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shadowkatRather liked the flick The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - even if it went a wee bit overboard in the quotation of platitudes department towards the end. Yes, on nifty quote is great - twenty is over-kill. By the tenth one, I began to think, oh come on, even in Dame Judi Dench's voice over this is annoying.
Here's a brief sampling:
1) Everything's going to be all right, but if it isn't that just means it isn't over yet.
2) Those who risk nothing, have nothing.
3) Life doesn't always turn out the way we expected, but the unexpected things are the good parts.
4) The true nature of success is in how you coped with disappointment.
5.) Life is bound to be disappointing, that just is...but it's how you react to the disappointment that counts.
6) We are actually mostly afraid of things never changing, always staying the same, so we must enjoy the changes.
7) The most important thing is to at least try - if you haven't tried you failed.
8.) If you don't do it well today, you always can start again tomorrow morning
That said, it is a comforting little film about a bunch of old codgers who travel to India and stay in an old hotel run hap-hazardly by a 19 year old boy, who I swear is the same actor who had the lead in Slum-Dog Millionaire. I'd ask how the Indians feel about these British romantic takes on their country, but I already know - I've heard the rants. In short - it's not a film I think someone who lives in India or is from India would necessarily enjoy, but people outside it - would?
Also has a nice cast of British character actors in Jim Broadbent, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Harriet (what's-her-name) who appeared in both Dowton Abbey and Doctor Who,
Bill Nighy, and a few others.
Best character arc is actually Dame Maggie Smith's and Jim Broadbent's. Worth watching for them alone.
I was touched and moved by it. But...there is a triteness to it, that could potentially get on your nerves if you aren't in the right frame of mind.
In other news? Saw the latest episode of Smash - they appear to ending the series with a bang...the last few episodes have been good and struck the right chord/rhythm.
Shame can't say the same about Glee which is the worst of the musical series to date, but apparently is making enough money remixing old pop tunes to keep itself alive for two more seasons, even if it just gets worse and worse as it moves forward. Skip Glee, watch Smash.
Here's a brief sampling:
1) Everything's going to be all right, but if it isn't that just means it isn't over yet.
2) Those who risk nothing, have nothing.
3) Life doesn't always turn out the way we expected, but the unexpected things are the good parts.
4) The true nature of success is in how you coped with disappointment.
5.) Life is bound to be disappointing, that just is...but it's how you react to the disappointment that counts.
6) We are actually mostly afraid of things never changing, always staying the same, so we must enjoy the changes.
7) The most important thing is to at least try - if you haven't tried you failed.
8.) If you don't do it well today, you always can start again tomorrow morning
That said, it is a comforting little film about a bunch of old codgers who travel to India and stay in an old hotel run hap-hazardly by a 19 year old boy, who I swear is the same actor who had the lead in Slum-Dog Millionaire. I'd ask how the Indians feel about these British romantic takes on their country, but I already know - I've heard the rants. In short - it's not a film I think someone who lives in India or is from India would necessarily enjoy, but people outside it - would?
Also has a nice cast of British character actors in Jim Broadbent, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Harriet (what's-her-name) who appeared in both Dowton Abbey and Doctor Who,
Bill Nighy, and a few others.
Best character arc is actually Dame Maggie Smith's and Jim Broadbent's. Worth watching for them alone.
I was touched and moved by it. But...there is a triteness to it, that could potentially get on your nerves if you aren't in the right frame of mind.
In other news? Saw the latest episode of Smash - they appear to ending the series with a bang...the last few episodes have been good and struck the right chord/rhythm.
Shame can't say the same about Glee which is the worst of the musical series to date, but apparently is making enough money remixing old pop tunes to keep itself alive for two more seasons, even if it just gets worse and worse as it moves forward. Skip Glee, watch Smash.
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Date: 2013-04-21 03:34 am (UTC)I thought it was enjoyable and somewhat heavy handed, but really loved the different turn for Maggie Smith.
We watched Zero Dark Thirty tonight. It was very good; torture was difficult to watch though.
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Date: 2013-04-21 12:42 pm (UTC)I admittedly skipped Zero Dark Thirty at the theaters due to the torture sequences. There was quite a bit of controversy over those sequences - John McCain amongst others protested the film's portrayal of torture as a successful interrogation device - stating that in reality, the information on Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts did not come from torture. It's why the movie didn't win any awards - I suspect, because of that controversy, which tainted its release.