movie review
Relationships-focused film reviews of tearjerkers, rom-coms, love lost and love found.
Our Film 'My Octopus Teacher' Just Won A BAFTA
We were all dressed up with nowhere to go except on a live link to the BAFTA awards. As we stood on the deck of a friend's house, waiting for the programme to begin, two killer whales surfaced barely a hundred meters from where we stood and glided past. It was a stunning moment for all of us who are swimmers and divers in this Great African Seaforest.The reason we were waiting to get on the BAFTA live link was in large part thanks to that forest, and all of her wonderful animals within, especially a little octopus who befriended my husband for a year and became the subject of the movie that has just won Best Documentary: My Octopus Teacher. Four years ago, when we started working on this film in a small room in my house, none of us thought that we would be here: on the world stage and, best of all, with massive audience appreciation for the filmIt started perhaps 50 years ago when Craig Foster, my husband, was three years old. The ocean has always been his happy place and when, as an adult and burnt-out filmmaker, he felt that he had lost any passion for his craft, it was the ocean that he turned to. Years prior on a film called The Great Dance, A Hunter's Story, he spent years with the San people in the Kalahari. He was deeply struck by how entwined they were with their landscape and seemed so content and settled even though their lives were a massive challenge after years of genocide, loss of ancestral land and decimation by the wild. From them, he decided to learn to become entwined in the ocean landscape.He decided to be in that wet wilderness sans wet suit or scuba tanks to totally immerse himself. After a few months of adjusting to the freezing temperature, he found the cold water invigorating and healing.
By Zarinabanu Zarinabanu5 years ago in Humans
Lessons I Learned from Beauty and the Beast
I have watched the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast many times. The first time I watched it was with my only grandniece. It was her favorite movie. She is 17 years old now so it was a cartoon when we watched it together. I only watched it because she loved it and I guess I never really paid much attention to the storyline. I can vividly remember her being very young, probably about three or so, and we were having a sleep over at my house. Of course, we had popcorn and she enthusiastically sang along with all the songs. She knew not only the songs by heart but the words to the movie as well. I think I was more impressed with all she had memorized at such a young age than I was with the movie. By the time the movie was released in 2017 starring Emma Watson, my niece was 13 years old and moved to another state. I thought it would be nice to take her to the movies to see it since we spent so many times when she was young watching the cartoon together. Unfortunately, that did not work out so instead I went to see the movie with my sister. Again, I enjoyed it but never thought about the deeper meaning of it. Yes, the most obvious lesson is that, beauty is only skin deep. I did pick up that much but recently I watched it again because I couldn't sleep and I was searching for a fun, more upbeat movie to watch during this depressing time in the world.
By Margie Anderson 5 years ago in Humans
If "A Walk to Remember" Restored Your Faith in Romance Then, Boy, Do I Have Something For You!
It's an easy, restful Sunday afternoon. You don't have any plans or commitments and the day seems slow but promising. You find yourself contemplating how you'll spend the rest of your free time.
By Dream Silas5 years ago in Humans
Reconnecting to Love, Life, and Family
When you are looking to reconnect Movies give the viewer an opportunity not only to step into another person’s experience, story, and possibly a new viewpoint or outlook on life. There are three types of reconnecting that will be explored in this piece. The first type is reconnecting in the area of love. The second is what people want for their lives. And lastly the joys of family connection.
By Lisa Pulliam5 years ago in Humans
If "127 Hours" Moved You
After watching 127 Hours, the true story of canyoneer Aron Ralston, I stayed up half the night rapelling into the Google abyss. I had fallen in love with Ralston, who got trapped under a boulder in the wilds of Utah and then escaped by amputating his own arm with a pocket knife. Or perhaps I loved James Franco, who plays him in the movie. It was 2010. The world didn’t yet know about Franco’s affinity for teenage girls, Ralston’s alleged assaulting of his partner. Both men were unproblematic heartthrobs.
By Diana Spechler5 years ago in Humans
Two 90’s movies you have to see
Its Friday night...I’ve dragged my butt home from work after a LONG week and now, I’m not gunna lie, I’m ready to crack out the wine and a few well deserved tears. I slip into my comfies, make a brew (cuppa tea) and get myself wrapped up on the sofa. I waste zero time messing about, looking for the right thing to watch, I head straight to my all time favourite ‘Indecent Proposal’. The 1993 romantic drama filled with power, sex and most importantly, love. That‘s right, feed me some love drizzled in drama any day of the week “Amma about to eat that UP!”
By Jodie Knowles5 years ago in Humans
Past the curtains to grab the thread
Sadness, love , happiness, losing, gaining, pain _ they are just some combined codes in our lives waiting for the right time to be decoded. we take this life-long journey and take lessons from them.So does a good drama or movie , not only for entertainment often they leave a great impact on our lives too because they are the produced portrait of a life story. Every hit or flop movies bear a different concept , a story, a lesson therefore a new hope which viewers tend to carry on .
By Fariha Kabir Orchi5 years ago in Humans
