While I am on the subject of movies, I'd like to mention another film that I loved. "Lars and the Real Girl":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_and_the_real_girl
There is just something undefinably sweet about this movie, in the same way Amelie was sweet. In some ways they explore a very similar theme – the power of love and acceptance. It was nominated for a whole heap of awards (most of which it didn’t win), and did ok at the Box Office. However I think it deserves more recognition and praise than that, if only for the respect with which it treats its characters. As the NY Post reviewer pointed out it “eschews cheap laughs”, which considering the subject matter would be almost inevitable at the hands of another scriptwriter.
Does anyone else have anything to recommend? I find it very hard to locate DVD that (a) I haven’t seen and (b) would wish to see nowadays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_and_the_real_girl
There is just something undefinably sweet about this movie, in the same way Amelie was sweet. In some ways they explore a very similar theme – the power of love and acceptance. It was nominated for a whole heap of awards (most of which it didn’t win), and did ok at the Box Office. However I think it deserves more recognition and praise than that, if only for the respect with which it treats its characters. As the NY Post reviewer pointed out it “eschews cheap laughs”, which considering the subject matter would be almost inevitable at the hands of another scriptwriter.
Does anyone else have anything to recommend? I find it very hard to locate DVD that (a) I haven’t seen and (b) would wish to see nowadays.
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