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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2010, 10:18:19 PM »
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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2010, 11:00:29 PM »
I agree with you, steve.
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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2010, 11:03:32 PM »
I agree with you, steve.

THANK YOU!  (A little support goes a long ways, I guess.  But I suppose I feel good that I can go to my daughter and say she has a support base, as well.)
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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2010, 11:46:38 PM »
YES! Extremely happy to hear this, steve! I was equally stunned by it and am thrilled you had the same experience. I do think it works better for an older audience that can look back and appreciate what it shows of childhood, but I'm glad that it sounds like your daughter at least enjoyed it.

Thanks for the review, makes me want to see it again right now.

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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #24 on: January 08, 2010, 03:21:21 AM »
YES! Extremely happy to hear this, steve! I was equally stunned by it and am thrilled you had the same experience. I do think it works better for an older audience that can look back and appreciate what it shows of childhood, but I'm glad that it sounds like your daughter at least enjoyed it.

Thanks for the review, makes me want to see it again right now.

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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #25 on: January 08, 2010, 10:15:03 AM »
Don't listen to the haters Steve, it's a great movie.
I actually consider a lot of movies to be life-changing! I take them to my heart and they melt into my personality.

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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #26 on: January 08, 2010, 10:17:09 AM »
Don't listen to the haters Steve, it's a great movie.

I certainly dont hate it.

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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #27 on: January 08, 2010, 10:19:47 AM »
Don't listen to the haters Steve, it's a great movie.

I certainly dont hate it.

Giving it a lower grade then The Blind Side is certainly hating.  :P
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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #28 on: January 08, 2010, 10:23:54 AM »
Don't listen to the haters Steve, it's a great movie.

I certainly dont hate it.

Giving it a lower grade then The Blind Side is certainly hating.  :P

That is why grading is flawed. The difference for me in those two is expectations. Jonze is a top 3 favourite director for me and the movie was a let down while I was expecting unwatchable garbage from the Blind Side and it was rather enjoyable.

However, the best parts of WTWTA are FAR superior to anything in The Blind Side.

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Re: Jan MDC Write-ups Filmspots 2009
« Reply #29 on: January 08, 2010, 10:47:31 AM »
Downloading Nancy



This is a completely engrossing yet very difficult film to watch. It examines human sexuality in a complex nuanced way too rarely seen on film. Where is the line between consensual S&M and abuse? Can you be into healthy S&M if you were abused as a child? What if your masochism is part of a suicidal ideology? How are love and pain connected and when is inflicting pain really showing love? Where are the lines too be drawn and who draws them? How can people into S&M avoid the fact that the lifestyle attracts some bad people.

Maria Bellows is amazing in this film as a women into masochism but also suffering deep seated psychological scars from years of abuse and from living with a man unwilling or unable to understand her sexual nature.

In many ways this film is similar to Secretary, in that both women are psychologically scarred and into masochism. However, the woman in Secretary finds a loving man who accepts her while Nancy is not so lucky.

On a bit of a tangent, I must comment on one of my pet peeves in films. Given the complex way the film examines sexuality I was saddened to see it make the common Hollywood mistake of showing female orgasm in the cartoonish way portrayed in porn movies when she instantly orgasms the second cunnilingus begins.

Great film Skjerva!

Grade: A-

 

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