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thelake ([personal profile] thelake) wrote2009-05-06 01:33 pm
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Movie rec.

If you're looking for a calm, yet very riveting movie watch Speak (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378793/). I'm sure most of you know about the book and this movie (in which Kristen Stewart is truly amazing).

It's such a touching story and very well filmed. The quiet scenes (which is like the 90% of the movie) and the inner voice of Melinda was amazing. Kristen Stewart is really really amazing portraying this girl. I just love how her face lights up when she smiles, and throughout the movie you literally miss her smile...

Also Steve Zahn was a bonus for me since I adore him ♥

So, yes, watch this movie and let me know what you think :) I have to find the book and read it sometime. Considering the movie, the actual book must be absolutely amazing!

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
nım. dont know this one.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
ben totally bir comm.'da gordum, ipod muvisi diye indirdim, dün yarısını izledim, bugün de geri kalanını bitirdim pek guzeldi be.. ben çok sevmem öyle independent movieleri ama bu cidden güzeldi. kristen tam kendine göre bir rol oynamış böyle silik falan.. baya karakter analizi yaptım, it was good. *kafasında yazmıştır movieyi tekrar*
AMA YAZILMIŞI VARMIŞ ZATEN.

otp yaptım iconları. *eğlence yaratırkendine*

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
silent ve independent movieler güzel olunca hakkaten güzel oluyorlar i know what i mean.

ve baya otp.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
çalışıp didinmekten umudu kestim.
*bir daha otp yapar*

[identity profile] cancoydu.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
*indirtir ve ilk bunu izler* :) not aldıımm :D *meraks*

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
böyle yat uzan bir yere, aç filmi, bir yandan izle, bir yandan düşüncelere dal...

[identity profile] cancoydu.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
oyh.. öyle dinlendirici yaaanii :)))

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
aslında konusu biraz ağır (tecavüz, travma, vesaire) ama o sakin ve doğal oynamış ki kristen, öyle aktı gitti film...
izledim tam anlamıyla...

[identity profile] cancoydu.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
hmhmm.. çok merak ettim cidden :) tavsiye için sağooll :)

[identity profile] rolandcl.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Kristen cidden güzel oynamış bu filmde.Ekşisözlükte hatta büyüdükçe yeteneğini kaybeden oyunculardan demişler,tabiki bu filmle twilight ı karşılaştığımızda haklı çıkıyolar :D

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
ya gitsinler, twilight'ta karşısında başka bir edward olsaydı iyi olurdu bence. yine iyiydi kristen..

[identity profile] rolandcl.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
iyiydi ama yinede sönüktü.Ben Robert'ı beğendim allah için şimdi hakkını yiyemem :D

[identity profile] rawthorne.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen this and while it's definitely a good movie, the ending kind of... I don't know, it seemed to give the wrong message. Sort of that she needed to react with violence to punish violence. Which is tantamount to the eye for an eye thing.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
oh I would have done much worse if I had seen that guy! I pretty much wanted to kill him after seeing what the secret was. So yes, I really liked the ending :))
my favourite part was when Melinda showed her "tree art" to mr. freeman, and how his tears welled up ♥ and melinda's smile was so sincere, so lovely ♥

[identity profile] rawthorne.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying he shouldn't have gotten punished, just that the idea that we have to take justice into our own hands is troubling. I can imagine that if she would have gone to the authorities, it might have been an uphill battle, but the more women do go and speak up in court rather than behind the scenes, the more chances we'll have of shattering the 'she wanted it' myth.

What the guy (what was his name again?) did was horrible and yes, she's scarred for life. But by not reporting him, she locks herself in this dilemma and this silence that she just can't escape for the rest of the movie. And she draws the school's disdain because they all think she called the cops to stop their party - nobody knows why she really did it because she doesn't tell them.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
yes, you're completely right about that. And Melinda couldn't be saved until she actually spoke to someone about it. (it should have been the authorities of course, but then there wouldn't be a movie to watch LOL)

Thank god, I've never been in that kind of a situation in my life, but I'm sure it's incredibly hard to be brave and speak. She was basically frozen when she picked up the phone. I'm amazed at how she managed to find the phone and called 911 in the first place. Some other girl could have run away... I don't know... There are endless posibilities to what can a woman do in that situation, don't you think? And since all these stuff still happens on a daily basis, most of those woman choose to stay silent, which is just tragic.

[identity profile] rawthorne.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
it is absolutely horrible and women shouldn't be put in this position in the first place, but since we (sadly) seem to have no control over men to stop them raping, we need to take control of the legal system and the social consciousness and push ourself to not stay quiet and suffer in silence. Melinda's story is terrible, fiction or not, but in RL, so many men who go unreported go on to rape again and again. Precedent is important.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
and I totally don't remember the guy's name either! he was just the rapist for me..

[identity profile] rawthorne.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
same. evil bad guy number 1.

[identity profile] xpocketfulofme.livejournal.com 2009-05-06 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
i've definitely read the book! i kinda wanna see the movie, and now that you say it's great, i should probably go get it ;D

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-07 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
you should!! I don't know if it really did any justice to the book, I might compare them once I read the actual thing :D

[identity profile] xpocketfulofme.livejournal.com 2009-05-08 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
the book was actually really great. slow at first, but intense. haha

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2009-05-08 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen the movie, but the book is amazing!

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-05-08 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
I knew you would say this! :D you bookworm you!

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2009-05-08 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
HEE! I shall endeavor to be more unpredictable! ;)