First of all, Happy Ied Mubarak for you who celebrate the day, or I hope at least you have a great holiday. Aside from the grief, I saw some relatives of my fathers I have never connected before and thankful for the joyful days I can be with my family. After fasting for almost a month and how my father passed away, July has been very thoughtful month and very deep for me.
I almost missed this fact, but I just finished The Great Gatsby novel this month. It is the Indonesian translated one, and I hated the translation so I don’t think I can say I get the whole feeling. But nice to know some facts that doesn’t get included in the movie. I think those facts should be in it, but I can’t say it will help the Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation.
As for movies, so glad that this month didn’t end up with lame movies to recap. This busy woman also a bit picky when choosing which movies she would see, since time is precious. Aside from lots of things to do and to digest, turns out July have some cool movies I ended up seeing. Here are the recap :
It Happened One Night (1934)
While We’re Young (2014) – review soon
Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)
So glad I can finally watch this anticipated movies of mine. As you know, last movie of Carey Mulligan we saw was a bit disappointing (The Great Gatsby), though I can’t blame her because her role was a bit unsympathetic. In this movie, she is a wealthy young woman inherited farm and have three men hoping her love. There’s a bit feminist vibe here as she declared herself from the start as a woman that is ‘too independent’ to be a man’s property or wife. Mulligan’s a natural in Victorian or classic setting, and when you already see her perform before, she’s just very much as excellent as she always is. But her performance isn’t as brilliant as in Never Let Me Go (2010) to my opinion.
When you’re pretty, wealthy and smart, it’s easy to have men fall for you. You can tell yourself, it’s up to you to choose. But when it comes to feelings, it’s not up to you. And this movie quite summarize that. Having three men wishes her to be their spouse, she ended up choosing a reckless Sergeant, Frank (Tom Sturridge). But her real man is around, she’s just too independent to realize that she needs him.
Not quite in love with the story, but the drama was good. I like Mulligan’s performance as a beautiful independent young leader and Matthias Schoenaerts portrayal as Gabriel Oak. I find the casting of Tom Sturridge as Sergeant Frank was a bit reckless itself, as he himself has a deep story and should maybe performed by a better actor, like maybe Ezra Miller. Overall, a neat drama and a good movie if you’re a Mulligan fan and misses her performance.
Score : 8
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I also saw a glympse, but not full of these movies :
God Help The Girl (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Rewatch : Frank (2014), Notebook (2004)
Also posted these articles :
- Fine Visuals : Lost in Translation (2003)
- 5 Movies About Father Loss
- Soundtrack Pick : Paper Towns (2015)
- Memorable Movie Moments : Pink
*****
So, what movies you’re looking forward in August? I probably would see Mission Impossible 5 or Ant Man in cinema, whatever my schedule gets.
Talking about recent news, sad about the news of how Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of Whitney Houston also passed away. Have you heard?