Date: Wednesday 24th October
Film: Ruby Sparks (2012)
Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and Chris Messina
Running Time : 1 hour 44 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
Wednesday night and CW and I are taking the Sunday Night Film Club on a (not very) rare weekday outing to Mile End Genesis to see Ruby Sparks, a film we've been looking forward to seeing for a few months now.
There was a lot of hype around this one, reviews were strong and it was hard not to get our hopes up. Good job Ruby Sparks is excellent.
While Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan excel in their lead roles, it's the supporting cast (including Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas and Elliott Gould) that really brings these characters, and this film, to life.
I was going on a solid 9/9.5 rating for this film the whole way through, there was comedy, there was romance, there was an underlying hint of tragedy and I was engrossed right up until the last 5 minutes. The ending, whilst it didn't spoil the film, was a little too contrived for my liking.
Still, a great film. One I would recommend seeking out, although it may not be your thing if you expect big laughs or great declarations of love.
Date: Wednesday 24th October
Film: Weekend (2011)
Director: Andrew Haigh
Starring: Tom Cullen and Chris New
Running Time : 1 hour 37 minutes
Rating: 9/10
I've had this on my LoveFilm list for a while, pretty much since Ultra Culture started harping on about how wonderful it was. Was he wrong? No. Definitely not.
Weekend is a wonderful British indie film about Russell and Glen who meet late on a Friday evening, spend the night together and then end up in each others company for the remainder of the weekend.
There is a hint of humour, there is a lot of talk about love and there is a scene near the end that is a little bit heartbreaking.
A great, great film.
Challenge day: 31
Challenge time : 01 days, 09 hours, 12 minutes.
Challenge film total: 18
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