Archive for November, 2010
TIFF 2010: Julia’s Eyes (2010)
Julia’s Eyes (2010; directed by Guillem Morales; written by Guillem Morales & Oriol Paulo) is a pretty good suspense movie. I was expecting something more psychological thriller/horror, but it didn’t really present me with anything that was really scary or psychologically disturbing like the trailers suggested.
I enjoyed it, though. There were a few incredibly intense scenes that were filmed in a way to make you feel like you were looking through, er, Julia’s eyes. Some of the techniques I’ve seen before but that didn’t take away from how well they worked.
This film is one of the many that Guillermo del Toro has his producer-hands in and it was a nice treat to have him there to introduce it, along with director Morales and star Belén Rueda.
Eat Pray Love (2010)
I watched Eat Pray Love (directed by Ryan Murphy; written by Ryan Murphy and Jennifer Salt; based on the book by Elizabeth Gilbert) with Lora because I knew she would be the only one that would watch it with me. It was terrible, and I’m glad Lora thought so too. It’s full of sentimental drivel, non-compelling characters and the filmmaker is ridiculously oblivious to how empty this high-brow pretentious tale is.
The only reason I wanted to watch this is because James Franco is in it. (I’m going to assume that this was a simply a paycheck for him.) When he first appeared onscreen, I got goosebumps.
