siff day one

[ironymaiden]

Vexille
very good anime; computer generated animation with some softened edges and traced lines to avoid the uncanny valley effect of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. it's really loud, full of action scenes set to thumping beats. i thought it was going to be Starship Troopers and ended up being Dune-meets-Mad Max. the story is pretty strong, but they fail at romance. that kiss looked like a kid mashing Barbie and Ken together.
great tech, excellent action sequences, i'll be ordering the soundtrack. very much worth seeing if you dig high-speed chases with robots or if you kind of hate Japan. i had a blast. (because of the chases, people.)

The Edge of Heaven
totally worth missing dinner tonight. it was fabulous. beautifully acted, well-structured, great relationships. three families' paths cross; the result is friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. i was there for the Turkish immigrants in Germany, but wow, that's just a bonus. it's way too early, but this is likely to be my favorite film of the festival.

Continental, A Film Without Guns
is a film without a point. a waste of my festival time.

Comments

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

Vexille was on my list for the other screening; it stays.

The Edge of Heaven was great. Somehow we missed seeing each other in that crowd of 500 people.

I liked Continental, but I can see how some people would not. I hope my mostly-positive review is not much to blame for the film going on your list.

[varina8.livejournal.com]

Edge of Heaven also tops my favorites list. If you haven't seen his earlier film, Head-On, I'd recommend it. I forget what days it's playing.

continental

[ironymaiden]

i liked the trailer, and you weren't the only positive review.

it's not badly done. i liked the writing and acting, but by the end i wondered why i was there - can we say that anyone during this film grew or changed? (okay, maybe the wife.) i think it might have been a good short.

Uncanny Valley

[andrew-the-oga.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this new (to me) term; I'd never heard it before, and having GIYFed it just now, I've found some really interesting new things! Who says I waste all my time online?