This looks interesting, I might have to check it out.prfsnl_gmr wrote:Dead Man's Burden
Have you seen The Proposition with Guy Pearce and Ray Winstone? Austrailian western, very good.
This looks interesting, I might have to check it out.prfsnl_gmr wrote:Dead Man's Burden
I have not. It looks awesome, though, and I will have to pick it up. (I love "westerns" that take place in alternate settings like this. I thouight that Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, the Bad, the Weird was thoroughly enjoyable, and I would love to track down a copy of the Soviet "eastern" White Sun of the Desert).Stark wrote:This looks interesting, I might have to check it out.prfsnl_gmr wrote:Dead Man's Burden
Have you seen The Proposition with Guy Pearce and Ray Winstone? Austrailian western, very good.
I will have to check it out. I have been getting into Australian cinema ever since my experiences viewing Wake in Fright, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and The Last Wave. (Nicolas Roeg's Australian film Walkabout (1971) is high on my Hulu+ queue, and I suspect that I will get to it soon.) The outback is just such a great, underutilized setting.Ack wrote:prfsnl_gmr, you might also be interested in the 2010 Australian film Red Hill, about a police officer's first day after reassignment to a small rural town, when a convicted murderer escapes prison and returns to town for revenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vafKLgdg94
It's cliche and knows it, but it builds to a strong finale with a lot of great action. It's also beautifully shot.
Well if you're getting more into Aussie film, might I recommend Peter Weir's Gallipoli, since you've arleady seen his Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave? And there's always Dead End Drive-In and the Mad Max trilogy...prfsnl_gmr wrote:I will have to check it out. I have been getting into Australian cinema ever since my experiences viewing Wake in Fright, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and The Last Wave. (Nicolas Roeg's Australian film Walkabout (1971) is high on my Hulu+ queue, and I suspect that I will get to it soon.) The outback is just such a great, underutilized setting.Ack wrote:prfsnl_gmr, you might also be interested in the 2010 Australian film Red Hill, about a police officer's first day after reassignment to a small rural town, when a convicted murderer escapes prison and returns to town for revenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vafKLgdg94
It's cliche and knows it, but it builds to a strong finale with a lot of great action. It's also beautifully shot.
Perhaps I should have been more specific...I am getting into Australian art films set in or relating to the outback.Ack wrote:Well if you're getting more into Aussie film, might I recommend Peter Weir's Gallipoli, since you've arleady seen his Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave? And there's always Dead End Drive-In and the Mad Max trilogy...
Oh, I agree. I think they hit it out of the ballpark with "Let It Go". That song, and the sequence that accompanies it, are damn near perfect. And "Do You Wanna Build A Snowman" surprised me by getting surprisingly touching towards the end. You wouldn't think it would with a title like that, but You Would Be Wrong.Stark wrote:I agree although I feel that the troll song gets better with repeated viewings. But Let It Go and Do You Wanna Build A Snowman (or whatever it's called) are of another caliber.
Yeah, I liked In Summer from the get go, the one that bugs me or I feel I liked the least is Love Is An Open Door.Michi wrote:Oh, I agree. I think they hit it out of the ballpark with "Let It Go". That song, and the sequence that accompanies it, are damn near perfect. And "Do You Wanna Build A Snowman" surprised me by getting surprisingly touching towards the end. You wouldn't think it would with a title like that, but You Would Be Wrong.Stark wrote:I agree although I feel that the troll song gets better with repeated viewings. But Let It Go and Do You Wanna Build A Snowman (or whatever it's called) are of another caliber.
All the songs can be found on Youtube and I realized that after a couple more listens....I still don't really like the troll songThough, I did find "In Summer" more enjoyable the second time around. It helps that Olaf didn't end up being nearly annoying as I though he would based on what I saw in the promos (Which just goes to show that Disney needs to work more on their marketing.)

