So in last two days I have seen two very different films but with the same theme... Mafia.
The Counselor and Family...
But two very different kind of mafia... (yes, feel free to tell jokes about Russian Mafia:)) but in both cases, mafia was unnecessary violent.
The counsellor... when you see the cast like that you just have to go see it. I don't think it was a box office winner... I actually did not quiet get it I guess. Now that does not happen very often. Actually this never happens.
The opening scene... the sex scene made me so uncomfortable and I so wanted to be Penelope Cruz at that moment in time. By the end of the film I really did not want to be her...
This film was a great thing of script and dialogue, a dialogue, well more of monologue, porn really... Too good. And Fassbender... Oh Fassbender... you feel for the guy.
I guess that film had one message.. No matter how smart you are it is nothing if you are super greedy. There was no history. Just that moment in time and that everything has consequences every action... But I guess when dealing with mafia one should know better Counselor. I think |I might need to see that film again but I do not think I would have patience for it.
Counsellor is like Dangerous Method, great film but just bit too slow and not much happening... Beautifully done but not a mass success.
Oh but Cameron Diaz proved to be a real gem in it, I have never seen her like that. Wish she would get more roles like the one in this film. Amazing and so deliciously evil!!
And today I went to see less scary and more dysfunctional mafia people. The Family.
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfieffer... Oh so silly, funny and full on Luc Besson. I should have guessed he did this film. Action packed and slightly over the top drama with daughter.
The Family is more user friendly... with humour then the Counsellor is more true I guess.
The mafia films are always too real for me to watch... I guess The Family is a pleasant exception... well and the locks stocks and smoking barrels, but that is a very British film there fore something entirely different.
Family has more humour in it, therefore makes it more entertaining... but otherwise it would have been a very dull and grim story.
To conclude... I probably will see the family again... maybe with my step father, he would think it is funny. The counselor I would see with my very dear friend Owen, he would appreciate it for its esthetical value and magical actors' work.
Written by Daria while consuming oysters and wine
The Counselor and Family...
But two very different kind of mafia... (yes, feel free to tell jokes about Russian Mafia:)) but in both cases, mafia was unnecessary violent.
The counsellor... when you see the cast like that you just have to go see it. I don't think it was a box office winner... I actually did not quiet get it I guess. Now that does not happen very often. Actually this never happens.
The opening scene... the sex scene made me so uncomfortable and I so wanted to be Penelope Cruz at that moment in time. By the end of the film I really did not want to be her...
This film was a great thing of script and dialogue, a dialogue, well more of monologue, porn really... Too good. And Fassbender... Oh Fassbender... you feel for the guy.
I guess that film had one message.. No matter how smart you are it is nothing if you are super greedy. There was no history. Just that moment in time and that everything has consequences every action... But I guess when dealing with mafia one should know better Counselor. I think |I might need to see that film again but I do not think I would have patience for it.
Counsellor is like Dangerous Method, great film but just bit too slow and not much happening... Beautifully done but not a mass success.
Oh but Cameron Diaz proved to be a real gem in it, I have never seen her like that. Wish she would get more roles like the one in this film. Amazing and so deliciously evil!!
But Owen nailed opinion about this film in one word... Underwhelming! Yes I agree!
And today I went to see less scary and more dysfunctional mafia people. The Family.
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfieffer... Oh so silly, funny and full on Luc Besson. I should have guessed he did this film. Action packed and slightly over the top drama with daughter.
The Family is more user friendly... with humour then the Counsellor is more true I guess.
The mafia films are always too real for me to watch... I guess The Family is a pleasant exception... well and the locks stocks and smoking barrels, but that is a very British film there fore something entirely different.
Family has more humour in it, therefore makes it more entertaining... but otherwise it would have been a very dull and grim story.
To conclude... I probably will see the family again... maybe with my step father, he would think it is funny. The counselor I would see with my very dear friend Owen, he would appreciate it for its esthetical value and magical actors' work.
Written by Daria while consuming oysters and wine
