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'Winter's Bone'
Posted by Remote Control on 26 September 2010 - 12:20am.
is very, very good.
Anyone else seen it?
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Oh dear,
believed all the reviews, as ususal, and went to see it yesterday afternoon. Very boring I thought. Best bit was the kid with the toy horse on the trampoline. Reckon it's one of those 'shrug-your-shoulders-yawn-and-say-so-what' movies that high-brow critics tend to rave about because they also yawned and got bored but they're terrified of owning up in case it wins some kind of award eventually. It'll probably be on DVD in a fortnight. Or BBC 4. Save your pennies.
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Trampolining horses for courses, I guess..
Maybe avoid if you want car chases, explosions and Megan Fox in a bikini but if you're up for non-stock characters - both mean as snakes and movingly humane - , working out an unpredictable, threat-filled situation in a setting and culture new to cinema...
nope, I'm all for poetry.
But this was verse.
Ooh that's a bit harsh! I
Ooh that's a bit harsh! I thought it was beautiful.
To see or not to see...
"This year's must see movie"
Well, that's always a bad start.
"An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact. "
Hmm.
I'd rather have my teeth extracted anally
Hey Lenny
Your 3 o'clock is here......
*sniggers*
You said 'bone' hur hur hur
Yes I went on the strength of a positive Kermode review......damn you Kermode! Thought it was deadly dull n far too pleased with itself.
It was good
But not that good.
I couldn't really fault it. But I struggle to understand why there is so much buzz around it, and when that happens I start to smell cynical marketing. It will be interesting to see if it stands up in a year or so, or gets forgotten about.
Still, you know, nice little film. I have to say, though, that in all the vagueness and mumbling I missed a few key points in the plot that I only picked up on when reading about it later on IMDB.
why 'cynical marketing'?
It's a low budget film with no big name stars or director, based on a book most people have never heard of - critical support is the only thing that's going to get it an initial audience.
Maybe, maybe
I just can't shake the feeling that I've been duped. I suppose I'm a bit of a paranoid android for always thinking everything is just stealth marketing all the time.
I think maybe it's too small for the big screen. A two part drama on Channel Four, maybe? Would that have cost less to make? I'm not sure about the budget on these kinds of things. I always assume that anything that makes it to the big screen has had millions of pounds thrown at it, and so I always judge films based on that.
I did enjoy it though, just to be clear. In fact, I just remembered one good thing about it that I forgot: the music is really good. And it uses one of my favourite songs: "Farther Along".
Ignore these miserable twats
'Winters Bone' is an excellent fillum
Get on it!
Your next task
is to explain why it is excellent. In 100 words or less.
you did ask...
- The characters - esp John Hawkes' excellent Teardrop - never seem any surer than we are as to whether the next thing they'll do will be righteous or terrible. It's interesting and rare to see characters with such bright burning interior life, conflicts, and for these to be shown (in their eyes, their actions, on their faces) not told.
- The atmosphere and tension are palpable, but never stoopidly handled. In most films, if you see someone learning how to shoot or you see a chain saw, you KNOW it's just forecasting use of that gun or chainsaw later. Not here.
- The kindness and human contact in the film - eg the scene with the army recruiter - are genuine and moving, not mawkish and manipulative.
- Heroism isn't crassly demonstrated by dodging bullets or leaping off rooftops but in being brave, dignified, and trying to do the right thing. The way Ree loves her siblings is as heroic as her solving the mystery.
- It rings true. There's no orchestra-crescendoing climax, no comeuppance for the bad guys. The film's about people, not 'film characters'. (The musicians and recruitment guy aren't even actors.)
- The setting's unusual and beautifully filmed. We're seeing an America rarely shown on screen, poverty shown with humane respect.
... think I've probably exceeded 100 words. I could go on.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
I thoroughly enjoyed it - and after the scene at the cattle market, I was on the brink of full-on crying.
Nice response
Seriously! You almost make me want to go back and watch it again. I probably will when DVD comes out.
'miserable twat'? 'Fillum'?
'Get on it'??
Is this 'You Tube' all of a sudden?
u is gay
n america\ gr8 britain \ greenland is sooooo gay too
now it is
l
ol
Believe me people
if you think this is bad, I went to see Eat Pray Love....Oh My God :-(
I know 'why' Winter's Bone should be good...
...and, hey, it probably 'is' and will doubtlessly win 'Oscars'. Hell, I like these kinds of left-of-centre, genre-defying, 'real' kinds of films myself- which is why I was attracted by the reviews.
What disappointed me was the fact that this was just so ( whisper it )- ssshhhh....boring.
Just watched it
Thought it was a very good film. Doubt whether it will win any Oscars when stacked up against The Social Network and The King's Speech but, as RC said, John Hawkes deserves one.