Image Source: http://www.filmcatcher.com/Lars and the Real Girl (2007), starring Ryan Gosling, is about a shy and somewhat troubled man named Lars who orders a life-sized doll and proceeds to fall in love with her. I must admit that this concept sounds off the wall, but you have to look beyond the surface. The movie is really about a community pulling together to help a man heal. It's about treating people like human beings and doing all you can to help them. The movie is filled with moments - funny, touching, heart-warming. I think this is one of Gosling's best works. He is genius in it.
Image Source: http://www.movieweb.com/La Vie En Rose (2007), starring Marion Cotillard, is the life story of Edith Piaf. The movie is brought to life with her music and Cotillard's wonderful acting. It portrays Piaf at her best and at her worst. Throughout the movie, there is always just a thin line between the fragile, unsure child that she was and the confident, demanding diva that she became. She lived life to the fullest, regretting nothing. She loved whole-heartedly and embodied life. This movie is almost two and a half hours long but is well worth it.
Image Source: http://www.moviemaker.com/Rashomon (1950) is one of Akira Kurasawa's masterpieces and tells the story of a murder from three different points of view - husband, wife and bandit. The movie deals with many themes, such as the idea of truth, good vs. evil and human nature. The plot is an intricately woven fabric that is stretched and pulled in many directions as the audience attempts to sift through and devise the truth. Filmed in black and white, the movie also experiments with different lighting and camera techniques. The movie stars Toshiro Mifune.
Image Source: http://www.allposters.com/August Rush (2007), starring Freddie Highmore of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory fame, is about an orphaned boy who follows the music he hears in search of his parents. It is a touching tale of hope and the beauty of music. Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers play his long-lost parents. While this movie could have been preachy and obnoxious, it wasn't. Instead, it was a tale of what dreams can do and a story of timeless love.
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great choice of films! now that's what i call a weekend! a true gamut of cinema you got there. i loved all of them, especially LARS and AUGUST RUSH. RASHOMON is always great to revisit and Marion Cottilard deserved that oscar.
Freddie Highmore is one of the most dynamic child actors around. i actually went to see SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES because of him. i swear, he should perpetually always be 9 years old, sitting on that bench with johnny depp in FINDING NEVERLAND. that scene always gets to me; kinda like how that chick cries everytime she sees wall-e.
Yeah, I definitely agree that Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell did great jobs in these films. It's hard to compare them with other MMCers like Britney and Christina. Where did MMC go wrong with those kids? LOL
I totally loved Finding Neverland as well. How was Spiderwick?
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