"Does he have Alzheimer's?"
"No, he just believes what people tell him."
"That's too bad."
We watched Nebraska a while ago, our 253rd film to be exact, and it follows the story of a quiet drunken father with a little dementia on a journey with his son to pick up a million dollar prize, which is in reality just a marketing scam. The film was quite different than we anticipated, laugh out loud in places, but very poignant. The creation of characters are what makes the film, set amoungst the very real black and white landscape of Nebraska. Bruce Dern who plays Woody deserves an Oscar in my eyes for his performance; a man out of touch and seemingly untouched by the events surrounding him. Woody's wife Kate was also brilliant- a very vibrant and hilarious character who brings all the humor to the film.
9/10
"For relaxing times, make it Suntory time."
A hyped up story of intimacy and friendship; two unexpected lives colliding into each other in the centre of Japan, this critically acclaimed feature from director Sofia Coppola (The Bling Ring, Somewhere) didn't really live up to our high expectations. The setting and cinematography was beautiful at times but for both myself and Ollie we didn't find there was much to the film. Perhaps this is quite deliberate and gave a true reflection of Charlotte and Bob's relationship as it was somewhat brief and unknown, and perhaps exploring things in greater detail would contradict the purpose of the film. Nethertheless we didn't enjoy it as much as we intended to due to many of the pointless scenes and long pauses.
5/10
There is a master key and a spare key for the office. Dwight has them both. When I asked, "What if you die, Dwight? How will we get into the office?" He said, "If I'm dead, you guys have been dead for weeks."
Having watched The Office U.S through from the start of season 1 to the end of 9, spanning a total of 12 real life years, I can safely say this series beats all others. It's hilarious, emotional and you feel such a connection to the characters; you've watched them grow and change, make good and bad decisions, all while working at the Dunder Mifflin paper company. Steve Carell is brilliant in his role as company regional manager Michael Scott and Rainn Wilson's creation of Dwight is unlike any other with his no nonsense facts about bears and beet farms and his determination to be Michael's right hand man. The season finale which I watched very recently was the perfect end to the series, hitting every note we could have wanted, without overplaying any of them. The show both demonstrated and celebrated everything that made it so extraordinary. Pam, during her last talk to the camera says "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things, isn't that kind of the point?" And it completely was.
10/10
Also memorably watched were Full Metal Jacket, Pulp Fiction and Orange Is The New Black which were all excellent.
Keep an eye out for an upcoming post about the one time we MET JIM BROADBENT! as well as the time we WENT TO FILM 4's SUMMER SCREEN AT SOMERSET HOUSE! (both coming very soon to a good film blog near you (aka this one))
By Rosie
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