hmmm slanty

Oscar season has well and truly arrived so i think the next month may well be spent in the cinema. So on Monday i went to watch Brokeback Mountain and then on Tuesday, Match Point and spent the rest of the week recovering. Having read the novella for Brokeback i was really looking forward to it but a little nervous it would have me sobbing away. I was a bit annoyed i knew so much about it as it spoils when the two get together as it comes out of no where. I thought it was a beautiful, melancholic film with no one having a happy ending but still great, especially the performances particularly Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger and Anne Hathway's hair. I love films with sparse dialogue but still conveying a lot of emotion (much like i try to be!) like Brokebak as a representation of the suspension of societal rules and norms etc...with the characters never able to get back there. I was a little disappointed about the amount of teasing i got from guys about seeing it though...

Conversely, Match Point i didn't know much about before i saw it and was frankly rather impressed. It genuinely unnerved me which is a rarity but it's odd to be so dawn to the fate of a very nasty lead character (who always looks evil). It was also quite a funny interpretation of British upper class so some was cringe funny in a 'let's go and see the Queen' type way whilst some was 'i could imagine someone saying that' funny. So a pleasant surprise.

Next week: Munich, Hidden (maybe) and Jarhead.