Zach's Favorite Film #11
Lars and the Real Girl
Directed by: Craig Gillespie
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson
Rated:PG-13 for some sex-related content
Filled with a dry, quirky sense of humor, Lars and the Real Girl is a simple-yet-wonderful tale about compassion, maturity, integrity, and self-sacrificing love. The story follows Lars, an extremely quiet and awkward individual, who breaks out of his mold by pretending a mannequin is his real-life girlfriend, much to the dismay of his brother and sister-in-law. Lars, in his simplicity, is a truly complex character, channeling his fear of the unknown and of true human interaction with the desire to be known and loved by others. Fueled by the fantastic Ryan Gosling as Lars, the movie gets equally great roles from Paul Schneider and Emily Mortimer. Hands down this is the most realistic performances I've seen, and I enjoy every second of them.
And, even though the ending becomes more idealistic than true to life, you can't fault a movie that pictures what a society and church would look like if it had true compassion for others. Even if it's a giant female doll.
Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt
Rated:PG-13 for Sci-fi action violence and frightening images (I would say border-line R)
There is nothing superhero-like in Guillermo Del Toro's movie Hellboy. While most superhero flicks try to stay in the real world, giving naturalistic powers to individuals striving to be heroic (and almost savior-like), Hellboy gives us a supernatural realm (which, signature of Del Torro, is vividly beautiful and disgusting), spiritual and occultic powers and plots, incredibly disgusting and frightening monsters (especially for it's tame rating), and a "hero" whom seems to have no real loveable qualities, except his incredible revolver. Hellboy strives close enough to spirituality to deepen the plot, but not enough to refine any redeemable spiritual thoughts: God is silent in the movie, requiring Hellboy to determine his own fate. (SPOILER: Though, in the end, he does reject his own potential power and fate in order to save the world; that's good, I guess.) In the end, Hellboy is mostly a forgettable film that has beautiful style contrasted with grisly, frightening characters and confusion towards spirituality.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson
Rated:PG-13 for some sex-related content
Filled with a dry, quirky sense of humor, Lars and the Real Girl is a simple-yet-wonderful tale about compassion, maturity, integrity, and self-sacrificing love. The story follows Lars, an extremely quiet and awkward individual, who breaks out of his mold by pretending a mannequin is his real-life girlfriend, much to the dismay of his brother and sister-in-law. Lars, in his simplicity, is a truly complex character, channeling his fear of the unknown and of true human interaction with the desire to be known and loved by others. Fueled by the fantastic Ryan Gosling as Lars, the movie gets equally great roles from Paul Schneider and Emily Mortimer. Hands down this is the most realistic performances I've seen, and I enjoy every second of them. And, even though the ending becomes more idealistic than true to life, you can't fault a movie that pictures what a society and church would look like if it had true compassion for others. Even if it's a giant female doll.
Hellboy
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt
Rated:PG-13 for Sci-fi action violence and frightening images (I would say border-line R)
There is nothing superhero-like in Guillermo Del Toro's movie Hellboy. While most superhero flicks try to stay in the real world, giving naturalistic powers to individuals striving to be heroic (and almost savior-like), Hellboy gives us a supernatural realm (which, signature of Del Torro, is vividly beautiful and disgusting), spiritual and occultic powers and plots, incredibly disgusting and frightening monsters (especially for it's tame rating), and a "hero" whom seems to have no real loveable qualities, except his incredible revolver. Hellboy strives close enough to spirituality to deepen the plot, but not enough to refine any redeemable spiritual thoughts: God is silent in the movie, requiring Hellboy to determine his own fate. (SPOILER: Though, in the end, he does reject his own potential power and fate in order to save the world; that's good, I guess.) In the end, Hellboy is mostly a forgettable film that has beautiful style contrasted with grisly, frightening characters and confusion towards spirituality.
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