Bella
November 28, 2008 – 8:39 am
Thanksgiving today. Spent nearly the entire day with a family who was kind enough to invite me. Felt kind of weird, being the only outsider, but I felt quite at home sometimes.
So we watched the movie “Bella”. Apparently it won the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. I will say that it is done very well, shot very beautifully. The story, while not tear-jerking (for me at least), is quite interesting.
It’s about a girl and a guy, and one day changes their lives. The movie kind of reminded me of “Once”. Anyhow, I can’t say anything without giving away too much. All the same, I felt that the story was not as good as it could have been - not that I could have made it any better, but to me, it was just a tad bit lacking, especially for the girl.
Still, it is a movie above average, far better than the junk that comes out weekly. Just for the sheer technical beauty, it’s worth watching. And not to mention the few life lessons (literally) within the movie - very positive ones.
A side note: The DVD, of course, came with a bunch of previews in the beginning. There were about 5 movie previews, and with each preview that came out, I was like, “I have to watch this.” They all looked very exquisite except for the sports swimming one (which I suppose is yet another losers-become-winners type of movie). There was ‘Away From Her’, a story about Alzheimer’s, ‘Akeelah and the Bee’, a story of a girl in spelling bee competitions, and ‘The Girl with a Pearl Earring’, a story about the story behind Vermeer’s famous painting. They all looked pretty good.
One Response to “Bella”
jan just watched “once” last night. I heard the nice guitar sound but did not have time to sit down to watch.
By winnie on Nov 28, 2008