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I went to go see Siblings yesterday because Chris was given a free pass that he couldn't use since he was going to a film making seminar. It was a really low turn-out, probably due to the fact that it was a gorgeous day out and the screening was 1:00pm on a Saturday.
It is a very entertaining movie. Dark humour that made me laugh and I enjoyed it for what it was, although I think it is targetted at a much younger crowd. Unfortunately, many of the younger crowd attending the screening were very annoying, both before and during the movie. Being loud and showing off to each other and bouncing on the chairs.
The director, David Weaver and the actor who plays the youngest girl, Samantha Weinstein were there for questions afterwards, but due to the young audience rushing to the front afterwards there were no serious questions. Samantha stole the show, very talented even in person. Hopefully it doesn't go to her head. The director was very amiable and let her be the focus even though it was his movie.
The web site is too slow because it is one big flash animation. Including the trailer. It took forever until the CAST BIOS link worked. It would have been better if they loaded the trailer separately.
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Last night I went curling at a work function. It was a lot of fun and I got to know more people on the extended project team. I had gone curling once before many years ago. It was at the Weston Golf and Country Club and we had a great lesson to start with. She went over how to sweep, how to throw and how to score. Since we were almost all beginners she only taught us the basics which was enough. We created teams of 3 (because 18 is not divisible by 4). It meant we had only one sweeper each, but we got more chances to throw the rocks this way. Anyway, I am still not convinved that sweeping does anything, except to keep the rest of the team busy :)
I threw one really good rock that knocked the other team out and gave us three points. However, all my other rocks tended to knock our own rocks out more than the other teams. I wouldn't mind playing again, but I don't know of other curling rinks close to us and the season just ended.
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Just got my film festival schedule emailed to me. How very cool. I got all my top choices. Not sure if I will go to them all. Might be a bit too much in one week.
| YEAR | EVENT | TITLE | DAY | DATE | TIME | QTY |
| 2005 | 0923RY | Banlieue 13 | FRI | 9/9/2005 | 11:59pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1018V8 | The Quiet | SAT | 9/10/2005 | 06:45pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1118RY | The Mistress of Spices | SUN | 9/11/2005 | 06:15pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1218F2 | Dreaming Lhasa | MON | 9/12/2005 | 06:00pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1318C2 | Lucid | TUE | 9/13/2005 | 06:30pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1420V3 | Six Figures | WED | 9/14/2005 | 08:30pm | 3 |
| 2005 | 1519T4 | Frankie | THU | 9/15/2005 | 07:15pm | 1 |
| 2005 | 1621V2 | Brothers of the Head | FRI | 9/16/2005 | 09:15pm | 1 |
This was my first Toronto Film Fest movie this year and I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to. It was a violent action movie which is not what I usually go for, but I wanted some sci-fi in my movies.
This one takes place in Paris in 2010, in a world where violence has escalated to the point where Paris has walled off the housing projects to protect the taxpayers. (When will governments learn that walls do not solve problems)
The movie starts off with a great chase scene and the audience really got into the "ouches" of the bad guys and the amazing leaps over buildings. Especially since before the movie started, we were told that all the action was real. No wires were used.
There are two main male characters leads and I like the way they work together, especially since they were so different from each other.
Jen
My second movie, The Quiet was a very interesting drama.
It is all about a deaf/dumb girl who has recently been orphaned, and goes to live with a new family. She learns everyone else's secrets, and in the end reveals her own secret. I won't tell you what, since that would spoil the movie.
The main "secret" that she discovers is very disturbing, and the movie would be really difficult to watch, except there are occasional bits of humour that provide some relief. The writer said that the comedy was not planned, but that it just evolved from the characters as he was writing.
I found it interesting how the relationship changed between the two girls throughout the movie. Nina is a real bitch towards Dot when she arrives, but in the end they have a bond, which I wouldn't describe as friendship, but almost like sisters.
It was based on a book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
This is one movie that I decided to see after just looking at the photo. It was really captivating and the main characters were both gorgeous.
I loved the warm tones and how the store was made to be so comfortable and welcoming. You felt that the spices were also characters in the movie, especially that red chilli pepper.
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