2 SIFF reviews
Jun. 1st, 2006 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silentdescantOkay, I seriously have to get some shit done. I'm totally procrastinating on EVERYTHING in my life.
Anyway, I saw two movies at the Seattle International Film Festival. The first, a family movie, is called "Greyfriars Bobby", and is set in Scotland. The second is called "The Proposition", is set in Australia, and also stars David Wenham.
As always, spoilers follow.
Anyway, I saw two movies at the Seattle International Film Festival. The first, a family movie, is called "Greyfriars Bobby", and is set in Scotland. The second is called "The Proposition", is set in Australia, and also stars David Wenham.
As always, spoilers follow.
Greyfriars Bobby
This was a cute movie. The dog was adorable, and I'm sure I spent half the time just admiring the small, fluffy. white furball. I'll admit, the kid was a bit annoying, but not at all like the extremely annoying kid in Shane. The policeman (who died in the beginning) and the priest looked remarkably similar to me, and they were both kind of hot, not to mention the accents... Ah, the Scottish accent. I love it. At the end, Christopher Lee comes in and saves the day and grants the dog, Bobby, free run of the city of Edinburgh. Very cute.
This was a cute movie. The dog was adorable, and I'm sure I spent half the time just admiring the small, fluffy. white furball. I'll admit, the kid was a bit annoying, but not at all like the extremely annoying kid in Shane. The policeman (who died in the beginning) and the priest looked remarkably similar to me, and they were both kind of hot, not to mention the accents... Ah, the Scottish accent. I love it. At the end, Christopher Lee comes in and saves the day and grants the dog, Bobby, free run of the city of Edinburgh. Very cute.
The Proposition
The reason I wanted to see this movie was solely because David Wenham was in it and the plot didn't sound horrible. The Proposition is a western movie, which I normally hate. It begins with two (of three) brothers, members of an Irish gang in Australia, being captured by a British lieutenant. The proposition comes about in the first two minutes of the movie. The British guy says to Charlie (everyone's named Charlie these days), "Go and kill your older brother or we'll kill your younger brother." The younger brother, Mikey, is a wimp and barely out of his teens. The older brother is a mean, coldhearted bastard. So, Charlie says "Okay, whatever, just don't hurt Mikey."
Charlie goes forth and promptly gets speared by natives. The older brother happens upon the scene and blows the offending man's head off (in full, exploding detail). While Charlie's recuperating with his older brother, he debates on whether or not he can actually kill his own family. I'll take this time to mention another member of the gang, a very cute, young Irishman who can really sing. He's pretty innocent-looking (until the end) and he always asks stupid questions. Instantly my favorite character. Charlie, while semi-dazed and extremely thin, kept reminding me of a hollowed-out Aragorn, which was a bit strange.
Back in town, Mikey's being a wimp and cowering in the corner of his cell when David Wenham comes in. It took me more than a few minutes to recognize him. I was thinking "Is that him? Is that really him? It doesn't look like him." He had a horrific mustache. Then he spoke. "That can't be him!" But it was. His character (sorry, I've forgotten the name) had the creepiest, high-pitched, posh British voice that totally didn't suit him. It literally freaked me out. Anyroad, on with the story. David ordered the lieutenant to give poor Mikey 100 lashes, only 39 of which they gave him. Mikey is now near dead and steadily dying.
The two brothers come into town to rescue him. Then, as Charlie takes the nearly-dead Mikey out to lay to rest, Older Brother and Cute Sidekick decide to do what they do best, and rape the lieutenant's wife with the guy watching (with a bashed in skull). So, Mikey dies, Charlie's sad, and all hell is breaking loose on Christmas Day in the nice lieutenant's house. Charlie busts in, guns blazing, shoots the Cute Guy, then *gasp* shoots his brother, leaving the man and his wife in relative peace. The older brother is stunned, and walks out side to the sunset (yes, he as actually shot, he just takes a while to die.). Charlie sits with him until he dies. It's kind of sweet, really. And that's how the movie ends. It did have some cool background music though.
The reason I wanted to see this movie was solely because David Wenham was in it and the plot didn't sound horrible. The Proposition is a western movie, which I normally hate. It begins with two (of three) brothers, members of an Irish gang in Australia, being captured by a British lieutenant. The proposition comes about in the first two minutes of the movie. The British guy says to Charlie (everyone's named Charlie these days), "Go and kill your older brother or we'll kill your younger brother." The younger brother, Mikey, is a wimp and barely out of his teens. The older brother is a mean, coldhearted bastard. So, Charlie says "Okay, whatever, just don't hurt Mikey."
Charlie goes forth and promptly gets speared by natives. The older brother happens upon the scene and blows the offending man's head off (in full, exploding detail). While Charlie's recuperating with his older brother, he debates on whether or not he can actually kill his own family. I'll take this time to mention another member of the gang, a very cute, young Irishman who can really sing. He's pretty innocent-looking (until the end) and he always asks stupid questions. Instantly my favorite character. Charlie, while semi-dazed and extremely thin, kept reminding me of a hollowed-out Aragorn, which was a bit strange.
Back in town, Mikey's being a wimp and cowering in the corner of his cell when David Wenham comes in. It took me more than a few minutes to recognize him. I was thinking "Is that him? Is that really him? It doesn't look like him." He had a horrific mustache. Then he spoke. "That can't be him!" But it was. His character (sorry, I've forgotten the name) had the creepiest, high-pitched, posh British voice that totally didn't suit him. It literally freaked me out. Anyroad, on with the story. David ordered the lieutenant to give poor Mikey 100 lashes, only 39 of which they gave him. Mikey is now near dead and steadily dying.
The two brothers come into town to rescue him. Then, as Charlie takes the nearly-dead Mikey out to lay to rest, Older Brother and Cute Sidekick decide to do what they do best, and rape the lieutenant's wife with the guy watching (with a bashed in skull). So, Mikey dies, Charlie's sad, and all hell is breaking loose on Christmas Day in the nice lieutenant's house. Charlie busts in, guns blazing, shoots the Cute Guy, then *gasp* shoots his brother, leaving the man and his wife in relative peace. The older brother is stunned, and walks out side to the sunset (yes, he as actually shot, he just takes a while to die.). Charlie sits with him until he dies. It's kind of sweet, really. And that's how the movie ends. It did have some cool background music though.