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Wit (2001)
important
I viewed this film as part of a training program on the 'end of life stages' for medical personnel. I am grateful for seeing it, because I know that it will affect the way I perceive and treat patients. When having 'direct patient care', it is so important to have empathy, and this film will help me to better empathize with patients and promote the humanity factor in my work.
Not only will patients in my care benefit from my viewing of this film, but I, myself, have benefited. The aspect of the film that had the most impact on me was when Vivian realized how her intellectual (superiority?) which had been the main focus of her life and had always given her a sense of comfort and confidence, was not going to 'save' her. She had relied on her intelligence throughout life, and in the process had lost/not developed a side for human relationships, spirituality, other abstract feelings with forces that cannot always be explained logically. I identified with this scenario, and this film has made me review my priorities in life.
Yi boh lai beng duk (1996)
i just don't know about this....
I saw this film because I, in a special kind of way, enjoy disgusting ,outrageous, deplorable films. This film is all of these things, and is really only good for a laugh, an uneasy disturbed laugh. I just feel like this film was a bit too over the top, which I understand is the point, but I felt so dumb after watching it. I wasn't looking for redeemable qualities. The reason I think I watch these films is to satisfy a kind of morbid curiosity. It's like wanting to watch the aftermath of a car accident, that rubbernecking sh*t. I'm curious, but I also feel sorta ashamed. About feeling dumb-the low level of intelligence this film requires to behold it, is at the level of my shoe. This film is low-class. I have viewed a limited number of these Asian(extreme?) films, and do not consider myself an expert of this kind of genre. I understand that this film sort of defines its genre. The first half of this film is full of violence, gore, nasty sex and rape, peeing. I feel that the rape scene (with the boss's wife) could've been written and directed by a horny little teenager. I get it, I get it-it's supposed to be so outrageous that it's funny. It just seems filthy, and a shame that money, effort and time was put into the making of this film. I didn't find myself laughing because of how stupid it was. I wasn't appalled, either. I just felt kinda sad that the film wasn't what I though it would be. The second half of the film slows down, and w/o its gore and violence, it really is nothing. I will say that I enjoyed some of the dialogue, and appreciated it for what it was meant to be: trashiness. Seeing Wong terrorize the streets of HK at the end, howling, "EEEBBBOOOLLLLAAAAA, EBBBOLLAAAAA!!!!," was comical to me.
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
not mindless entertainment
This movie left an imprint on my soul. I saw this movie as a high-school aged girl, and I couldn't help but feel that the meaning and beauty of this movie were lost on my same-age counterparts.
The relationships explored in this movie seem so complex, but are simple, as simple and true as are the words, " I loved her not because it was right, I just loved her,".
The scenery, soundtrack are beautiful. The way that the character's lives become so unlikely entangled, the yearning of the heart, lust, innocence, innocence lost, strong family values, family dynamics, these are concepts that are treated with the utmost respect in this film.
I would not recommend this movie to someone who doesn't like to do some of their own thinking in order to fully appreciate a movie. If you like movies because you enjoy mindless entertainment, you will think this movie is boring.
Bug (2006)
interesting maybe only to a few...
I, for one, enjoyed this film. I, like most, went into this movie expecting a horror film and did not find one. But, I was pleased with what I got. I expect that for most people who don't understand the mental disorder being illustrated so well in the movie, this film was unbelievable and...dumb. An understanding of folie a deux, helps immensely. Also a clinical understanding of delusional paranoid schizophrenia helps as well. Being able to identify these disorders is key. I work in the mental health field, and although I have never witnessed, in person, folie a deux, most of this movie made realistic sense to me.