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Skyggen i mit øje (2021)
The horrors of war
From the moment the film starts you are authentically transported back into Copenhagen 1945. Almost immediately 3 young women and their taxi driver are slain by a strafing aircraft. Was that an Allied plane?
The boy who witnesses the events proceeds to become mute due to the horrors witnessed and soon starts this brief tale of 3 children who attend the French School, a school run by Nuns.
Quickly piecing together life in the city we are shown brief snapshots of the lives of various citizens. Murder on the streets, torture interrogations, a family of a HIPO(Danish auxiliary police corps, established by the German Gestapo) - disowning him and finally, a Nun losing her religion.
In Britain, at the request of the Danish resistance, an audacious.bombing mission is planned of the Gestapo Headquarters. The RAF know prisoners are kept there in the roof as a human shield, yet the collateral damage is reluctantly accepted. The actual collateral damage caused is a tragic loss of life that is a true reminder that "victory" over a military always comes with an often forgotten and faceless cost.
The acting is on point, the scenes periodically accurate and the story compelling. The fact that this is based on a true story and yet so close (6 weeks) from the end of the war in Europe makes it somehow even more tragic. Soon celebrations for VE Day would leave this regretful incident often untold and dare I say forgotten. We did not cover ourselves in glory on this occasion. An important reminder of the cost of war and a well made film.
Close to Me (2021)
Gripping who dunnit.
Interesting so many bad reviews on here. Definitely seems polarising and not usually my thing to seek out but was pleasantly surprised.
In many ways it was reminiscent of Girl on a Train and Momento.
Jo has a memory gap from her fall down the stairs and her phone is missing. Her husband seems caring but also volatile. From the outset it feels like half truths are being told and then the dreams and flashbacks start shortly followers by hallucinations. What is real? What isn't? How did she end up badly injured at the bottom of the stairs? The outcome however is a little predictable and some of the characters are cringe worthy. Could have easily have been two episodes shorter without missing much. Overall, if you're stuck in isolation with nothing else more pressing, it's worth a binge.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (2016)
Wish I had known...
I haven't read Michael Rosen's book but my 4 year old daughter has and enjoys it at school. When she saw this title in DVD she asked me to buy it - so I did. There's no clue in the title that this might be about death and loneliness. As a child that lost her Grandfather(my father) just 8 months prior, I would have bought her anything but this. By the end we were both left miserable and I had to excuse myself and go and cry in the other room.
Apparently, in the book, the bear comes back and they hug and somebody say's "I love you!" so at least there's that. In this nada! Just a lonely bear trudging back to it's cave and a wistful girl looking out the window missing either her grandpa, the bear or both.
I'm so glad we didn't watch it at Christmas.