hey, a sci fi original movie…need i say more?

loves me some horror cheese!!!!!

wow, well, i don’t know about that other review….i agree that it’s a thinly veiled commentary, but i didn’t get any vibe about, uhm, nazis. i think it was really pushing the interpretation of ‘little red riding hood’ as a story of a young woman’s emerging sexuality quite a bit. in fact, i was wondering how many more creeping snakes and other freudian phallic symbols they could cram into this movie. they really pushed the whole ‘men are nothing but animals’, deceivers who will say anything to get into your pa…er, hood?

meh, it was ok i guess. since my animals woke me up at 7 am on a saturday, i found it suitable for waking up.

beautiful love story with stunning imagery. wonderful use of color as well. i wonder if this is a common tool in korean cinema…i remember being blown away by the use of color in ‘a tale of two sisters’.

probably the best thing lisa kudrow’s ever done. besides romy and michelle’s HS reunion, of course.

This movie was amazing, the best i’ve seen in theatres in i’m not sure how long…

the movie touches on some tough themes, made even more complex by the social constraints of the fifties, not to mention the then emerging idea of suburban affluence.

there’s so much to discuss that it’s really quite hard to tackle it all…

winslet and dicaprio are a young couple living in the ‘hopeless emptiness’ of the american dream life…two children, a lovely house in the suburbs, etc.

both are realizing that they are gradually falling into the trap that they both felt they were far too clever for, too special.

these characters are a wonderful link of the atmosphere of the 50’s moving into the 60’s, when people began to question social and gender roles.

dicaprio is great but winslet is especially wonderful, conveying pages of dialogue with 8 seconds of a silent head shot…

there are layers upon layers in this movie. like i said, i can’t even go into it all. my husband and i talked for 45 minutes nonstop after we left, seeing ourselves as a young married couple mirrored in some parts of the movie (making decisions between a safe but boring career or finding what is truly satisfying, whether to play into the expected roles of society or not).

i don’t want to say too much in fear of ruining it. this movie reminds me of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, but I have to say, I think this is better.

i have to say though, i’m not sure many people were as affected by it as we were. there were people laughing at random parts in it that i found were definately NOT comedic. i took the realtor’s son to play a role similar to that of a greek chorus, not some comedy relief.

the themes addressed in this movie are intriguing to see played out against the backdrop of the fifties, but the ideas are as pertinent today as then. these are real issues.

anyhow, HIGHLY recommend. if you’re analytical and like to delve into the mechanics of relationships or explore the effect that societal/gender standards have on people, have fun!

the end pissed me off, i hate endings like that….

interesting, a lot better than other ‘crazy 60’s hippie!’ documentaries i’ve seen.

good campy horror fun

this is certainly a masterpiece of cheese, strange wardrobe, and eccentricity. vincent price is a treasure, truly.

i play MMO’s and console RPG’s, so this was extra good to me. i thought that some really interesting points were made, and i really appreciated the way the filmmakers represented the role players. all too often with this topic you see a perspective of either role playing is complete escapism for immature losers, or…i guess the perspective strictly from role players absorbed in that world. since the filmmakers took time to show you the background and family lives of some of these players it really shaped a much more well rounded account.

i really enjoyed this.