2002 Review Blog
The Pianist
Grade: A+ 07/23/2014
This one of the rare films that I consider Perfect. I saw this film by myself on Valentine's Day...so it was a depressing event...but I consider it Polanski's masterpiece. The story of this pianist trying to survive, alone, and at all costs, as the Nazi opression inches closer and closer, is so riveting and so horrifying that it is nearly unbearable. Adrien Brody's performance is pitch perfect, and his scene that he shares with Kretschmann's Nazi officer is so amazing that I could hardly stand it. The story that a lot of what this man goes through mirrors what Polanski went through himself amkes the entire experience all the more poignant. Amazing cinema that really does fire on all cylinders.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: A+ 07/23/2014
This one of the rare films that I consider Perfect. I saw this film by myself on Valentine's Day...so it was a depressing event...but I consider it Polanski's masterpiece. The story of this pianist trying to survive, alone, and at all costs, as the Nazi opression inches closer and closer, is so riveting and so horrifying that it is nearly unbearable. Adrien Brody's performance is pitch perfect, and his scene that he shares with Kretschmann's Nazi officer is so amazing that I could hardly stand it. The story that a lot of what this man goes through mirrors what Polanski went through himself amkes the entire experience all the more poignant. Amazing cinema that really does fire on all cylinders.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Talk to Her
Grade: A- 08/12/2009
What a unique, wonderful film. The subject matter is as depressing and sorrowful as anyone can come up with, but Pedro Almodovar films it in a vibrant, almost creepy way. The film follows two men. One is in love with a champion bullfighting woman who is gored and put into a vegetative state. The other is infatuated, but hardly knows, a bellerina who dances across from his window...and she is put it a vegetative state from a car accident. The one who loves his woman can't touch, look, or speak to her lifeless body. The one who only yearns for his woman talks to her like they are a seasoned married couple. The emotions run high, confused, and a little bit unnaturally. I love when my emotions are pulled in so many ways at one time.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: A- 08/12/2009
What a unique, wonderful film. The subject matter is as depressing and sorrowful as anyone can come up with, but Pedro Almodovar films it in a vibrant, almost creepy way. The film follows two men. One is in love with a champion bullfighting woman who is gored and put into a vegetative state. The other is infatuated, but hardly knows, a bellerina who dances across from his window...and she is put it a vegetative state from a car accident. The one who loves his woman can't touch, look, or speak to her lifeless body. The one who only yearns for his woman talks to her like they are a seasoned married couple. The emotions run high, confused, and a little bit unnaturally. I love when my emotions are pulled in so many ways at one time.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die