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Reviews
9 Songs (2004)
Could have been good but was crap
Have you ever been standing in line behind two people who are making out or being really intimate and it makes you want to say "get a room already!"?
9 songs was like watching what people do when they are alone together. I'm not talking about simply watching people have sex (although there is plenty of that in the film) but watching people move around their kitchen to make dinner or taking their vitamins... All the boring things they never show in movies because they are exactly that: BORING! Watching 9 songs is like watching a friends home movies of what they do all day. It's shaky, grainy, badly lit. The intimate scenes are not titillating but almost invasive, their moments of coupledom give you no insight into their back story. The concert footage is grainy and full of crowd shots...I'd rather live it than watch it. I felt nothing for these characters, I had no idea what brought them together or kept them together or why he was going to Antarctica. 24 Hour Party People rocked. This did not.
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Gave me goosebumps
Amazing. I was expecting another sexually charged adrenaline infused dark comedy a la Doom Generation or an ironic look at relationships in the post-modern world like Splendor. Instead I found a more mature, calmer tale. Still funny, but muted, dark but based on the darker parts of human nature in reality... The performances were unbelievable. Joseph Gordon-Levitt came across with a combination of grit and beauty, anger and happiness that reminded me of Colin Farrell. The cockiness of youth, the sadness of child abuse, and a realistic recognition of prepubescent sexuality. The opening sequence reminded me of something in my youth - nothing specific it just left me with this certain feeling. I hope this is a sign of things to come....