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The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)
One of the worst movies I've ever seen
I saw this movie at the Viennale festival and I think I wasn't the only one there who thought it was awful. Like the director of the movie himself said: "It's the documentation of a plastic tarp which is exposed to the elements over the period of a few month." And that's all it is. If I only want to hear the text of the book, I would read it. Also, the director didn't check back if it really was a true story, which is okay as long as you don't promote the movie with this. I like uneventful and profound movies, but this was just one of the most unnecessary and poorly made movies I've ever seen. Many people even left the cinema before "The sound of insects" was over.
Chasing Amy (1997)
Funny and Encouraged but doesn't go far enough
OK, this movie is funny and strange. I loved that parts about it... but it also tries to go farther and cross some borders about homosexuality and sexuality generally. It succeeds in some parts but fails in others. It shows people who are not afraid of homosexuality or who simply try to handle it. But still: The only lesbian at whom we take a closer look is one that's only lesbian because she doesn't want to limit herself to 50% of the population, but not because she really only likes girls. At hurray, we only need to say we are in love with here and she will be ours. And then there are only friendships between one man and the other, but not between a man and a woman. As if this is impossible and only men could really understand other men, with the exception of the one girl that's in love with you. And then there we are again, in the old fashioned "Man and Woman" partnership that's praised "the only good one" many times, because that's all the two want isn't it? And of course, how could I forget? All her doings in the past were mistakes! So, we can imagine ourselves gangbang and whatever else, but they are all wrong and aren't allowed in a good old fashioned relationship right? So what about all the swinging people in real life then? Are those all freaky people? Just because homosexuality has become accepted now but swinging hasn't. A man and a woman, that is the holy grail, that's what she and we searched for our whole life... isn't that what's the meaning of this movie? This is not a film that's trying to change society, it's just the new mainstream, that's all... because MTV tells us: Homosexuality is great, but don't do gangbangs or swinging or whatever... and don't forget kids: It's still all about a man and a woman.
5 out of 10. And those 5 are just because it's really funny and strange at some points... so it has its good sides.