I saw these good movies recently and made me think on how to, and about life. First is 127 Hours. The film has a number of cringe-inducing moments but squeamish viewers shouldn’t be entirely prevented from seeing the film in theaters. Though, they should probably plan to keep their eyes closed during a few of the more graphic moments. James Franco makes you feel every minute of this agony in a performance that is both exhausting and captivating. Wandering into childhood dreams, living by his wits while facing certain death and recording everything with a camcorder held in his hand, he acts in the moment and you live it with him, trapped by his side and vicariously sharing every mood shift. Loaded with tension, yet never claustrophobic, 127 Hours is a unique piece of work in which a good actor and an artistically director join forces to keep you gasping for oxygen all the way. Indeed, 127 Hours is not for the faint of heart – or the shabby of stomach. One true thing, it will make you realize that you’ll do everything if you want to live.
An Education is such a simple plot yet appealing film. It is Carey Mulligan, and it's a good thing she is so amazing, because without the perfect Jenny the film would crumble. Every line, every display of emotion, and every silent facial gesture, all of it, is so perfect it's hard to describe. She delivers this girl, considering the fact that this is a real girl, in a way that makes it genuinely difficult to forget that she isn't this girl. Moreover, she relays a likability that is impossible to ignore. One wrong move and this character lose her strength, her charm, and virtually all of her authenticity, and there just isn't one.
The best life is a lived life, they seem to argue — and an education doesn’t seem so fulfilling to the main character’s lonely teachers, who get only cold comfort from the knowledge they’ve devoted their lives to passing on. And I guess I don’t want to live like that.
An Education is such a simple plot yet appealing film. It is Carey Mulligan, and it's a good thing she is so amazing, because without the perfect Jenny the film would crumble. Every line, every display of emotion, and every silent facial gesture, all of it, is so perfect it's hard to describe. She delivers this girl, considering the fact that this is a real girl, in a way that makes it genuinely difficult to forget that she isn't this girl. Moreover, she relays a likability that is impossible to ignore. One wrong move and this character lose her strength, her charm, and virtually all of her authenticity, and there just isn't one.
The best life is a lived life, they seem to argue — and an education doesn’t seem so fulfilling to the main character’s lonely teachers, who get only cold comfort from the knowledge they’ve devoted their lives to passing on. And I guess I don’t want to live like that.
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