The Reader

[thepaulo]

I've been thinking of my Oscar picks and this looks like one of the strongest....
an unflinching look at a nazi prison guard at two points in her life....
they say this is Kate Winslet's year.

[thepaulo]

a devestating and sensitive film about guilt and forgiveness....
Winslet is better than she has ever been
lots of nudity and sex in the first hour of the film.
Ralph Fienes has also shown a lot of range this year with In Bruges, The Duchess and this.

[boonanas]

Time Out New York gave this one star, but they are usually pretty harsh.

[thepaulo]

Time Out New York gave this one star, but they are usually pretty harsh.

The movie is very good but it is not a feel good experience.

[foodcourtdruide]

a devestating and sensitive film about guilt and forgiveness....
Winslet is better than she has ever been
lots of nudity and sex in the first hour of the film.
Ralph Fienes has also shown a lot of range this year with In Bruges, The Duchess and this.

Sounds awesome Paul. I'll add this to my list of must-see's this year.

[Marc with a c]

my girl is at this now. i'm jealous.

[hammersavage]

I like nudity. I'll see this.

[Marc with a c]

she said it was fantastic, and winslett was amazing. i told her to fuck off cause john tucker must die is on.

[KnoxHarrington]

I like nudity. I'll see this.

Hopefully the theatre isn't too crowded so I can jack to this. Otherwise, I'll just have to wait for DVD.

[hammersavage]

that Ashanti is good

[thepaulo]

she said it was fantastic, and winslett was amazing. i told her to fuck off cause john tucker must die is on.

communication is an important part of a good relationship.

[Johnny Manf]

i saw it last tuesday. very slow film. lots of nudity in the first hour, sex scenes and just general walking around nudity from kate winslet. but again, its very slow moving. i wouldnt say it was great but it was good. definitely not Best Picture Oscar material.

[boonanas]

Yeah there's no way this movie is going to win an Oscar over Slumdog Millionaire.

[thepaulo]

nobody cared about the reader except me and Oscar.

[boonanas]

The Reader was good but in no way Best Picture material. Maybe Best Actress.

[foodcourtdruide]

Finally saw The Reader last night, absolutely blew me away! I was a bit scared to see it, because I had heard it was a bit slow paced, but the story is fucking amazing. The story is so well done, there were points in the film where my jaw dropped. Winslet is amazing too. I totally agree with this being in Oscar contention and so far this is the best movie I've seen that's been nominated, but I haven't seen Benjamin Button yet.

[hammersavage]

Slow paced at first and at the very end. But the middle hour or so is fantastic. Winslet was great and deserves an Oscar on one these years.

[RoseBlood]

I still want to see this and Slumdog.. that's all. :bye:

[hammersavage]

I still want to see this and Slumdog.. that's all. :bye:

They are both top 5 films of the year for me for sure.

[Marc with a c]

They are both top 5 films of the year for me for sure.

you're supposed to say that you'd love to go see them again.

[hammersavage]

And I'd love to go see them again.

And do you think David Bowie is sexy?

[Marc with a c]

And I'd love to go see them again.

And do you think David Bowie is sexy?

she was suppose to say awesome, we should go. and sometimes.

[hammersavage]

Then I would have said that sounds lovely. When should I pick you up? and queer.

[Marc with a c]

you're being to aggressive.

you need to come with something along the lines of 'what time are you picking me up?" or "if you like those movies we should make our own."

you know something subtle and suave, like you.

[foodcourtdruide]

Slow paced at first and at the very end. But the middle hour or so is fantastic. Winslet was great and deserves an Oscar on one these years.

Agree with the point about the beginning, but the end? I thought the end was brilliant and perfectly paced.

[~Katja~]

not sure why this slipped by me. I just looked at the trailer and it seems to be a wonderful movie. Is it still in theaters at this point? I may wait for the DVD.
But I absolutely will see this movie.

[foodcourtdruide]

not sure why this slipped by me. I just looked at the trailer and it seems to be a wonderful movie. Is it still in theaters at this point? I may wait for the DVD.
But I absolutely will see this movie.

Not sure if you ever come into NYC, but it's still playing at The Paris. That's where I saw it last week. It's really a beautiful theater.

[razorboy]

I saw it. Liked it, didn't love it. Kate Winslet is sexy as hell and damn good actress.

[RoseBlood]

Kate Winslet is the main reason I will see this movie.

[hammersavage]

If you like her breasts, you will LOVE this movie.

[Gerald]

I thought the first half of this was exceptional. The second half suffered by comparison a bit when it became really somber and austere but overall I still felt it was a strong effort. Enraged Batman fanboys who are singling out this as the one that unjustly stole the slot that should've gone to TDK are barking up the wrong tree.

[~Katja~]

I saw it last night (only 3 people in the entire theater for the last call) .

I loved the movie. It is definitely not a chick flick but also most likely not a movie to be enjoyed by a "manly man" who prefers action and comedy but that was pretty clear going into it.

I loved the storyline and how the beginning of the movie, the love affair between Hannah and Michael played such an important role throughout the movie all the way to the end.

I think it brilliantly shows how people took jobs just to have a job back in those days and simply followed orders as they were expected. Hannah seems a very simple minded person yet intrigued by art and knowledge, though her answers in court clearly show the mindset of a person able to chose and lead 300 jews into their death without understanding that she was actually able to stop it by not taking orders, all of the guards could have stopped it, yet you see how the guards on the stand with her only cared and looked out for their own interest.



It was a great movie, and yes, I shed a tear or two.

