I LOVE Film4!!
The best timing in the world, was when they decided to make Film4 free. Absolute stunner of an idea, and coinciding precisiely with when I will be at home twiddling thumbs for a little while. GENUIS (poking forehead wildly with finger)!!!
Films are currently one of my top recreational activies, those that know me will testify that going to the cinema is often preferable to sitting in a pub or going for a meal (makes me sound very antisocial, doesn't it?) I think it the chance to escape into another reality for a while, to be completely absorbed in something that doesn't require me to actually do anything, or make any decisions, or be affected by me in any way. In the past year, due to the nature of my job, times such as these have been exceptionally rare, and I have come to tresure the prospect of locking myself up in someone else's world even if only for a couple of hours.
I fear however, that I may be turning into one of these "arty" types, as my taste in films is definitely taking a more indie turn of late. Still a bit of a way off geekdom, choices are certainly swerving off the mainstream sensibilities of my dear mother. World cinema has opened up a whole new level to me, starting from commercial crossovers like Crouching Tiger (which I only watched a couple of months ago - muppet that I am!) and Spirited Away, now I love to explore a bit deeper into films that "mean" something (groan - listen to yourself, woman!!). My changed reaction to Lost In Translation is probably a good indicator - when I first watched it in the cinema I left feeling a bit let down, and confused, and not really getting it at all. A more recent viewing (on the aforementioned and much loved Film4) I felt like I had watched a different film!
Hence I am loving the Studio Gihbli season running at the moment - every day there is a new Anime film on, and while listening to a foreign language film while reading subtitles used to put me off (too much like hard work!) I now don't really notice it. The fascinating thing I find, is that the rules they use to tell fairy stories with are so different to what we are used to in western society - there are often times I find my self truly confused, albeit momentarily, by the recent turn of events. I feel everyone should give these films a fair go. Plus the animation is actually really amazing, and while Hollywood seems to have been taken over by Pixar-stylee digital films, the old skool cartoon-esque still holds some magic for me.
I love films because they can transport you , they can educate you, they can challenge you, they can lift you. Also I still love the blatant cheesy rom com rubbish found in the multiplex (arthouse diehards groan!) and I don't thing you'll ever wean me off it. There's always a place for a film with a fit guy... hehe ;)
Films are currently one of my top recreational activies, those that know me will testify that going to the cinema is often preferable to sitting in a pub or going for a meal (makes me sound very antisocial, doesn't it?) I think it the chance to escape into another reality for a while, to be completely absorbed in something that doesn't require me to actually do anything, or make any decisions, or be affected by me in any way. In the past year, due to the nature of my job, times such as these have been exceptionally rare, and I have come to tresure the prospect of locking myself up in someone else's world even if only for a couple of hours.
I fear however, that I may be turning into one of these "arty" types, as my taste in films is definitely taking a more indie turn of late. Still a bit of a way off geekdom, choices are certainly swerving off the mainstream sensibilities of my dear mother. World cinema has opened up a whole new level to me, starting from commercial crossovers like Crouching Tiger (which I only watched a couple of months ago - muppet that I am!) and Spirited Away, now I love to explore a bit deeper into films that "mean" something (groan - listen to yourself, woman!!). My changed reaction to Lost In Translation is probably a good indicator - when I first watched it in the cinema I left feeling a bit let down, and confused, and not really getting it at all. A more recent viewing (on the aforementioned and much loved Film4) I felt like I had watched a different film!
Hence I am loving the Studio Gihbli season running at the moment - every day there is a new Anime film on, and while listening to a foreign language film while reading subtitles used to put me off (too much like hard work!) I now don't really notice it. The fascinating thing I find, is that the rules they use to tell fairy stories with are so different to what we are used to in western society - there are often times I find my self truly confused, albeit momentarily, by the recent turn of events. I feel everyone should give these films a fair go. Plus the animation is actually really amazing, and while Hollywood seems to have been taken over by Pixar-stylee digital films, the old skool cartoon-esque still holds some magic for me.
I love films because they can transport you , they can educate you, they can challenge you, they can lift you. Also I still love the blatant cheesy rom com rubbish found in the multiplex (arthouse diehards groan!) and I don't thing you'll ever wean me off it. There's always a place for a film with a fit guy... hehe ;)
posted by Susie at
4:56 AM
2 Comments:
Yes, yes, YES! So glad your opinion of Lost in Translation has altered. I, too, have recently been introduced to the Studio Ghibli films (though entirely independently of FilmFour, actually!). I LOVED Spirited Away, and have also seen Princess Mononoke, which was fab too. I know what you mean about the animation being really good. I hadn't realised the level of detail they used, and am entirely converted to the anime ways! Yay for Japan!
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Tessa, at 1:53 PM
Yay! YAY!!!!
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Susie, at 11:32 AM
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