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Post by MagdaFR on Jan 15, 2021 1:36:14 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Jan 15, 2021 1:39:45 GMT
Why he thinks a few will watch? Okay, maybe the theme is uncomfortable for the standard American but I hope people watch it. Surely, people outside the USA would be interested.
America is not the world.
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Post by mllemass on Jan 23, 2021 22:06:59 GMT
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Post by MagdaFR on Jan 29, 2021 20:07:29 GMT
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Post by mllemass on Mar 7, 2021 23:48:37 GMT
Actress Dana Delany likes it. In the comments to her tweet, she agrees that the title might be the reason it’s not more well-known.
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Post by mllemass on Mar 9, 2021 1:23:00 GMT
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Post by mllemass on Mar 23, 2021 16:06:23 GMT
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Post by miriel68 on Apr 5, 2021 9:24:54 GMT
So I finally got to watch the film and I have to say I have mixed feelings. All the three main actors are excellent, especially Tahar Rahim, but the film itself is not as compelling as it could be and it offers almost no space for character development for Foster and Cumberbatch. She is the same person at the end of the film she was at the beginning, a though and honest lawyer fighting for the law to be respected. His storyline is more interesting because he starts convinced as hell about the prisoner's guilt, but his change of heart and especially its consequences for him on the personal and professional level are not really explored. It's a pity, the trailer was excellent and I had high expectations. Comparing the Mauritanian to the Courier I would say the Courier is a far superior film.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 5, 2021 22:42:43 GMT
I think Kevin Macdonald is better documentalist than fictional filmmaker but I also think this is his best fictional movie, including his much more awarded The Last King of Scotland .
It's a Hollywood movie (as asked by Mohamedou Ould Slahi himself!) but with the dry style of Macdonald. It's indeed centered mostly on Tahar Rahin character but I think that's the best decision. About Jodie Foster character, I absolutely loved the scene in which she lost her patience with her young colleague! She is sublime in it! It's maybe a little cliche but a character presented as heroic for her determination of defending the worst kind of criminals became everyone has that right and even when she would be repudiated by everyone 8n her country sounds something revolutionary at a time in which law students campaign for Universities to fire professors who had defended famous criminals in the past!
Also I think her character changes during the movie and actually reflects BC's character journey. Just yesterday someone explained it in a very beautiful way: both characters go from see Mohamedou Ould Slahi as a tool that they both can use for their opposite political causes to see him as human being. An innocent human abused by the system.
I haven't watched The Courier. I hope I soon could do it!
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Post by roverpup on Apr 6, 2021 2:58:50 GMT
I agree with you Sgev. I think the movie rightly centres around Slahi and keeps Foster and Cumberbatch's character in supporting roles (which is exactly what they should be). But even in supporting roles these two characters do go through attitudinal transitions from the beginning of the film to the end.
To say they actually initially thought of Slahi as a "tool" to be used for their own agenda might be a bit harsh, but I do think that both characters certainly did alter their perceptions of who Slahi was by the end of the movie.
In a way both characters are representative of the perception journey the audience takes in reguards to who they see as Slahi is.
And using the supporting characters, the movie shows this journey in perceptions from both a initial "liberal" viewpoint (in Foster's character) and a "conservative" bent (in Cumberbatch's character). It's very inclusive, actually. It demonstrates that this story is something that goes beyond a clichéd "lib/con" polemic - it's about just plain human decency.
I truly love Kevin MacDonald's style of movie making. Both his fictional and non-fiction films. Last King of Scotland is a favourite of mine. As for his documentary films - I really loved Touching the Void! Feels more like a drama and you live on this treacherous journey.
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