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Title: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, April 04, 2007, 03:14:22 PM: Anyone seen this Pedro Almodovar flick yet that stars Penelope Cruz?

I'm about to watch it, myself....
Title: Re: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: MysterD on Wednesday, April 04, 2007, 05:48:13 PM: Okay, I watched it.

I must say, it was a really good movie.

For as serious the movie can be and w/ such dark topics and tones the film actually deals with, oddly enough, the movie can be quite funny....
Title: Re: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: wizall on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 03:24:04 PM: Yeah, I liked it a lot. I'm a huge Almodovar fan (I recently bought that "Viva Pedro" box set--it's a beautiful thing), and one of my favorite things about him is what you just touched on, which is his blending of humor and gravity. Good stuff, a real master.
Title: Re: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 04:36:18 PM: Quote from: wizall on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 03:24:04 PM
Yeah, I liked it a lot. I'm a huge Almodovar fan (I recently bought that "Viva Pedro" box set--it's a beautiful thing), and one of my favorite things about him is what you just touched on, which is his blending of humor and gravity. Good stuff, a real master.

Yeah, in the movie, there were some scenes that were downright disturbing, yet there were others that were you downright hilarious.

Volver -- The Restaurant Scenes
[spoiler]The hilarious part of them hiding a dead body in the freezer in a restaurant....
....yet they are serving food to an entire movie crew...and on more than one occasion![/spoiler]

I have not seen Bad Education -- was that any good???
Is that in the "Viva Pedro" Collection???
Title: Re: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: wizall on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 04:50:09 PM: http://www.amazon.com/Viva-Pedro-Almodovar-Collection-Education/dp/B000EAT24G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2113911-5515310?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1176248733&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Viva-Pedro-Almodovar-Collection-Education/dp/B000EAT24G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-2113911-5515310?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1176248733&sr=8-1)

There's the box, and in addition to having eight great films, the extras, as well as the packaging, are all excellent. Bad Education is included. I liked it a lot, too, but it doesn't have quite the humor of Volver. My favorite recent film of his is probably Talk to Her, but it's hard to pick an all-time favorite, but none are bad. If you have some sort of netflix-like thing, you would definitely not be wasting your time by going through his catalog.
Title: Re: Volver (movie, starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Almodovar)
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 05:08:35 PM: I have seen Talk To Her (Habla Con Ella). Loved it.