Comments on: Movie review: Looking for Eric http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/03/movie-review-looking-for-eric/ Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/03/movie-review-looking-for-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-50 aliette Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:57:13 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=643#comment-50 Ha, I'll make a note of Raining Stones then. As I said, I have very bad memories of Land and Freedom, which is pretty much bleak all along. Ha, I’ll make a note of Raining Stones then. As I said, I have very bad memories of Land and Freedom, which is pretty much bleak all along.

]]> By: Gary Couzens http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/03/movie-review-looking-for-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Gary Couzens Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:22:02 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=643#comment-49 They aren't all bleak - Raining Stones is a good one which mixes humour with drama. Ae Fond Kiss is worth seeing. But yes, the ending of Kes is one for the handkerchief! Gary They aren’t all bleak – Raining Stones is a good one which mixes humour with drama. Ae Fond Kiss is worth seeing. But yes, the ending of Kes is one for the handkerchief!

Gary

]]> By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/03/movie-review-looking-for-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-48 aliette Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:35:45 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=643#comment-48 A significant chunk of scenes in the movie are funnier if you know both French and English (there's a fair amount of Cantona running around with a strong French accent); so I suspect the movie did work better in France than in England. But it's still very good regardless, and worth watching on DVD. Ken Loach does have quite a following here (like Woody Allen, stronger here than in his home country). I was surprised by this movie, which I expected to be on par with what I'd heard of his other movies (ie, bleak). One day, I might check some others out, when I've built some resistance to dark, bleak stuff... Thanks for chiming in :) A significant chunk of scenes in the movie are funnier if you know both French and English (there’s a fair amount of Cantona running around with a strong French accent); so I suspect the movie did work better in France than in England. But it’s still very good regardless, and worth watching on DVD.
Ken Loach does have quite a following here (like Woody Allen, stronger here than in his home country). I was surprised by this movie, which I expected to be on par with what I’d heard of his other movies (ie, bleak). One day, I might check some others out, when I’ve built some resistance to dark, bleak stuff…
Thanks for chiming in :)

]]> By: Gary Couzens http://aliettedebodard.com/2009/07/03/movie-review-looking-for-eric/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Gary Couzens Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:04:24 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=643#comment-47 I haven't seen this one yet - as it hasn't done as well as hoped at the UK box office, I suspect I will be watching this on DVD. I haven't checked, but I wouldn't be surprised if Looking for Eric has done far better in Paris cinemas. That wouldn't be the first time for a Loach film - he seems to have more fans in France than he does in his own country. Most of Loach's films are worth seeing, though Looking for Eric sounds more lighthearted than most. The one most people seem to agree is a classic is Kes, though subtitles are handy for the strong Barnsley accents! Gary Couzens I haven’t seen this one yet – as it hasn’t done as well as hoped at the UK box office, I suspect I will be watching this on DVD. I haven’t checked, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Looking for Eric has done far better in Paris cinemas. That wouldn’t be the first time for a Loach film – he seems to have more fans in France than he does in his own country.

Most of Loach’s films are worth seeing, though Looking for Eric sounds more lighthearted than most. The one most people seem to agree is a classic is Kes, though subtitles are handy for the strong Barnsley accents!

Gary Couzens

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