The Last September
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Movie Reviews of The Last September
Movie Review: Use the english subtitles!
Summary: 2 Stars
The film making me curious about the book it's based on is for me the film's only enduring value. Though important subject matter and a seemingly passionate ethic in making it, it just isn't enough. In trying so hard to do a character study, the movie fails to allow the forces causing it to be the characters' last September to really take hold. And, without that it's just a movie about a bunch of priviliged people talking about not much at all, which when taking in an accent spells movie-watching doom. Cabaret it's not. Maybe if I had activated the english subtitles...Actually, the "special features" on the dvd are interesting because interviews with the actors and director have you wondering if they worked on the same movie you just watched. Maybe I should have watched them first because they seemed to have honest intentions.
There's also a dramatic reading from the book on the dvd that underscores how in this case, a book is the only way to tell this story. The story is that of a revolution virtually causing a race of people to disappear. The movie does nothing to make us want to remember them.
Movie Review: Dreary, incoherent script.
Summary: 2 Stars
I give this film two stars for the beautiful photography and music. The acting wasn't too bad either, though not stunning. But the editing and script truly left something to be desired. Flashback scenes interspersed at random threw the average viewer into a state of confusion. Characters of indeterminite relationship flew in and out in dizzying succession. The character development unfolded abruptly in harsh jerks, with very little subtlety. Most of the characters were quite one-dimensional, especially the young girl's two "lovers". One was a dumb, shallow cocky Englishman, and the other was a dumb, coarse, brutal Irishman. They were supposedly the two extremes that clashed over the anglo-Irish, but as symbols of the two cultures they fail dismally. All in all, a depressing, pointless and fairly inaccurate portrayal of Northern Ireland in the 20's.