The Decalogue And Ikiru
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Join Date: 2003-06-07 Member: 17088Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-06-07 Member: 17088Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">my movie week</div> I promised in one of my posts that I would make a topic about the DVDs I got, The Decalogue and Ikiru. I don't really want to go to sleep and I have nothing to do, so I can see this as a perfect time for it.
I haven't seen either of these films before I got them on DVD. I picked them because of the word of others. There seemed to be no doubts about Ikiru, which no one described as less than great. There was very little information about The Decalogue when I was looking at it. I mean, there is detailed information but there is no mass content about. It just isn't popular. I don't know why I got it, the idea of it being based on the Ten Commandments appealed to me, I suppose.
<b>Ikiru, directed by Akira Kurosawa</b>
There is nothing but the word "overrated" to describe this movie. Well, there is always something. I'll go into more detail.
It's just old. That didn't really bother me but it greatly hindered the presentation. There is some of the most over the top acting I have ever seen in this movie. People give very loud laughs, crying screams, and if shyness and loneliness can be acted with an over the top manner, this movie certainly has that too. It really didn't have any movie moments that pulled me in. It didn't have much.
I didn't like it. I regret buying it.
<b>The Decalogue, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski</b>
The Decalogue really isn't a movie. It's ten separate episodes, each dealing with one of the Ten Commandments. But it really is a movie, gripping in that cinematic way.
Everything is just done right. Just when you think something in one of the episodes is going to turn into a cliché, it doesn't. It really had control of me in a weird way. I felt when I figured out something, knew that something was going to happen, that I was supposed to know that. Everything seems to be very detailed and thought out. It's hard to feel that way about movies anymore.
The DVD set is $67.99 on amazon.com and I would assure you that it's worth it. There aren't very many special features that you usually get in special editions of DVDs but the whole movie is about 584 minutes.
I haven't seen either of these films before I got them on DVD. I picked them because of the word of others. There seemed to be no doubts about Ikiru, which no one described as less than great. There was very little information about The Decalogue when I was looking at it. I mean, there is detailed information but there is no mass content about. It just isn't popular. I don't know why I got it, the idea of it being based on the Ten Commandments appealed to me, I suppose.
<b>Ikiru, directed by Akira Kurosawa</b>
There is nothing but the word "overrated" to describe this movie. Well, there is always something. I'll go into more detail.
It's just old. That didn't really bother me but it greatly hindered the presentation. There is some of the most over the top acting I have ever seen in this movie. People give very loud laughs, crying screams, and if shyness and loneliness can be acted with an over the top manner, this movie certainly has that too. It really didn't have any movie moments that pulled me in. It didn't have much.
I didn't like it. I regret buying it.
<b>The Decalogue, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski</b>
The Decalogue really isn't a movie. It's ten separate episodes, each dealing with one of the Ten Commandments. But it really is a movie, gripping in that cinematic way.
Everything is just done right. Just when you think something in one of the episodes is going to turn into a cliché, it doesn't. It really had control of me in a weird way. I felt when I figured out something, knew that something was going to happen, that I was supposed to know that. Everything seems to be very detailed and thought out. It's hard to feel that way about movies anymore.
The DVD set is $67.99 on amazon.com and I would assure you that it's worth it. There aren't very many special features that you usually get in special editions of DVDs but the whole movie is about 584 minutes.
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