne played this out well. And the final supporting role was Joe Pantoliano playing Lennys real best friend, even though in the movie Lenny questions that because of his lack of memory, but he really is only trying to help, at least from what i understand he is.
"Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts." To Leonard memory is useless so hes learned that records are the only thing that help people remember. this movie actually opened my mind and eyes, it gave my mind an epic epiphany! not really, but it was still pretty amazing. The setting was basically the past, technically because it all happened backwards. Lenny was living in a motel for quite sometime. but he has no idea how long. Theres not just one setting for this movie, it took place all over. Outside, in peoples homes, in a bar. Many different places. But i still think it was shot very well. whether it was the right lighting or the right sound effects. There was a part that meant something to a movie, there was a continuous cut scene of Lenny on the phone but the scene was always in black and white. i think it was there to add effect, and help you follow along better.
"Dont forget Sammy.." sammy was a man from the past that Lenny was always keeping in mind, to remind himself of things, like his memory. Sammy helped him, but im not even sure sammy even existed if i understood better then i would have these answers so i probably have to watchthis film a few more times. But id say the most famous line from this movie was Leonards famous line: "I have this condition.." which was his way of attempting to explain his memory loss when hes talking to new people, unfortunatly the people he talks to already know about it, just making him feel dumb. Anyway, the costumes used in this movie was jsut normal clothes worn today, usually showing their personalities, but theres something kind of funny about Lennys clothes, which you find out in the end, theyre not even his clothes. The end of this movie explains a lot and makes the irony of everything just stand out a lot more. So if you decide to watch this movie(which i strongly recommend) make sure you pay good attention!
Like i said this movies not the easiest to figure out, therefore its not so easy to explain. But to sum it all up its about a man named leonard who has a short term memory loss because of an accident. the last thing he remembers seeing is his wife dying because thats when he was struck on the head, causing the memory loss. he forgets things within a matter of about ten minutes. He holds conversations with people forgetting how they even started. So to remember things, he writes himself messages all over his body by tatooing them on and he takes lots of pictures and writes captions to explain. But the whole plot of the movie was him trying to find and kill the man that raped and killed his wife. He found two friends along the way. Natalie, who he thought he could trust ends up being the one that took his memory loss for advantage and made him do the wrong things for what he thought were the right reasons. His other friend, Teddy, was actually only always there to help him, but he thought otherwise. Lenny let his lost memories and confusing messages get the best of him making him think teddy was bad news all along. The struggles he faces brings him to learn even more confusing aggravating things, not that he would even remember them and that sentence alone describes this entire movie.
It wasnt just a mysterious thriller, but i found a lot of comedy thrown in there in a sense of sarcasm. The irony made this movie funnier than some would expect a movie like this to be. Which made it even more enjoyable. Guy Pearce, who played the main character Leonard was a great actor. Ive never heard of him before but im glad it was him. he really played out the character well and he knew what he was doing. I actually just found out brad pitt was originally hoped to play this character but he couldnt. But thats fine because Guy Pearce played it out possibly better than brad pitt would have. Carrie-Anne Moss played supporting role Natalie. She was Leonards friend and i think she did a really good job too. She had the innocent, yet not-so innocent best friend role played well. Even though she didnt know him that well. but Carrie-Anne played this out well. And the final supporting role was Joe Pantoliano playing Lennys real best friend, even though in the movie Lenny questions that because of his lack of memory, but he really is only trying to help, at least from what i understand he is.
"Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation, they're not a record, and they're irrelevant if you have the facts." To Leonard memory is useless so hes learned that records are the only thing that help people remember. this movie actually opened my mind and eyes, it gave my mind an epic epiphany! not really, but it was still pretty amazing. The setting was basically the past, technically because it all happened backwards. Lenny was living in a motel for quite sometime. but he has no idea how long. Theres not just one setting for this movie, it took place all over. Outside, in peoples homes, in a bar. Many different places. But i still think it was shot very well. whether it was the right lighting or the right sound effects. There was a part that meant something to a movie, there was a continuous cut scene of Lenny on the phone but the scene was always in black and white. i think it was there to add effect, and help you follow along better.
"Dont forget Sammy.." sammy was a man from the past that Lenny was always keeping in mind, to remind himself of things, like his memory. Sammy helped him, but im not even sure sammy even existed if i understood better then i would have these answers so i probably have to watchthis film a few more times. But id say the most famous line from this movie was Leonards famous line: "I have this condition.." which was his way of attempting to explain his memory loss when hes talking to new people, unfortunatly the people he talks to already know about it, just making him feel dumb. Anyway, the costumes used in this movie was jsut normal clothes worn today, usually showing their personalities, but theres something kind of funny about Lennys clothes, which you find out in the end, theyre not even his clothes. The end of this movie explains a lot and makes the irony of everything just stand out a lot more. So if you decide to watch this movie(which i strongly recommend) make sure you pay good attention!
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