Books highly recommended; from the series, definitely the first season, maybe the second, the last one is uh-oh.
Some of that may have something to do with me enjoying Sean Pertwee as Hugh Beringar a lot, unlike the other two actors. But the last episode of the series would be better left out; it changed the book an awful lot, without much justification for the changes.

Thanks, it's on YT also, I might check it out.

[Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)]

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) 7.5 - 8 / 10

I need stuff like this on regular basis. It's on YT.

Can't say his reviews changed my opinion regarding various movies, but as someone already said, one could tell he really loved movies.


R.I.P.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkfv9pLzNqQ

I agree with MS, it is uneven in places, but still very moving.

8/10

R.I.P.

noodles_leone

On the other hand, you're judging a movie edited with left overs, since the original cut of the film was stolen during the editing process, if I'm not wrong... And they had no back up.

Your point being?

The man is judging from what he saw.

That's a "realistic" explanation for an "aesthetical" question.

Best explanations always are.

I don't think it was as uncommon back in the days. A lot of times people had as many children as they (thought they) could.

Well something like that, yeah. The movie doesn't really offer any hint about it.

I was just about to watch it a couple of times, and each time I FF-ed through it the enthusiasm passed. Perhaps I'm wrong, I might try one of these days.

Now I don't get you: a looker is a looker anyway, what has got  the genre to do with that?

Personal preferences I guess.

For example, to a man (whoever) a woman does not look the same if dressed in a crinoline or in a swimsuit. Some would like her better in a swimsuit, and some, I guess, in a crinoline. Yet it is the same woman.

This is very true, appart from the "unpretentious" part. It's only unpretentious compared wiith Malick's following works; but by that standard, everything in the world in unpretentious.

Hehe, I was waiting for this.

No, here it works cause the storyteller is a 15-year old girl.

I'm not, by any means, saying it's a great movie, but I enjoyed it every time I watched it (about 5 times so far). Its flaws are visible to anyone who watches it, yet it also has something that captivates the attention of the viewer with sort of a raw, undefined, unpretentious aroma. The best thing is that it never tries to figure out any protagonist, nor judge it, yet everything worth knowing about character psychology creeps alone out of the picture.


7.5/10