Il ne faut jurer de rien

vanou:

Just finished watching this.
It was basically Pride and Prejudice or Emma, but in French.
Which was good. I was ready for a period time film.
I love how the french do it though.
It's so funny. Lots of little reference all thru the movie.

I would watch it again, but in a month or two.

La Doublure

vanou:

Funny movie from Francis Veber.
Daniel Auteuil is really funny.
The girl is really pretty.
And Kristin Scott Thomas speaks perfect french!

I would watch it again, just for the Phone Guy.

Pride and Prejudice

vanou:

I loved to see both these actors in this movie.
Their was also some great supporting actors.
The story is interesting, it's been done before, but I hadn't seen it, so it was new to me.
Keira Knightly was very good in this. Totally believable.
I would watch it again for sure.

mp:

I also didn't know exactly what the story was about. I don't think we got the BBC series in Montreal back in the day. So it was all new and fresh to me, and I didn't keep on comparing the two in my head throughout the film.

First of all, the cast was absolutely fantastic. Keira Knightly was better than I had ever seen her. And it was a beautiful film to watch. Beautifully shot. Great long steadicam shots, no cutting when unecessary, I love that. It let the actors really take center stage. There was a great energy throughout. Very nice art direction.
Really gave an uncensored idea about how things were back then, it's not always plush and polished and proper. You see the Bennett girls living in their cluttered home, just hangning out while completely bored, even hungover after a party on one occasion. I thought that was refreshing.

I saw it at the cinema, then bought the dvd when it came out, and I loved it even more the second time around.

Peindre ou Faire l'Amour

vanou:

Midlife crisis kinda movie.
Parents would love it.
Beautiful french scenery.
Beautiful houses.
You want to have their life, well maybe not completely...

The Dukes of Hazzard

vanou:

I wanted to see Jessica in Daisy Dukes...
And the car...
Sorry, nothing else but that.
Oh man, the car... they know how to make it jump!

Once that's it.
Oh, It's a little bit funny.

My Summer of Love

vanou:

This movie was interesting, too bad I didn't get to see it in its original language... but it was good nonetheless.
Story about a poor Irish girl (I think, they don't really specify) who meets another girl (richer) and fall in love for a summer.
However, things don't really turn out well. I won't spoil the ending, but you can probably figure out what happens.
The setting is beautiful while at the same time devoid of anything special.
The girls have great chemistry together, and you actually start believing in their love.
Their love story also grows side by side, by the poor girls brother's newly found devotion to Christ, which gives for a contrasting vibe.

Overall pretty good
But don't expect anything fast paced.

The Transporter Two

vanou:

Fast paced.
Nice cars.
Cool car chases.
Cute guy kicking some ass.
Hot girl in skimpy outfits.
Very entertaining...
But you only watch it once...

Tristan & Isolde

MP:

Alright. There was two main reasons why I wanted to see this movie. I knew it wasn't going to be the best movie of all time, but I wanted to know how the novel was adapted, and, well, I wanted to see James Franco. He's hot.

I don't remember everything about the book we were forced to read in high school, but apart from the love triangle and the names of the characters, I couldn't see anything I might have read. Maybe I have a lousy memory. There was no boat, no love potion, nothing like that. So anyway. I think to really enjoy this movie, you have to stop thinking about the book and take the story like one you have never herd about before.

There seemed to be much more politics involved in the movie. There was much about the tribes that divided England and Ireland. It made for a pretty good story. And there was a good supporting cast.

But man, oh man. James Franco. Even if I didn't stand the story, it would have been all worth it just to see the look on his face throughout the movie. His desperation to be seperated from the woman he loves. He seemed to feel permanently tortured inside not to be with her. I could look at him forever.

So this was a futile reason to go see this movie, but overall, it was pretty good.