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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Thursday Movie Picks #70: Movies about Music/Making Music/Musicians (Suggested by Wendell)



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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is  Movies about Music/Making Music/Musicians (No Biopics or focus on Real Life Musicians) (suggested by Wendell)

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Hello everyone! How has your week been? Well it's another Thursday and today's theme theme is a suggestion from Wendell@DellonMovies. My picks this week are simple, all of them were movies I've seen just in the last few weeks.

Breathe In (2013)
In Breathe In, Sophie's (a foreign exchange student) arrival at her host family home disrupts the family's relationships. The father in the family is a high school music teacher who yearns to play in a big orchestra, but his wife's continued reluctance to move to the city stifles his ambitions. Sophie who turns out to be a talented young pianist uncertain about pursuing a musical career, awakens a desire in the father to follow not only his musical ambitions but possibly also a romantic one. I rather enjoyed this. The tension of the relationships of the characters I thought were great.

Frank (2014)
I really like the first third: Jon struggling to write songs was endearing and when he met Frank and join his band it looked like it could be the beginning of his musical career. I felt like the story became less interesting when they stayed at the cabin. It was one eccentric thing after another. As for Frank, well he is weird as expected,but I'd say less weird than his friends who treats him like some kind of genius. I also had trouble understanding what Frank was saying most of the time, he either sort of mumbles or the mask just muffles too much of his voice. I wanted to really like this movie but I think it's just a little too eccentric for me.

Lucky Them (2013)
In Lucky Them, Toni Collete plays a music journalist assigned to write an article about a rock star who disappeared from the stage a decade ago who also happens to be her boyfriend at the time. Reluctantly she goes on a journey to investigate the mystery for the article and at the same time to get closure on what really happened. I rather enjoyed this one too. It was funny and it was nice seeing Toni Collette playing a young cool rock kind of character instead of the mom-ish characters I tend to see her in.

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13 comments:

  1. Big Screen Small WordsNovember 12, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    I totally forgot about Frank! Frank is a great film; Michael Fassbender was very good in it, and he was wearing a mask almost the whole time. I haven't seen the other two but I've been meaning to watch Breathe In. Great picks!

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    1. WandererNovember 19, 2015 at 4:09 AM

      He is, but I feel it's a bit wasted then he only takes off his mask near the end.

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  2. Brittani BurnhamNovember 12, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    I love that you went with Breathe In. I really enjoyed that film. I wasn't crazy about Frank, but Lucky Them sounds really interesting. I'm going to throw that one in my Netflix queue.

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  3. joel65913November 12, 2015 at 10:10 PM

    These are all new to me but two sound worth checking out, especially Lucky Them. Love Toni Collette. Thanks for the warning on Frank.

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    1. WandererNovember 19, 2015 at 4:35 AM

      Yeah I kind of wish I saw it on DVD instead on cable so that I can switch on the subtitles.

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  4. Katie HoganNovember 12, 2015 at 10:57 PM

    I was going to pick Frank - great film! But I wanted to save it for another theme. Not seen the other two bu they look good!

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  5. DanielNovember 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM

    Haven't seen the other two, but Frank was pretty good. It actually may be my favorite Michael Fassbender performance (especially in the last quarter, when the mask comes off), and Maggie Gyllenhaal is great in it, too.

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    1. WandererNovember 19, 2015 at 4:39 AM

      I like him too. He has an expressive face and excels in emotional scenes so I sort of feel it was wasted he was wearing a mask the majority of the film even though I understand it's part of the point to make it more meaningful when he reveals himself.

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  6. BirgitNovember 12, 2015 at 11:12 PM

    I have not heard of these and Breathe In and Lucky Them sound quite good. I especially love Toni Collette

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    1. WandererNovember 19, 2015 at 4:41 AM

      You haven't heard of Frank? I think it received some small buzz what with Michael Fassbender wearing a mask most of it.

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  7. DellNovember 13, 2015 at 9:32 AM

    Frank has been sitting on "My List" at Netflix for months. I oughta take that baby out for a spin one of these days. Haven't seen any of these actually. I've got a lot of work to do.

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