(This post is book-related as the movies I’ve watched have mostly been book adaptations.)
Anyway, I thought my internet provider was going to start limiting my monthly usage to an unreasonably and ridiculously low amount (5 GB – are you kidding?) in January, so in December I started my own Netflix Net-a-thon and started watching as much stuff as I could ‘instantly’ online. It’s unlimited through Netflix but of course not necessarily through your internet provider. I keep going to my provider’s site to see if they’ve implemented the limit, but they haven’t yet so I keep on expanding my ‘instant’ watching. Let me tell you, I’ve watched some gems!
Where to start? How about:
Bleak House by Charles Dickens – 450 minutes – A+
by Charles Dickens – 450 minutes – A+Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell – 375 minutes – A
by Elizabeth Gaskell – 375 minutes – AThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte – 159 minutes – A
by Anne Bronte – 159 minutes – AWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster – 112 minutes – B
by E.M. Forster – 112 minutes – BOur Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens – 351 minutes – A-
by Charles Dickens – 351 minutes – A-I really adored all of these, but especially Bleak House. Excellent! Where Angels Fear to Tread just felt like it had an abrupt ending, but perhaps it’s because the other ones I viewed were so long and well-developed.
I also viewed two Japanese language films because I’m doing the Japanese Literature Challenge. I love foreign films. I started watching them when my kids were small and would be noisy playing whenever my husband and I would rent DVDs. The kids could be as loud as they wanted to when we were watching the subtitles! I truly hate dubbing. I want to hear the original language of the film. I don’t mind sub-titles at all. Hearing the original language is part of what makes foreign films so wonderful.
The two I viewed:
After Life -118 minutes – A
Last Life in the Universe – 103 minutes – B+
-118 minutes – A
– 103 minutes – B+In After Life, after they die, people go to what looks like an abandoned school of sorts and they get to choose one memory of their lives to be re-enacted. This is a slow, but beautiful movie. I’m just the geeky sort to love slow, thoughtful movies, though, so I loved it.
In Last Life in the Universe, a Japanese neat-freak librarian is living in Bangkok and is constantly thinking of committing suicide. After a tragic event, he meets a Thai girl who is a total slob. Opposite attract, though, right? Very weird but interesting movie. It would have received an ‘A’ except there was quite a bit of bad language. In Japanese, Thai, and English.
I’m really having fun with these and will probably be watching more. I’ll keep you posted with any interesting titles.
