uunokailas Reviews

Love Letter (1995)

Japanese minimalism and eccentricity

[9/10 · 30 October 2006]

Okay, at first view I had to admit the dialogue and the the intercourse between the people seemed rather incongruous and false, somehow very strange in terms of social relations and interrelations, but, the second time, man it's it just might be Japanese mental setting that differs from the usual Hollywood stuff, still, the Idea, I mean, I'm a Poet and appreciate this kind of playing, that s what I thought, but man, its everything but, its, just so true, and think about it sending a letter to a dead sweetheart, its sentimental but also very true in the poetic sense of the word, and the dualism, the way the persons intertwine, all this is very unwestern and refreshing, since this movie was the directors breakthrough in the west.

And well, in the summer of 2005 I didn't understand this movie, tried to analyze it as I watched, but then at the end when the music started I cried, all thru the credits, it was purifying, a very true experience a very true movie, very touching, very poetic, and VERY Japanese.

The best movie I've seen.

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

The feeling and atmosphere of this movie are stunning, in fact I have a little ceremony with what it comes to this and other Depp movies

[10/10 · 5 February 2006]

I like to watch it usually early in the morning, and especially if I have exams and such to ready myself, wind down.

I put this DVD on and just enjoy it sippin'on brandy and getting steadily drunk, or not really drunk but just in a mellow mood, just to ready myself to some hard brainlabor of the coming day, so I drink about 1/4 of a litres of it and I have a pretty good tolerance, so it is not noticeable, but just the beginning of the movie with the opening theme, and the scene in which Ichabod arrives to the town, and especially Johnny and his unique method make this perhaps one of the best movies that Depp has appeared in, the others being such as Fear and loathing, The ninth gate.