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By Maurice Jones 'Tiny Furniture' has a 'hipster' creed all over it by the look, which makes most people tray away from it. Myself being one of these people, I none the less decided to check it out as you can never always tell something just by the trailer and I heard Lena Dunham's life is as portrayed in the movie, so it wasn't necessarily a style choice, not that that's important.
'Tiny Furniture' opens as you'd expect it too, down to the music. It unleashes a post 'Juno' independent film vibe that makes you wish more creative thought was put into this opening, however that's not the point to the film and if that is what Lena Dunham wanted to do based on reality, so be it.
Immediately from the start you get an amateurish film making shot after shot, from which you start to feel as I did; how did Lena Durham even get her own T.V. show? The acting itself, is.... well, amateurish to say the least at first and once to get to meet Aura's friends some might not be able to get past the fact that everyone in the film looks dressed straight out of the 'Urban Outfitters' catalogue but this is not unbelievable or relevant. You soon realize that the spark of the film is not the style but the fact that the way the characters react to each other is quite real even to the point that the film allows you to figure out for yourself as to what Aura actually feels for her friends and family. It doesn't beat you over the head as to how to perceive each character but rather truly puts enough out there, and leaves you to put down your own slight possibility of who they are, kind of like figuring people out in real-life, which isn't easy to portray on paper. The film is also very aware of what the audience thinks or what the audience would do in certain situations. So, when you say to yourself, I hope this goes down this way because that's what would happen, it does. And with that I give Lena Dunham credit for being true to her audience self, therefore being a true movie fan and doing something realistic for the sake of logic and not for the sake of relating, which someone might misconstrued the movies point as. A movie like this is around to show that this reality is okay and exists, because as we all know, society imitates art. If you don't relate to this movie, it's probably because you're not in your twenties or you're less neurotic of a person but trust me the setting of the movie couldn't be less of the point. This is a different looking version of a too real reality of today's twenty-somethings.
In the end 'Tiny Furniture' actually respects reality and what it has to offer as entertainment, avoiding emotional clichés, unlike the movie 'Young Adult' which involves many clichés, yet expects us to think it's different after it's all said and done. There are obvious problems with 'Tiny Furniture' but I've still haven't seen many movies like it, that respects the truth so much to allow it to play out as it does, that's why I like it, it's just straight up refreshing. To understand 'Tiny Furniture' you have to sit down and watch it in its entirety and see what happens, like life itself.
'Tiny Furniture' opens as you'd expect it too, down to the music. It unleashes a post 'Juno' independent film vibe that makes you wish more creative thought was put into this opening, however that's not the point to the film and if that is what Lena Dunham wanted to do based on reality, so be it.
Immediately from the start you get an amateurish film making shot after shot, from which you start to feel as I did; how did Lena Durham even get her own T.V. show? The acting itself, is.... well, amateurish to say the least at first and once to get to meet Aura's friends some might not be able to get past the fact that everyone in the film looks dressed straight out of the 'Urban Outfitters' catalogue but this is not unbelievable or relevant. You soon realize that the spark of the film is not the style but the fact that the way the characters react to each other is quite real even to the point that the film allows you to figure out for yourself as to what Aura actually feels for her friends and family. It doesn't beat you over the head as to how to perceive each character but rather truly puts enough out there, and leaves you to put down your own slight possibility of who they are, kind of like figuring people out in real-life, which isn't easy to portray on paper. The film is also very aware of what the audience thinks or what the audience would do in certain situations. So, when you say to yourself, I hope this goes down this way because that's what would happen, it does. And with that I give Lena Dunham credit for being true to her audience self, therefore being a true movie fan and doing something realistic for the sake of logic and not for the sake of relating, which someone might misconstrued the movies point as. A movie like this is around to show that this reality is okay and exists, because as we all know, society imitates art. If you don't relate to this movie, it's probably because you're not in your twenties or you're less neurotic of a person but trust me the setting of the movie couldn't be less of the point. This is a different looking version of a too real reality of today's twenty-somethings.
In the end 'Tiny Furniture' actually respects reality and what it has to offer as entertainment, avoiding emotional clichés, unlike the movie 'Young Adult' which involves many clichés, yet expects us to think it's different after it's all said and done. There are obvious problems with 'Tiny Furniture' but I've still haven't seen many movies like it, that respects the truth so much to allow it to play out as it does, that's why I like it, it's just straight up refreshing. To understand 'Tiny Furniture' you have to sit down and watch it in its entirety and see what happens, like life itself.
