#49.

Yesterday evening was not for films so I haven't watched anything. But today.. Today I watched one work. One work of impressive director. Work of really strange director. That's not for all. That's Lars von Trier. I wanted to watch his last film extremely bad. But I had no possibility to do that. And now I found it in the internet.. And what can I write about it? That will be words of one girl who wrote her feelings about this piece of art.

As you already understood, this is  "Melancholia":

"Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth." ©IMDb

"Poor, poor Trier. It really was a melancholia, his own and nobody else. It seems like he didn't want to show and prove anything. He wanted just to express his sadness in images. Character's life is alien for me but I cried over them. And over Trier. His depression and alienation reached its peak and can't help touching the soul."©

(8\10)♥

#48.

Like I have written in the last post, I have not watched a lot of films by 11 days, or something like that. But now I'm on the film-way again, yay! School is not a problem to watch something really. I write it because I remembered that I have written something about school when September started. Whatever. I watched two films by yesterday's evening and today's day :D

The first one is "Sala Samobojcow" ("Suicide Room"):

"Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, spending all his time on his computer. He meets an anonymous girl who introduces him to the 'Suicide Room'"© IMDb

Polish dramas are extremely heavy dramas. I do not say that all of them are like that but.. All which I watched were really heavy. After watching them I just wanted to go to some kind of place where I will be alone. This one is fron that depressive ones.

The first and the main thing which I liked about this film is - real drama. Heavy film which brings you really depressive atmosphere, that atmosphere which it has to bring. The second thing is - theme of virtual world. It's very actual for our days. And one more thing which completes all the others and makes this film look good is - music. Music in here is nice. All genres. From opera to hardcore. And it sounds really cool, fits film well.

But.. It couldn't be that good. There is a thing which I didn't like at all. It's emo theme. Oh.. Boy is real emo xD And that's a minus of this work.

Anyway, this film is very good. Heavy. Powerful. But do not watch it in a great mood because it will not be so great after watching.

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The second and the last one for today is "Don't be Afraid of the Dark":

"A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own."©IMDb

I have watched original version of this film a bit time ago and I liked it as Guillermo del Toro did. I have written that I believe in del Toro and.. I am not disappointed in him, yeah.

The story is original. The first thing became other is Sally. In original film that was a woman but in here that is the girl, little girl. The second thing is atmosphere. Of course, old film atmosphere you can feel only in old films but.. Here atmosphere just more creepy. It's not that old film which you can watch and laugh at. And the last one - great music, music again. Great music is that thing which makes bad film look better, good film look like masterpiece. Music is one of the main parts of film. 

If you really understand what horror must have so you will like this film. If you do not understand so you will not.

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#47.

Oh, I have not been here for really long time. For a week, oh, no.. For more, for 11 days. And I had weird time at this days. You know, I have not watched a lot of films, I have not been to internet for a week, I have not done anything interesting. So.. That was extremely weird time. 

O'kay, actually, I have done one thing. I have gone to other town. That was pretty funny and lovely travelling. Together with several other people from other classes we had this excursion. I will not write about everything stupid we have done.. but that was cool.

+ Of course, a bit films I watched. I will write about them now and try not to forget about my blog again.. We'll see :D

Watched films list:

• "The Truman Show"
• "Singin' in the Rain"
• "A Perfect World"
• "Frankie and Johnny" (re-watched)
• "The Hunger" (re-watched`♥)
• "The Witches of Eastwick" (re-watched)
• "Stay"
• "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"(re-watched)
• "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984| re-watched`♥)

I do not wanna write about each of them. But I can say with no doubt that it was the best list of watched films. Really. I always watch good and bad films but this time there were only good ones. That was so strange but extremely pleasant. So.. When you would like to watch something good - go through this list because it is amazing :з

#46.

I have ignored Blogger yesterday because I just was too lazy to write anything instead I watched a bit films. But today I'm, actually, very lazy, too. So I won't write another long and post about watched films, with thousands of words. I will just post a picture + plot + mark.. and I think, that's all. I thought about writing a few words. But I know that I will write a lot of words and nothing stops me except laziness. So.. Today's post is pretty short and sad. Because films I watched were not really good.

1. "Alpha Dog"(re-watched):

"A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list."©IMDb

(10\10)

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2. " La habitación del niño" ("The Baby's Room"):

"During the night, Juan and Sonia hear voices in the room but they do not find anybody. On the next day, Juan hires an alarm system for the house and a monitor to observe the baby's room. When Juan sees a man in the room, he gets a knife to protect his son. However, Sonia believes her husband is insane and moves to her mother's house." ©IMDb

(5\10)

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3. "Dead End":

 "Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life."©IMDb

(3\10)

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4. "Danika":

"The story follows Danika, a woman whose fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster. Bierko plays Tomei's husband, while Hall is her psychiatrist and confidant."©IMDb

(2\10)

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5. "Boo!":

"A handful of college students get trapped in a haunted hospital on Halloween." ©IMDb

(1\10)

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So, as you can see, there is not really high marks for these film despide that fact that I appreciate all director's and other's works. But I just have no idea about how they made these things. Not interesting, not well-done, not catching. Like everyone just wanted to make film and by five minutes they did write a script. So.. I just have another ididotic films in my watched things. 

