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Showing posts with label Sarah Polley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sarah Polley. Show all posts

Monday, 29 April 2013

Or maybe you just didn't figure out what it was.

Date: Tuesday 11th April
Film: Take This Waltz (2011)
Director: Sarah Polley
Starring: Michelle WilliamsSeth RogenLuke Kirby and Sarah Silverman
Running time: 01 hour, 56 minutes
Rating: 3/10

I wanted to love this. I really did. It stars actors I adore, it is written and directed by someone I admire, I was fascinated by the story. I went in full of optimism.

I'm sad to say, I did not like it at all.

I did not like any of the characters, half of whom felt under explored and the other half were just unpleasant. I also felt like the ending wasn't a great fit.

I don't want this to become a bash on this film. I'm sure other people have enjoyed it, it just didn't mesh for me.

Challenge day: 197
Challenge time: 12 days, 09 hours, 13 minutes
Challenge film total: 152

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Let's think about this logically. She's either alive, or she's dead.

Date: Sunday 28th October
Film: Go (1999)
Director: Doug Liman
Starring: Katie Holmes, Sarah Polley and Timothy Olyphant
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10

One of my favourite parts of the week, Sunday Night Movie Club and this week, after a lot of deliberating, we decided to watch Go (or I was told we were watching Go as soon as I mentioned that I hadn't seen it before!).

It was a great choice, with a cast of many a familiar face from the 90s, and Katie Holmes before it all went a bit wrong (the period we refer to as 'the Tom Cruise years'). Go tells the story of one night from a few different perspectives; drugs, parties, relationships, and everything going a little bit wrong.

Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 19 hours 32 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 24