By Maurice Jones
Tilda Swinton is pushing her best in 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'. A movie about an American couple who give birth to a boy who they name Kevin, who is born straight out of the womb making his mother's life a living hell. The movie goes through flashbacks back and forth, to when the mother (Tilda Swinton) was the most happiest before Kevin, to when she is at her most broken down as Kevin pushes her limits. From when Kevin is born he completely hates his mother, ignoring her, degrading her, tricking her, insulting her and staring her down as if he plans to kill her and to his unaware father (played by John C. Reily) he acts like the perfect son. The mother tries to connect with Kevin in deep conversation during mother/son activities, but only to get rebuttals as to why such normal societal endeavors are pointless, which shows the insight Kevin has but how tragic for it to be surround in apparent evil. What makes the movie especially creepy is that it is never reached to why Kevin is the way he is to his mother. When she thinks things are alright with her relationship with her son, Kevin quickly makes it known that things are the same. With all this, the mother is frustrated and therefore mentally tortured to no end but seems to just accept things the way they are, waiting for the day Kevin will be out of her life for good.
Tilda Swinton gives an interestingly paced, realistic performance. You can always point just when her character is about to break and the depth of the character's confusing with Kevin. And as expected, if one never knew of Tilda Swinton, there is no guess that she is English, definitely one of her best. Ezra Miller deserves enough regards as older Kevin playing him without the slightest inch of remorse and nods to the child actor who played younger Kevin with realistic accuracy. John C. Reily is perfect casting as the clouded father who doesn't see Kevin's bad behavior, but the character it's self lacks realism and in part weighs the movie down.
'We Need To Talk About Kevin' is essentially the most extreme version of a realistic mother and son relationship. It is also a straight-forward telling of how a child can be more socially aware and honest than his parent. Through his dislike for his mother Kevin also seems to be the one in the whole movie that even though he is absolute evil, who just wants people to be who they really are and see things for what they really are instead of seeing things like having a child or partaking in social norms as things that you just do. With this Kevin makes himself a sacrifice of some unknown greater good to counter act society itself but in which it turns out he's human all along.
'We Need To Talk About Kevin' sucks you in with location and content. The bright atmosphere of the movie contrasts with how dark Kevin's personality is and guides you into a ride of uneasiness, and throughout the movie your just constantly asking "Why?" This with Tilda Swinton makes for an interestingly disturbing yet great thought provoking movie.
Tilda Swinton is pushing her best in 'We Need To Talk About Kevin'. A movie about an American couple who give birth to a boy who they name Kevin, who is born straight out of the womb making his mother's life a living hell. The movie goes through flashbacks back and forth, to when the mother (Tilda Swinton) was the most happiest before Kevin, to when she is at her most broken down as Kevin pushes her limits. From when Kevin is born he completely hates his mother, ignoring her, degrading her, tricking her, insulting her and staring her down as if he plans to kill her and to his unaware father (played by John C. Reily) he acts like the perfect son. The mother tries to connect with Kevin in deep conversation during mother/son activities, but only to get rebuttals as to why such normal societal endeavors are pointless, which shows the insight Kevin has but how tragic for it to be surround in apparent evil. What makes the movie especially creepy is that it is never reached to why Kevin is the way he is to his mother. When she thinks things are alright with her relationship with her son, Kevin quickly makes it known that things are the same. With all this, the mother is frustrated and therefore mentally tortured to no end but seems to just accept things the way they are, waiting for the day Kevin will be out of her life for good.
Tilda Swinton gives an interestingly paced, realistic performance. You can always point just when her character is about to break and the depth of the character's confusing with Kevin. And as expected, if one never knew of Tilda Swinton, there is no guess that she is English, definitely one of her best. Ezra Miller deserves enough regards as older Kevin playing him without the slightest inch of remorse and nods to the child actor who played younger Kevin with realistic accuracy. John C. Reily is perfect casting as the clouded father who doesn't see Kevin's bad behavior, but the character it's self lacks realism and in part weighs the movie down.
'We Need To Talk About Kevin' is essentially the most extreme version of a realistic mother and son relationship. It is also a straight-forward telling of how a child can be more socially aware and honest than his parent. Through his dislike for his mother Kevin also seems to be the one in the whole movie that even though he is absolute evil, who just wants people to be who they really are and see things for what they really are instead of seeing things like having a child or partaking in social norms as things that you just do. With this Kevin makes himself a sacrifice of some unknown greater good to counter act society itself but in which it turns out he's human all along.
'We Need To Talk About Kevin' sucks you in with location and content. The bright atmosphere of the movie contrasts with how dark Kevin's personality is and guides you into a ride of uneasiness, and throughout the movie your just constantly asking "Why?" This with Tilda Swinton makes for an interestingly disturbing yet great thought provoking movie.