The wife and I did nothing all weekend and watched a bunch of films.
Ginger & Rosa
Elle Fanning was great in this film, lots of emotional range and the story truly is heart breaking. It felt reality breaking, like, how could something like this really happen. No doubt it really does happen in reality though. It's about 2 young girls growing up in the 60's with the threat of nuclear war on the horizon, Ginger is the main focus. They both act promiscuously, Ginger's mum disapproves but Ginger's dad like that his daughter is being independent and discovering herself. You can tell that the relationship between her parents is strained and it's not long until things break apart for them. And then Ginger's best friend Rosa does the unthinkable.
Spring Breakers
I had seen this film before but was happy to watch it again since Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens are so darn hot in it. A very quirky film, definitely not for everyone. Starts off with 4 young girls having no money to party at spring break, ends with a shoot out. The film really is beautiful and I love the colour hues on display.
The Bling Ring
I had no idea this was the movie where that Emma Watson gif where she is dancing and licking her lips came from, nom nom.
It's an ok film, nothing great but competently made. I didn't feel anything for or care about any of the main characters. Based on a true story about a bunch of teenagers that break in to Hollywood stars homes and steal things. In the end they managed to steal millions of dollars worth of items, crazy.
The Spectacular Now
I enjoyed this film a lot. Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley were both great. I guess you could say the film is about depression and what people do to try and hide it? Great chemistry between the two leads and it deals with some topics that are pretty close to home regarding fathers.
Up to this point, majority of A24's films were about teengers, very interesting start to their first year. Their following year they started going a bit crazy with Enemy and Under The Skin. My wife and I have both seen Under The Skin before so we didn't watch it again.
Enemy
This movie is a total mind fuck and without Chris Stuckman's analysis of the film I never would have figured out what the film is actually about. The ending scene creeped me the fuck out. Anyway, Jake Gyllanhaal and Jake Gyllanhall are both great in this film, top effort from them both. It's about 1 Jake discovering that another Jake exists, at least it's another man that looks exactly like himself. If you like films that aren't in your face about it's subject matter you should definitely check this out.