A movie that seemed worth reading the subtitles...

I think it was Norwegian:
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/
 
Great writing, classic fore shadowing, a bit of the latest ultra catharepulsiviolence, and suspense to the very end.
 
 

:-)

If you get a chance to, please let him know that you saw that a binary entity from Tallahassee Florida claims to have stumbled on it via Netflix and has commented that it seems like a great movie and entertaining story... and my wife thought so too and commented about how rare it is to find a film that warrants a viewers' attention.

:-)

I saw it in a theater and liked it a lot.  I even bought the DVD when it came out a few weeks ago.  

Are there any Harry Hole films yet ? They are great books by the same author.
Cheers,
Jerry

The subtitles...oh yeah...
It's something we movie lovers discuss so often here, where all foreign films are with subtitles, and we can not understand nor accept that somebody would overdub, say, Marilyn Monroes or Marlon Brandos voice.
How can you have a fan club for an actor you've never heard acting????

You get used to subtitles very quickly. The worst crime is only one person reading all the dialogue, like in a narrative way. It's still quite common in the world.

They make really good films in Denmark, Sweden and Norway nowadays. Somehow the Finnish production is still struggling to find its direction out from introvert, depressed athmospheres to something that is easier to sell. And of course - those others have about ten times more money :o/ The success has encouraged the financers (and they have the oil and fish).

I don't mind subtitles and I watch a lot of movies that have them.  There is one thing that annoys me about subtitles on some movies--especially one with good cinematography.  Reading the subtitles distract from seeing the whole image and fully appreciating the composition and acting, etc.  
The opposite is sometimes true as well.  I'll get to looking at a beautiful scene and forget to read a line.  

ProjectM


Hey Kalle - this film is from Finland, right? One of my all time favorite movies from our part of the world. ] 

"Rare exports" is a nice example of how you don't need loads of money if you have a vision. I wish more Finnish movie makers find the vision!


One of the best Finnish films ever, I think, is starting its tour at the moment. Very likely it will be our nominee for Academy Awards contest.
Its called "The Purge". It tells about the Sovjet rule times of our southern neighbour Estonia. Finland was then to estonians something like what USA is to Mexico, a land of wealth and freedom just a short boat trip away. It also reaches to present time.


It's based on the novel by Estonian born author Sofi Oksanen. The novel has won prizes here and there as fast it's gotten translated to new languages. It's basically a true story.


It's very good, but honestly, I've never been as painfully on the limits of my tolerance in a movie theater. The fates and cruelty described is just so
terrible, that it took me a week to recover. The same goes with anyone I've talked to. I believe the events in the film are so stomach twistingly terrible that it will prevent the films success. Too much is too much. 


The athmosphere in any funeral I've participated has been more joyfull than in the theater when the credit texts started rolling.

The only thing I don't like about sub titles is that I can't multi task and use the movie as passive entertainment in the back ground.

I can't imagine doing that..I either watch a movie or I don't.

'Multi-tasking'..that's just stopping doing one thing and then doing another, isn't it?

"The athmosphere in any funeral I've participated has been more joyfull than in the theater when the credit texts started rolling."


We watched Detachment last night. 

It was fairly straight forward, relying on acting and editing rather than special efx or exciting visuals. 

My wife thought the story just got more and more miserable and heart breaking... I thought it was some of the most powerfully honest story telling I had seen in a while.

It seemed refreshing to see such awkward and uncomfortable subjects presented frankly and without a perfunctory sanitization.


best regards,
mike

HI,

I have, for 20 years, been very clear about these things and the movie reviews I have done (over 500 -- 220 at the IMDB) since then ... when you go to a Foreign Film Festival, NEVER catch the English or the American film, because they will be on video soon ... always catch the odd ball ... that no one ever heard ... and no one will ever see.

There are some gems I have seen over the years:

The Island on Bird Street (still a favorite!)
Journey of Hope (awesome use of music!)
The Ox (Sven Nykvist directs and films!) (visual and then some!)
A Woman's Tale (unbelievable! totally awesome!)
An Angel At My Table (about a writer - Jane Campion directs)
Angels and Insects
Bitter Sugar (Cuban film -- yeah!)
Bandit Queen (Indian film)
Basquiat (NY scene around Warhol - a bit sukky around the edges)
Before the Rain (Oscar Winner)
Hearts of Darkness (Coppola's Ex's film about Apocalypse)
Henry and June (about Henry Miller and Anais Nin)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (German awesome! Check out Zelig's version fo the song!)
Band of Four  (Rivette - a bit wordy for ch'rs)
Nadja (Different vampire film)
Orlando (insane Virginia Wolff stuff)
The Fencing Master (best fencing film EVER done!)
Kika (Crazy! Almodovar!)
My 20th Century (Hungarian)
Burnt by the Sun (Oscar Winner) (Yeah!)
Numerous Chinese/Japanese films as well. And I had a hard time getting the proper translation for the name of many other scandinavian films ... that IMDB index'd in their foreign name.
   
One of these days I will be able to afford the IMDB membership so I can finish updating/cleaning up those reviews ... they are too expensive for me at this time, and I still ahve to pay for the movies I see ... although at the Film Festival I trade it out for translations and working the door some.
See you all later!

batsbrew


Trollhunter

another good one

Is that a movie about the moderators upstairs?
 
(Hey...  Isn't Bapu just subtitles without a movie?)