Wed 5 January 2005 - Reviews
The Triplets of Belleville. French animation, with some very funny moments (especially from Bruno the dog), and some very dark ones too, which possibly make it too dark for kids, despite the PG rating. Keep watching after the credits (I wish we had.) Maybe don’t watch it if you don’t like frogs… Great stuff.
Japanese Story. Toni Collette in a very un-Muriel-like role. Some scenery (both natural and manmade) which I bet looked spectacular in the cinema. A surprise event in the film that I sure-as-hell didn’t expect, and won’t reveal, ‘cos it really would ruin it. On paper the plot is about as simple as they come, but what makes the film is the human interactions. As long as you like that kind of film, it’s a thumbs up.
January 5th, 2005 at 11:25am
Japanese Story. Good movie. The scenery was spectacular in the cinema. The surprise part? Guess you mean when he…………
January 7th, 2005 at 3:17am
Triplets of Bellville was called Bellville Rendez-vous in the UK. Fantastic film with beautiful animation. If you like that sort of dark humour you would enjoy the live action French comedy/drama “Delectesen”.
January 7th, 2005 at 7:17pm
Japanese Story - 4.5 out of 10. Marks for effort, but not something I’ll bother watching a second time. Probably more like a 3 or so but I’m a consummate fencesitter and wouldn’t like to upset anyone.
January 17th, 2005 at 10:02pm
Japanese Story…mostly crap, I thought. Toni Collette was unecessarily unattractive, her character unappealing and the relationship storyline poor. There was enough West Australian scenery to form a promotional campaign but it was an excessive amount for the movie, which could have been shorter. Toni Collette’s response to the “surprise” was ridiculous and the ending of the movie dragged on and on infinitum. Sorry Daniel, thumbs down from me!