THE NIGHT OF CINEMA
Another film marathon. I picked the following three movies:
INCENDIES
Watchable. The first half an hour made me understand why it didn't get an Oscar, the rest made me aware why it was nominated. It started so slow I considered walking out. But then I quickly warmed up to the character of the Palestinian woman. Her opposition to cultural values and strength of character felt like she was a close friend. Her severely troubled fate and the investigative thread of the plot are hard to forget.
LET ME IN
Watchable only to compare with the Swedish original. What was mysterious in the European version, in the American got stupefied to the point of transforming the horror into a comedy.
DUE DATE
Watchable. The humour is gross ("What's that sound?" "It's just me masturbating." is typical) and the gags as outrageous as in "Hangover" (they even hired one of the cast). But it's fast-paced and its level doesn't bother you much at the end of a night when your brain isn't up for much thinking anyway.
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