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Old 11-24-2017, 11:46 PM
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Crooked House (2017)



Haven't read Christie's original novel yet , so can't tell how well they have adapted it here but found it pretty entertaining with great production value and great cast including Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson (couldn't recognize her first!), Glenn Close, Terence Stamp and Julian Sands. May be because it wasn't one of her popular Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple stories, there wasn't much charm of solving the mystery with clue by clue. Still it was enjoyable as it also offered one of her signature & most engaging mystery format...a gorgeous mansion of a wealthy Britt family and the house full of suspicious characters who each may got his/her own motive for the murder(s) and yes, of course, with a nice surprise at the final revelation; particularly this story came with a real shocker! Loved it!

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Loving Vincent (2017)



Focusing the last days of Vincent Van Gogh & his life briefly, LOVING VINCENT (2017) is a visually striking film that actually looked like a continuous series of live oil paintings of VVG that somehow came to life with words! This tremendous achievement for live action animation genre surely is a treat to watch not only for the fans of the Father of modern art but also whoever is fond of different sort of animated films & art. Purely influenced by the works that Van Gogh had painted & using his same painting technique, each of the frame of the film (in total 65K!) is actually an oil painting on canvas, created by a team of more than 100 painters (source: The Making of Loving Vincent video & wiki)! The film also heavily revolves around the mystery surrounding the suicidal death of this troubled genius and that gave it kind of a feel of a mystery movie also. Not in a first person perspective, rather as point of view from the others who were somewhat close to him or observed him more or less closely, the film tries to captures the tragic life of a bullied & struggling Vincent, considered a madman and a failure, had a very unpleasant relationship with fame & fate during his lifetime as they never collided till long after his death.
But the way the basic narrative was set in the film, it won't be as much compelling as a movie if they made it only as a live action film without this unique style of animation. So Vincent's own style of art, contributed by more than hundred of modern classical-painters saved this film and made it something special.
And last but not the least, a film about Vincent Vang Gogh would never be complete without Don McLean's one of the most moving & best songs ever...Vincent (Starry Starry Night). Though they should have used the original version but glad at least they added a cover version of it at the end credits.

♪ Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now ♪ ♫

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Old 11-25-2017, 02:35 AM
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Old 11-25-2017, 07:36 AM
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Old 11-25-2017, 03:58 PM
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Old 11-26-2017, 12:28 PM
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Old 11-27-2017, 04:20 AM
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Old 11-27-2017, 04:37 AM
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Old 11-27-2017, 05:37 AM
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