Perfect Sense, Melancholia, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World

It's Apocalypse time!

#1 - PERFECT SENSE

Stars - Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Denis Lawson, Ewen Bremnar

Director - David McKenzie

Memorable Quote - "Because that is how life goes on. Like that."

Review - This film is about everyone in the world's sense disappearing one by one, and the way that it deals with the subject is very interesting. We too are stripped of our every sense as the film goes on: from the moment that the sense of hearing is lost there is no sound other than the calm sounding narration which describes throughout the film what is happening and what impact it had on them. It is an interesting concept and it is executed well; however, I found it to be quite drab and grey throughout, which almost made it seem as though the end could not come quickly enough! A little more colour early on would have been appreciated to create a nicer tone in the first place. Still, the love story is heart wrenching and must be saluted.  3/5

#2 - MELANCHOLIA

Stars - Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Keifer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgard, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard

Director - Lars Von Trier

Memorable Quote - "This could have been a lot different."

Review - I'm not sure I was as impressed with Melancholia as I wanted to be. I genuinely wanted to enjoy it. From what I had heard I was expecting it to be fantastic. And yet, it just... wasn't. All of the interesting parts of the story were passed by without exploration, while altogether too much time was spent on naval gazing and recreating artistic scenes. The depression was portrayed well, particularly in the bath scene, but the other naked scenes were completely unnecessary and rather detracted from what was going on because it just made you think about how Dunst was getting naked. The beginning and the premonition was just too slow and dreary - a briefer shot for each part would have been better - and it got me off to a bad start in terms fo first impressions. I felt bored, and that is not what I look for in a film. 2/5

#3 - SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Stars - Steve Carrell, Keira Knightley

Director - Lorene Scarafia

Memorable Quote - "I'm not sure that the month between my wife leaving me and the end of the world sounds like good timing. Do you?"

Review - This is interesting because it deals with the same kind of subject as Melancholia, but annoyed me a hell of a lot less. I still find Knightley to be irritating as all get out because the girl really cannot act as well as Hollywood thinks she can, and that stands out in this piece besides the always reliable Carrell. We are used to him being the derided loser as well as the comedic turn, but this is something different and we can believe that he really did get the girl not once, but three times. The end is dealt with better than in Melancholia because at least we have a satisfying conclusion, which I will not ruin, and there is even the possibility that others may have survived with the tactics described throughout the scene. Apart from all of this, the dog was the best part of the film as it was absolutely adorable, I could not stop looking at it in every single scene! 4/5

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