[TheMojoPin]

Excellent film. I'm sick of reading frenzied TDK fanboys screaming about how this "robbed" TDK of a Best Picture nod. If anything robbed it, it was schlock like ...Benjamin Button (though the Wrestler is far more robbed of a nod than TDK is).

[foodcourtdruide]

Excellent film. I'm sick of reading frenzied TDK fanboys screaming about how this "robbed" TDK of a Best Picture nod. If anything robbed it, it was schlock like ...Benjamin Button (though the Wrestler is far more robbed of a nod than TDK is).

Benjamin Button is the final "best picture" movie I haven' seen this year, I'm going on Friday. Not really looking forward to it.

I agree with what you said about The Reader.

[hammersavage]

I saw it last night (only 3 people in the entire theater for the last call) .

I loved the movie. It is definitely not a chick flick but also most likely not a movie to be enjoyed by a "manly man" who prefers action and comedy but that was pretty clear going into it.

I loved the storyline and how the beginning of the movie, the love affair between Hannah and Michael played such an important role throughout the movie all the way to the end.

I think it brilliantly shows how people took jobs just to have a job back in those days and simply followed orders as they were expected. Hannah seems a very simple minded person yet intrigued by art and knowledge, though her answers in court clearly show the mindset of a person able to chose and lead 300 jews into their death without understanding that she was actually able to stop it by not taking orders, all of the guards could have stopped it, yet you see how the guards on the stand with her only cared and looked out for their own interest.



It was a great movie, and yes, I shed a tear or two.

I hate movies that take place in a foreign speaking place and everyone speaks English. I know it would kill their box office so the movie wouldn't be made the same but it irritates the hell out of me.

Cruise didn't even have an accent for Valkyrie. Why bother then?

[Gerald]

schlock like ...Benjamin Button

It's not schlock. It was made with impeccable professionalism and meticulous precision. Disaster Movie is schlock. Just because you weren't won over by the story doesn't mean you can't give due recognition for the level of artistry that went into bringing it to the screen.

[Thebazile78]

I hate movies that take place in a foreign speaking place and everyone speaks English. I know it would kill their box office so the movie wouldn't be made the same but it irritates the hell out of me.

Cruise didn't even have an accent for Valkyrie. Why bother then?

Why would you WANT Cruise with an accent?

Isn't he awful enough?

[TheMojoPin]

It's not schlock. It was made with impeccable professionalism and meticulous precision. Disaster Movie is schlock. Just because you weren't won over by the story doesn't mean you can't give due recognition for the level of artistry that went into bringing it to the screen.

To me it was just schlock dressed up in a pretty bow. Fincher coasted on an unchallenging film with an unoriginal story. Part of my disapointment is due to his involvement and how underwhelming it was.

[~Katja~]

I hate movies that take place in a foreign speaking place and everyone speaks English. I know it would kill their box office so the movie wouldn't be made the same but it irritates the hell out of me.

Cruise didn't even have an accent for Valkyrie. Why bother then?
the inconsistency and mix of accents as well of switching throughout the movie was far more annoying in Valkyrie.

In The Reader they all had consistent German accents and in fact the lead actor had to learn English for his role, he's only been in German movies before. He was actually 17 when the movie was made so I think he did a really good job in both roles.

Why would you WANT Cruise with an accent?

Isn't he awful enough?
exactly. even his attempt at speaking German in the beginning of the movie was poor.

[hammersavage]

the inconsistency and mix of accents as well of switching throughout the movie was far more annoying in Valkyrie.

In The Reader they all had consistent German accents and in fact the lead actor had to learn English for his role, he's only been in German movies before. He was actually 17 when the movie was made so I think he did a really good job in both roles.

I thought it was flawless in the Reader, don't get me wrong. It's just something that takes my brain some getting around. They definitely sounded like Berliner's speaking English to me (which was the point) but I have to get past that they should be speaking German.

That kid had to film all of his non sex scenes first and waited til he turned 18 to film his sex scenes with Kate.

[~Katja~]

That kid had to film all of his non sex scenes first and waited til he turned 18 to film his sex scenes with Kate.

really? I did not read that at all. In Germany you are legal at 16 to do so; so it never even crossed my mind that he had to be 18 here to film it... especially since it was mostly filmed in Germany

[hammersavage]

I guess since it was American produced.

[Friday]

i finally watched this... it was a beautiful film.
frustrating at times, which i believe was the goal of the writing.
but there was a justification to every character that you don't always find.
well done.

[ToiletCrusher]

Instead of watching this movie, I bought a book.

[Thebazile78]

I read the book instead. The translation was really bumpy.

I have never wanted so badly to learn to read German before in my life.

[Friday]

Instead of watching this movie, I bought a book.

would you mind reading to me later?

[ToiletCrusher]

would you mind reading to me later?

Books on tape with toiletcrusher could be a great business idea. But, I need some internet first.

[~Katja~]

I read the book instead. The translation was really bumpy.

I have never wanted so badly to learn to read German before in my life.

that's weird, the reviews say that she translated it gracefully...

[Thebazile78]

that's weird, the reviews say that she translated it gracefully...

I wouldn't know without knowing what it was supposed to read like in German. Sometimes what one person describes as "graceful" another will describe as clunky. It's like the differences between the initial translation of Elie Wiesel's Night, which I understood to have been a translation from a French translation of his Yiddish, and the Oprah's Book Club version, which was translated by his wife. Somehow, it read a bit differently and a bit more richly in his wife's translation than it did the first time.

It may have been an accurate translation for The Reader, but it clunked here and there, so I started to think about what it's like to read works in translation and then I wanted to learn to read German so I could figure it out. But maybe I'm the only person who thinks that way; I don't know.