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Red Road (2006)
Moving.
An intimate and moving portrayal of characters both devastated and desperate. Performances are very subtle, yet brimming with emotion, so much so that some scenes are really quite uncomfortable to watch. Direction is also brilliant and the low budget restrictions really do not show. Also a very successful portrayal of the way many people in Glasgow live. I am very excited about the next two in the trilogy, as there were strong hints of very interesting stories accompanying the supporting characters. This film is so full of emotion that i just hope that people around the world don't come to think that Glasgow could be the most dreich place in the world.
Magnificent.
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Sarah Michelle Gellar earns this film 1 star.
This film was utter tripe. Possible that it is in fact a pollution. The subtle tense atmosphere of the original remake are no where to be seen. Sarah Michelle Gellar is given nothing to do, even in her death sequence, but still she is the best performance in this film, and the her death is the best thing about it, even though she did deserve a better death. Its the sign of very bad writing and directing. I'm guessing she did this film to end her connection with it as its turning rubbish.
Not scary. Not tense. Not funny. Makes no sense at all. And as said above Sarah Michelle Gellar gives the only reasonable performance out of the entire cast.
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Did exactly what it set out to do and worked marvellously.!!
This film like all Sofia Coppola films so far has inspired a lot of debate, even in groups of friends that go to see it together. All well made films should I feel, in the same way that art, music, and literature should do.
Anyhow without going into too much details. Everything that people are saying is brilliant about the film is there, and everything that people are saying is bad about the film is there too. Mostly because they are the same thing. Its not a film about history. It is a study of a young girl/woman lost and sucked into a culture that is both creative and destructive.
As with all Sofia Copploa films you will either love or hate this film. There is not much more to say really.