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I just leave this here.
Would like to know what you think.
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That was….. really, really strange…
I'm usually a fan of a well-known/commonly accepted tales being twisted a bit or shown the 'other side', but I didn't expect that! Twice I thought 'wth?!' in bemused uncertainty, and they really make you pause and think about presumed implications/society taboos/what we're taught to fear when presented with scenes like an old ragged guy following a young girl home. I will say that Rickman was great for the part, though. He left me still uncertain whether I find it funny or unnerving. Reminded me of the similarity in strangeness and conveying the story without words like Benedict's short "Inseparable".
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That indeed was ... strange. But also really interesting. With that tooth fairy becomes a totally different meaning.
I like Alan Rickmann. Since the first time I noticed him in "Die hard" I love his elegant, mysterious kind ... he fascinates but also scares me.
So it was tempting to get him wrong in this film.
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My unqualified thoughts:
The beginning: Daaamn that beard suits him *swoondroolthuddedythud*
Since he enters the house: uneasy as hell
The "transformation": what the??
Overall: Alan, you are hot as f*** but you keep making some veeeery strange (and slightly disturbing) films..
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I´d also be interested in your thoughts, Mattlocked!
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Russell wrote:
He left me still uncertain whether I find it funny or unnerving. Reminded me of the similarity in strangeness and conveying the story without words like Benedict's short "Inseparable".
My thoughts exactly, Russell. I tend to "unnerving". With both films.
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tobeornot221b wrote:
Russell wrote:
He left me still uncertain whether I find it funny or unnerving. Reminded me of the similarity in strangeness and conveying the story without words like Benedict's short "Inseparable".
My thoughts exactly, Russell. I tend to "unnerving". With both films.
Yes! I know... thank you! Heck, come to think of it, you remind me that Martin's mime short fits in there too. Talk about amusingly unnerving. Something about those "art-teestic" shorts, huh?