I thought Dark Water was very slow, long and boring. With very little scary moments in between. Not slow like M Night films, because at least something big happens at the end of his movies. Althought I sorta guessed the end of The Village half way through. I mean how can someone get robbed, rapped in the streets and die in a alleyway in the 1800's(or whatever year it was suppose to be). That sorta tipped it off for me. I mean there are no streets around, they had like cobble roads or something and no money anywhere. Plus William Hurt accent was all over the place. Also they were gonna run out of people to mate with eventually and everyone would be related somehow. I can talk all day about The Village but let's get back to Dark Waters.
Dark Waters is this film about a recently divorced mother named Yoshimi (mother abandonment issues/possibly crazy) and her little girl named Ikuko. Yoshimi has to get back on track find a place to live and a job and battle her ex for her kid. Yoshimi has little cash flow so she picks a dump to live in and gets a job which leaves Ikuko in daycare. Yoshimi starts to notice a little weirdo raincoat girl living alone and a hello kitty type bag. This bag, dripping ceiling, the ex husband, lawyers and little girl starts to drive Yoshimi crazy. It reminds her off her neglectful mother and some other stuff (the flashbacks in this flick were driving me crazy). To make a long story short. Yoshimi finds out the truth about raincoat girl and (forget it), I guess you have to see it for yourself. The movie was alright, I doubt I'll ever see it again.
What is it with Japanesse horror films and working mothers/abandon little unwanted girls/and lots of water (The Ring 1&2 & Dark Waters). The whole gulity mother not around for the child because of work stuff is sorta cruel in some ways. If the mother didn't work everyone would starve and be homeless. I would love to see a horror film about the stay at home mom, who is always around. I was scarred a little bit by only two scene in this whole entire movie. The scene with Ikuko being found by the mysterious girl in the yellow raincoat at school and the elevator/hallway scene near the end. The whole Ikuko ten years later or whatever scene at the end wasn't really needed. It just further showed the whole trapped motherly guilt (unwanted little girl) scenario thing. The mother and daughter names (Yoshimi & Ikuko) in the film were really pretty. As the credits rolled it would have been cool if they played Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Aprat" I really want to see the Jennifer Connely version and see the difference between the two films.
I was blown away by My Summer Of Love. It the story of two teen girls named Tasmin and Mona. Tasmin is a rich lonely girl with lots of time to kill. Mona is not so rich and lives with her ex-con brother who is now born again. Mona and Tasmin start a friendship which turns into an intense and obsessive love. Mona is introduced to tenderness and passion Tasmin is just well... I don't want to spoil anything. It's a really wonderful film. I was suprised by the way it ended. The Mona grews from the summer romance and hopefully will move on. The relationship between Tasmin and Mona (Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt) was really deep and dealt alot with class and trust. It's really cool to see a lesbian relationship end in a sorta normal paniful way. This love affair doesn't end with bloodshed. Paddy Considine was also great as Mona's older reborn again christian brother. I really loved him in In America.
Before the year is out I also plan on seeing theses film. The Eye 2, A Ma Soeur (Fat Girl) & Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters) before the year is out. I've been wanting to see these three films for a long time.
Is it me or is this the longest blog I've ever written.
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