I just watched 'The Pianist', for the first time.

[RevolutionaryActs]

:cry:


What an amazing film. Just... wow.

I spent the first half crying, and the second half just in awe.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

1. It affected me the same way.

A truly great movie and a brilliant performance by Adrian Brody.

[RevolutionaryActs]

3. Yeah, Adrian Brody was just amazing.

I'm so glad he won the Oscar, I truly deserving actor.

[pres2032]

2. oooo, good movie

Adrien Brody gives a powerful performance

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10. I couldn't take my eyes off of him, he was so captivating.

[pres2032]

19. yeah, he definitely needs to do more movies

[tjdee]

22. Oh he will....next up is King Kong.

Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame) is directing it. Frankly I'm a bit concerned, but I am hoping it's good.

Actually before that he's got The Jacket, which I've heard is kind of a sci-fi-ish artsy thrillery thing with Keira Knightley.

He's going to be a big star, and then he's going to marry me.

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

24. So wait, if hes going to marry you then that means I really CAN have Jamie

:evilgrin:

[tjdee]

25. D'oh! You weren't supposed to see that!

I'm waiting for Nicholas Nickelby and Deathwatch to get here from Netflix in order to better gauge my feelings.

:silly:

Maybe Jamie can just be my...dance instructor, until the wedding. ;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. Well you shouldn't have posted on my thread....

:silly:

Deathwatch! I want to see that. Darn it, let me now how it is after you watch it ok? :P

[tjdee]

29. You're supposed to be off in awe or something!

Thought I'd sneak that in under the radar....:)

I'll let you know how it is, I'll probably watch that first. Andy Serkis is in that too, actually. Thought that was interesting...

[seabeyond]

4. havent seen it and i am a movie watcher

dont know why.

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. Oh please watch it. It's intense, but it's so good.

[seabeyond]

18. because you say so

i have seen so many good movies in just the last two weeks. really getting into it

[tjdee]

23. Adrien's performance is breathtaking.

All cheesy worship of him aside, I'd see the film for no other reason besides his performance. He is just about every scene (maybe every one?), many of them alone...his Oscar win was definitely deserved.

Roman Polanski did some good work there as well (enough to win the Oscar, which I think he did? I don't know).

[proud patriot]

5. Yep that one is so good I had to go out and buy it

Never forget

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9. No, never forget.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Skittles]

6. a very, very poignant movie

stunning

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11. Stunning is the perfect word.

[mzmolly]

8. Great film.

Very moving.

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12. So moving, I could watch it again right now.

[mzmolly]

13. I'd like to own it.

Perhaps I shall someday?

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14. I would like to own it too.

I might ask for it for my birthday.

[tjdee]

15. No, you can NOT have Adrien Brody.

That's all I have to say about that.


The thing that frustrated me about that film was a)it was pretty much "Hey, look how horrific the Nazis were", AGAIN, and b)Szpilman was too "everyman" for me. It was kind of like he floated from situation to situation.

However, a)it was a real story, which makes it terribly sad, b)Polanski's life was eerily similar to Szpilman's, and c)Adrien kicked everyone's ass with his performance. It was a very, very good performance. He has a natural style I really like.

OH, and DUer LiberalTexan (not around much anymore?) is related to the German soldier who helped Szpilman.

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. I knew I would draw you out! tehehe

And I know, Adrian is yours.

But damn he was good in that movie, he was almost hypnotizing.

[tjdee]

21. Definitely, you should buy it.

It's downstairs, and I don't really remember, LOL, but the dvd has a kind of "making of" the film which adds a lot.

The extras aren't too plentiful (in fact I think that featurette is it) but it's certainly a film one could watch over and over again.

For more reasons than being charmed by Mr. Brody, even. When he said he loves a woman who plays the cello, you know he ain't talkin' bout the music :evilgrin:.

One memorable part for me was when he was "playing" the piano--Adrien said it was like he was pretending that the piano was like a lover he couldn't be with, a comparison which I thought was stirring.

[Lisabtrucking]

26. I cried at shindlers list , is it sad like that? or is it more powerful? n

[tjdee]

28. Well, it's much more personal.

It's like watching your friend lose everything.

I'd say yes, it's more powerful, because you have Polanski directing. He was a small boy who escaped the camps in Poland, at the same time Szpilman was--just in another city. So he knows WTF he's talking about, what it was really like, etc.

The film happens in a matter of fact way, too, so he holds no punches.

And then as I mention above, Adrien is such a strong actor and can convey a lot with little dialogue.

I haven't seen Schindler's List in a while, though.

[Lisabtrucking]

31. Thanks, yeah I love movies that are real testimonies from people

who lived through it. I have read a lot about the holocaust, and yes it is very, very sad. Some of the books just took my breath away. I'm am one who will never forget the past, and love to read about it, so that never happens again.

[tjdee]

32. The film is based on a book/memoirs, actually.

I always screw up his first name, but Mr. Szpilman's book is what prompted Polanski to make the film. I think he'd always wanted to do a film about his childhood (that part) and never found the right material until he read Szpilman's book.

[Lisabtrucking]

17. I heard it was good. going to buy it.

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[Huckebein the Raven]

20. A very powerful film

[ironflange]

30. I just saw it recently, too (mild spoiler)

Extraordinary film. Some parts were pretty hard to take.

The piece he played in the ruined house was an abridged Ballade #1 of Chopin. That really affected me, as Mrs. Ironflange used to play the same piece, many years ago.

[sundog]

33. hey rev.. I watched a few days ago too

pretty amazing, eh?

I could feel my guts twisting inside out.

I'm sure the film quite close to Polanski, since I believe his mother was a casualty of the Warsaw Ghetto. He managed to escape.

It is not sure its his absloute best film, but its personal tone is quite affecting.