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Movies: Mr Holmes and Mistaken for Strangers
At risk of sounding like a scene from The Castle, in this entry I'm going to talk about the movies I watched on the in-flight entertainment instead of the actual trip.
Mr Holmes (2015) - the 93-year-old Holmes movie starring Ian McKellen
This was more about the emotions than the mystery (such that it was), which isn't a bad thing as such but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. It's slow and thoughtful and quite touching, and I think I enjoyed it but I'm not entirely sure. All the performances were very good. Certainly a different take on Holmes than the norm.
Needs a warning for child injury (spoiler: non-fatal) and some classism.
Mistaken for Strangers (2014) - the documentary nominally about the National
I had of course heard of this documentary, but I'd never felt sufficiently motivated to try and seek it out. So I was delighted when I found it in the Music section of Air Canada's TV selection.
I said it was "nominally" about the National above because it really isn't, it's about Tom Berninger on tour with his older brother's band (who are, indeed, the National). I knew it would be like that, having read a few reviews back when it was released. It's about awkward people being awkward, alternately painful and touching.
Being a rather boring person who likes the National I didn't find myself sympathizing with Tom as such, but it was easy to empathize with his awkwardness and inferiority complex.
I really appreciated the "click" moment of Matt saying the band finally reached its audience by putting all their humiliation and uncertainty into the music - because obviously that's what Tom did with the documentary, and I'd been wondering why.
I'm glad I saw it, probably can't bear to watch it again.
Definitely needs a warning for embarrassment squick.
I also watched a Fall Out Boy concert recording that turned out to be post-Folie a Deux, so presumably pre-hiatus and therefore from like 2009? It was a fun time but unexpectedly dated. (Patrick with his cute little hat and not saying anything on stage though ♥.)
Mr Holmes (2015) - the 93-year-old Holmes movie starring Ian McKellen
This was more about the emotions than the mystery (such that it was), which isn't a bad thing as such but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. It's slow and thoughtful and quite touching, and I think I enjoyed it but I'm not entirely sure. All the performances were very good. Certainly a different take on Holmes than the norm.
Needs a warning for child injury (spoiler: non-fatal) and some classism.
Mistaken for Strangers (2014) - the documentary nominally about the National
I had of course heard of this documentary, but I'd never felt sufficiently motivated to try and seek it out. So I was delighted when I found it in the Music section of Air Canada's TV selection.
I said it was "nominally" about the National above because it really isn't, it's about Tom Berninger on tour with his older brother's band (who are, indeed, the National). I knew it would be like that, having read a few reviews back when it was released. It's about awkward people being awkward, alternately painful and touching.
Being a rather boring person who likes the National I didn't find myself sympathizing with Tom as such, but it was easy to empathize with his awkwardness and inferiority complex.
I really appreciated the "click" moment of Matt saying the band finally reached its audience by putting all their humiliation and uncertainty into the music - because obviously that's what Tom did with the documentary, and I'd been wondering why.
I'm glad I saw it, probably can't bear to watch it again.
Definitely needs a warning for embarrassment squick.
I also watched a Fall Out Boy concert recording that turned out to be post-Folie a Deux, so presumably pre-hiatus and therefore from like 2009? It was a fun time but unexpectedly dated. (Patrick with his cute little hat and not saying anything on stage though ♥.)