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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #230 on: May 14, 2018, 09:21:02 PM »
Lets see if this is enough to get it:

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The acting was great. Everybody knows this by now. What really got me was the direction here. The camera is always in an interesting position with the characters taking up only a bit of the screen space and a majority of the film shot with really wide lenses (there's a shot from above where I'm sure we see like 100 degrees or something). I'm not sure right now what this all means but I think it's something about the uncomfortable-ness that [character] feels for most of his life (the super wide shots mostly disappear during the big finale and [character] is framed front and center taking up most of the frame). It's really cool. It also looks gorgeous.

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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #231 on: June 04, 2018, 03:17:08 PM »
Wild guess:

A Serious Man

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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #232 on: June 04, 2018, 06:12:52 PM »
Tree of Life
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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #233 on: June 05, 2018, 10:32:33 PM »
Shoot, it's been too long. Even I don't know the answer anymore :)) I think maybe it was a Junior review.

I don't think it's Tree of Life or Serious Man.

edit: time for a new one I guess if anyone would like to go
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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #234 on: June 06, 2018, 12:02:50 AM »
Okay, let's try this:

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[Film} is simply one of the most emotionally healthy films about bereavement I have ever seen. And, even more than classics like Bambi, The Lion King, and [another film], the film is intently focused on the hardship and the unexpected beauty that comes from grieving for another person. Grieving were huge parts of those other films, but they are the focus of [film] and I find it invaluable and refreshing to have a film that takes on that issue. For children and for everyone else too. The film does not peddle in easy answers and it does not presume to know what lies beyond death.
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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #235 on: June 06, 2018, 12:20:06 AM »
Shoot, it's been too long. Even I don't know the answer anymore :)) I think maybe it was a Junior review.

I don't think it's Tree of Life or Serious Man.

edit: time for a new one I guess if anyone would like to go

It was Junior's review of The King's Speech.

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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #236 on: June 14, 2018, 11:33:12 AM »
Okay, let's try this:

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[Film} is simply one of the most emotionally healthy films about bereavement I have ever seen. And, even more than classics like Bambi, The Lion King, and [another film], the film is intently focused on the hardship and the unexpected beauty that comes from grieving for another person. Grieving were huge parts of those other films, but they are the focus of [film] and I find it invaluable and refreshing to have a film that takes on that issue. For children and for everyone else too. The film does not peddle in easy answers and it does not presume to know what lies beyond death.
Bridge to Terabithia?

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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #237 on: June 14, 2018, 11:56:40 AM »
The Accidental Tourist

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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #238 on: June 14, 2018, 03:21:09 PM »
Up?

Sandy? (total guess there)
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Re: Guess the film by reading a Filmspotter's review!
« Reply #239 on: June 14, 2018, 04:35:12 PM »
Some good guesses.  Let's try another quote:

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[Movie] is a children’s film that knows we never stop being children. This is especially true when we are at the feet of a great storyteller. It doesn’t matter how old you are. If you are there listening to the tale, you must turn off the chatter in your head in your soul, inch closer to the fire, and pay very close attention.



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[Film} is simply one of the most emotionally healthy films about bereavement I have ever seen. And, even more than classics like Bambi, The Lion King, and [another film], the film is intently focused on the hardship and the unexpected beauty that comes from grieving for another person. Grieving were huge parts of those other films, but they are the focus of [film] and I find it invaluable and refreshing to have a film that takes on that issue. For children and for everyone else too. The film does not peddle in easy answers and it does not presume to know what lies beyond death.
"It's not art unless it has the potential to be a disaster." Bansky

 

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