Anyway, we should watch everything to know really what's crap and what's a masterpiece. Because if you watch only good films, someday you'll think that it's crap.  

#45.

New school week goes on. I've got a lot of homework, I'm tired, I do not wanna go there again but.. Whatever. We are talking about films :D And today's are horrors. I love horrors, I love old horrors - and I always write that. Really always. So these two horrors which I watched were definitely different. One of them I liked and other not. 

Hmm.. I noticed that i write here about good works but if it's bad I do not write that it's definitely bad. I write like "Oh.. it's interesting if you wanna sleep on it.", "It's nice work but not really catching". You know, I do not write that it's just bad and explanation of my words. But if you read carefully, you will understand where I wanted to say that film is crap and where not really. So do not be confused :з

Today's first film is "The Children":

"A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents." ©IMDb

This is that film which I didn't like. But I know a lot of people who said that it's masterpiece, that it's amazing, awesome, great, wonderful and blah-blah-blah horror. So that was the reason to watch. I always listen to people. If they say that film is "Extremely awesome" so it's better to watch it and get your own opinion. So I sat down and watched this thing.

It was tedious and boring at first. And I wanted to turn it off because there is no way to watch film 'till the end when you just do not wanna do that. But I have not turned it off and watched. All the motion which goes in it is really boring. I haven't seen nothing what can be scary. So I do not know what poeple which I listened to found in it. 

O'kay. Boring - isn't extremely bad because there are a lot of films which are worse than this work. But I would recommend you to watch it when you got to bed :D

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The second and thelast one is "Don't be afraid of the dark":

"A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own."©IMDb

(1973)

 (2011)

So.. this is original and it's re-make again. But I watched only original so I can't write about how watchable re-make is. Anyway, I believe in Guillermo del Toro. And I think that he will not kill the film which he liked very very much as he said. So. like you already understood, this is the film I liked as del Toro did xD I really understand his taste because it's really good. 

As all old films, this one has old effects to make their monsters but it has awesome music and atmosphere. You hear all the whispers, you listen to this scary music and shivers running through the skin. Despite that fact that nothing really scary was in that moment. But the music. You see all the mnsters and you laugh. But inside you understand that it's very well-made for that time. That it can be scary. Can be the thing to be afraid of. +

Aww, I absolutely love this crazy frightening atmosphere of old horror. And I just do not understand how moviemakers make their films with all these special effects and have no way to be compaired to old ones.  

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#44.

Oh yeah, this is the first time I make a double post. Actually, there was one double post but it was by the American time, not Russian. In my country I was writing that posts in two different days, not in the one. So.. this is my first double post :D 

O'kay. My morning post was really short, the shortest one in here. Because I just had no time to write a long one. And I had no need to do that, actually. I wrote just about "Hachiko".. And I really think that it doesn't need a lot of words, that little phrase is enough. Because this story is amazingly sensual. And I can't write a lot about it because I start to cry. 

Huh.. So.. Actually, I watched not only one film so I will write now names of others + picture + plot + my mark and may be a few words.

1. "Scent of a woman":

"A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated."©IMDb

(9\10)

I know that it's very strange to see this mark for this film. Because if it's 9 so it pretends to be 10 but.. Why is it like that?

I wanted to watch this film for a long time. My parents said that I do not have to watch it in Internet, that we must buy it and then I'll watch. So I waited and waited. We couldn't find it, we couldn't buy it, we frgot about it. Always was something what stopped us from this buying. But.. This time, on the weekend, I watched it. And..

This film is a story. Slow and sad, full of life and little pieces of happiness. It is very interesting film. You watch it and wait for something but there will be nothing explodive. It is quiet film. Everything goes like it has to go. So.. I loved it but not enough to say that it is a masterpiece.

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2. "Nowhere Boy":

"A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life."©IMDb

(8\10)

This work is one of that which I wanted to watch very much, too. So when I saw that my dad bought it, I was really excited. But what can I say after watching it?

This is a story of John Lennon. One of that fantastic four  - "The Beatles". So if you like him, it will be very interesting to watch, to know his childhood story. If you like "The Beatles" it will be interesting for you, too. Because this film shows every detail of his young life so it is very cognitive to watch. 

When you start to watch, you can say that it is boring. But you just do not understand. It's British film so it is very slow and has a lot of details. Although they took not really nice actors to play these men because, you know, they have to be same but they are not really. Anyway, it is very good film for knowing about John Lennon`s young life.

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3. "The Holiday":

"Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love."©IMDb

(8\10)

This film is very sweet. About love, about friendship, just about people's feelings. 

You can watch it if you need some rest for your brain and for your body because it's very good at it. So.. Watch it and relax.

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4. "Disturbia":

"A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer." ©IMDb

(5\10)

I thought this one would be better but.. It was a bit tedious. 

When it started I just thought: "O'kay. It will be interesting. Moviemakers just trying to let the plot go.". But after 30 minutes or more I thought: "O'kay, I'll watch it 'till the end just because Shia is here." >>

#43.

Today's post will be extremely short because it's only about one film and, you know, this film do not need a lot of words. It's just amazing.

It's "Hachiko: A Dog's Story":

"A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home." ©IMDb

"If Hachiko wanna wait, Hachiko should wait."©

(10\10)

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