well, even if we don't literally see the courting, the point is that at least there should be the cinematic moment, that moment where the camera zooms in on her face, and then zooms in on his, etc. , just those 5 seconds, to let us know, something is going on in their minds, in their emotions, (or more specifically, in hers).
and btw, Rachel wanted Jacob all along;
Chapter and verse, please.
Mystic River (2003) 10/10 (blu ray, first time viewing of the movie).This may well be the greatest movie of the millenium and the greatest movie Eastwood ever directed. Has a movie ever done a better job of portraying grief?I don't know if the final parade scene was necessary; or the very minor subplot with Bacon's wife (I guess that's an attempt to show how he was also somehow emotionally affected by that day as a child). But otherwise, this movie is about as perfect as it gets. And the blu ray looks beautiful.
well, actually, in those days, a girl just married whomever her father married her off to; it wasn't about her "falling in love." I didn't mean that the Bible itself literally says "Rachel desired Jacob," but my point was that at no point does the Bible state that she initially did not want him, or that she "grew to love him because she saw his devotion" or anything like that
The parade scene works for me. Everybody is at his/her new place.
At first, when Brendan accuses his brother"you loved me so much you killed my girlfriend," I thought the brother killed her cuz he knew she was taking Brendan away from him, as they were gonna run away to Vegas. But as Bacon described it to Penn, it was all an accident, he was just trying to scare the girl, etc/? Really? Was Bacon intentionally distorting the truth for Penn's sake?
Haha actually I think it's more the angle/lightening that doesn't help her. It's a close up on her lips the whole film, from profile, the shot is dark and I THINK she's back-lighted (which, alone, would be sufficient in a regular female shot to show "some" facial hair).But yeah, it strikes me every time:)
well that's only if there is some facial hair to show. If there's no hair, then no matter how much back-lighting there is, there's no 'stache.
Picnic at Hanging Rock - 8/10 - 2nd viewing. More interesting on a rewatch, still maddeningly opaque.