Personally, the best way I could describe this movie is like the title of this review. I watched Picnic at Hanging Rock over ten years back! The movie stayed with me - very few movies have that effect on me. It's not your regular fare... slow, grainy, melancholic. Haunting music. A Peter Weir classic. Watch it alone, without conversation, without interruption. Take in each frame.
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3 Reviews
The Grey
(2011)
A good and taut movie watching experience!
31 October 2014
Surprised by all the poor ratings given apparently by a bunch of wildlife/wolf/survival experts! Guys, this is a Hollywood movie! Let me emphasize - a movie. All this analysis on how much a wolf weighs and how their behavior is incorrectly depicted... please stick to NatGeo or Discovery channel programs and stay away from fiction! Going by the logic and reviews, Spielberg's 1975 classic 'Jaws' should be given just a star or two as it has a highly inaccurate portrayal of sharks. But surprise surprise, it's 8+ on IMDb! Wow how did that happen?! I enjoy a movie for the entertainment value it provides. And if the film can hold my interest for about 90 minutes, I'd say it worked. The Grey definitely worked!
Dead Poets Society
(1989)
Another classic from Peter Weir!
8 October 2014
It took me the master's death to finally watch Dead Poets Society... nearly a quarter of a century after the film was made.
No answers to why it took me so long considering that I've always been a Peter Weir fan. Ever since I watched the haunting 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' a movie that left me a tad unsettled, confused. I thought about the movie for days after, but eventually ended up in awe of his filmmaking.
'Dead Poet's Society' is simpler; it's got a straightforward story, youth, spice, drama, humour, music all strung together by good performances by the lads at Welton and of course class acting by the recently departed Robin Williams.
Using literature and poetry to deal with a subject like conformism and of the heavy hand that always tries to strike down those who oppose it, was masterfully done.
As a literature student myself, the poets chosen, the verses selected - were all woven in beautifully aiding the story telling.
For me, watching a Peter Weir movie is like sitting quietly, observing a beautiful impressionist painting. Beauty, solitude and a tinge of sadness. And Dead Poets Society is a perfect example.
No answers to why it took me so long considering that I've always been a Peter Weir fan. Ever since I watched the haunting 'Picnic at Hanging Rock,' a movie that left me a tad unsettled, confused. I thought about the movie for days after, but eventually ended up in awe of his filmmaking.
'Dead Poet's Society' is simpler; it's got a straightforward story, youth, spice, drama, humour, music all strung together by good performances by the lads at Welton and of course class acting by the recently departed Robin Williams.
Using literature and poetry to deal with a subject like conformism and of the heavy hand that always tries to strike down those who oppose it, was masterfully done.
As a literature student myself, the poets chosen, the verses selected - were all woven in beautifully aiding the story telling.
For me, watching a Peter Weir movie is like sitting quietly, observing a beautiful impressionist painting. Beauty, solitude and a tinge of sadness. And Dead Poets Society is a perfect example.
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