sara_o1 Reviews

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

Sofia Coppola is a genius

[9/10 · 23 January 2005]

I've searched for this movie more than two years, cause I've read the book and I do love it. It's one of the most beautiful stories about teenagers that had ever been written. The suicides of these five beautiful girls aren't to be taken seriously, it's a metaphor the author uses. He wants so write about the strange and often really terrible feelings teenagers have. And Sofia Coppola created an atmosphere I can't describe. Just as a light wind on a hot summer day, if you know what I mean. She's really one of the greatest young directors (especially female) of our time. "Lost in Translation" is a masterpiece as well. The actors were good, Kirsten Dunst is such a great actress, she should do more movies like "The Virgin Suicides", where she really has to act. Josh Harnett is wonderful as Trip and the girls who play Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Cecilia, are great discoveries. If you like films with depth, films you have to think about, this one here is remarkable for you. Please, watch it and immerse in the world of the Lisbon girls and the boys next door.

P.s.: I hope I didn't make too much mistakes. :)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

I have seen this movie on its premiere

[30 December 2003]

I have seen this movie on its premiere and you have to know, that I have read the book many times and all the stories which are set before "the lord of the rings" and I really love this world (middle-earth) and all its characters (except the bad ones). I think that Tolkien created a classic of fantasy, a heroic story of deep friendship and about the fact that "even the smallest can change the course of the future".

In my opinion this book(s) had been written by a genius.

So, I expected a lot from the movie. First I was... how should I say that? First I was a little bit angry, I think. Angry, because the movie was so different, different to my expectations. I really wanted to love this film more than everything, cause it is the last> one, which makes me extremely sad. (I´m sure, that if you love "the lord of the rings" one day you´ll love it till the end of your life).

I thought the next two days about it and now I like it. And who knows? Maybe I´ll love this movie one day, as I love the first and the second. I hope it´ll be so.