A Very Long Engagement

[cine]

I'm enjoying the subtle samsong/ultrahip feud.

[Ultrahip]

Jeunet's images look great but are more the creation of a techie than a true artist; here his images lack a soul.  They're beautiful to look at but are without substance or significance.  - Samsong

What about that b&w guilotine scene? Or Manech waving to the plane as if it were an old pal? I thought those were quite soulful. There was a French girl sitting next to me, who, after the movie ended, just stared at the screen, practically vibrating trying to hold back tears throughout the credits. I guess Jeunet's sentimentality doesn't work for everyone, though.

[cine]

Jeunet's images look great but are more the creation of a techie than a true artist; here his images lack a soul.  They're beautiful to look at but are without substance or significance.  - Samsong

There's a Quote button. I'm not even kidding. We have one.



See? That's what quoting is for...

[samsong]

Jeunet's images look great but are more the creation of a techie than a true artist; here his images lack a soul.  They're beautiful to look at but are without substance or significance.  - Samsong

What about that b&w guilotine scene? Or Manech waving to the plane as if it were an old pal? I thought those were quite soulful. There was a French girl sitting next to me, who, after the movie ended, just stared at the screen, practically vibrating trying to hold back tears throughout the credits. I guess Jeunet's sentimentality doesn't work for everyone, though.

The guillotine scene is done in bad taste... why even show it?  Manech doesn't warrant any sympathy because ::SPOILER:: his idiocy as a result of trauma is no different than most of the French soldiers portrayed in the film ::SPOILER::  His character peaks and ends during the childhood sequence, one of the very few good scenes in the film.  But after that he isn't worth investing in; I couldn't possibly care less about him.  He's a narrative device -- metaphor for innocence -- rather then an actual human, and I'm interested in humans.  

It's Big Fish + The Notebook, a visually pleasing yet empty, superficial romance... for me, anyway.

[Ultrahip]

There's a Quote button. I'm not even kidding. We have one.- Cinephile

I know you have one- I clicked it. Somewhere along the way I fucked up, realized I fucked up, and then rather than figuring it out thought I'd just do it the old fashioned way- by way of the hyphen. Being ultrahip doesn't mean you have to consider tradition obsolete, not with me anyway.

[classical gas]

damn, i feel pretty good about myself, cause even i can use the 'quote' button correctly.  and i'm the town (board) drunk.

[hedwig]

asshole

[classical gas]

I'm an asshole?  I wasn't trying to be.  When did everyone get so sensitive?  Maybe it's just an American thing?  no?

[cine]

Stop taking things so seriously, CG. Hedwig was the guy who pretended he actually WAS like the Hedwig character, just to get attention.

[Jeremy Blackman]

'Amelie' Star Tautou, Director Reunite

Is this picture disturbing to anyone else?

[picolas]

'Amelie' Star Tautou, Director Reunite

Is this picture disturbing to anyone else?

yeah.

[mogwai]

naaah.

[ono]

Jeunet looks like Von Trier.

[Just Withnail]

Jeunet looks like Von Trier.

Nah, but Tautou looks like a young version of my mom.

[pete]

wow, you must have all sorts of issues.