The Pillow Book
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Movie Reviews of The Pillow Book
Movie Review: Ridiculously overrated
Summary: 2 Stars
A director tosses in some "artful" shots and full nudity for most of the movie and suddenly it's a "beautiful film"???I kept expecting to see Marilyn Chambers pop up in scenes. I'm not against T&A flicks, but this is trying to be something it isn't, which is sad and pathetic. It's a cheap trashy film that gets a good reputation b/c of who directed it.
Movie Review: A disgrace
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a disgrace. Nudity from beginning to end. Particularly from that Ewan boy and Vivian Wu. What's there to complain about?Still, a nice idea, only spoiled by some cinetmatography that's not up to the standard we expect from Greenaway movies, particularly in the Hong Kong sequences. "The Cook, the thief...." is better.
Movie Review: Another fine Greenaway film
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm sort of a fan of Greenaway's although I didn't know it, since I found out that I'd liked two of his other films but had never paid attention to who the filmaker was. This one was recommended to me so I tried it.Although I didn't like this quite as much as the ones I'd seen previously, which were "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover," and "The Draughtsman's Contract," I still enjoyed it, as I can still appreciate the surprisingly varied creativity and artistry Greenaway brings to the silver screen. I suspect the eclectic symbolism in the movie, as Greenaway combines art, architecture, photography, and even mathematics along with the calligraphy aspect, will probably elude most people. But the movie itself cleverly becomes a sort of a "Pillowbook" as the woman character flits from lover to lover trying to find one who is as good a calligrapher as he is a lover, and can cover her body with beautiful calligraphy to keep her father's tradition alive.
As usual with Greenaway films, there is a dark side to this, as in the relationship between her father and his publisher, who is blackmailing her father (although "black-balling" might be a more appropriate term) but the main focus is on the Vivian Wu character, who finally encounters Ewan McGregor (who I recalled as the young Obiwan Kenobe from the Star Wars sequel). McGregor becomes the means to her revenge when she creates a beautiful love poem on McGregor's body for the unscrupulous publisher. Overall, another sensual, erotic, and thoughtful film from Greenaway that should delight his fans once more.
Movie Review: Beautiful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had heard about this movie for a long time and finally saw it. It completely blew my mind! This is by far the most visually entrancing movie I've ever seen. I love the pace, the music, the bizarre story, the colors, everything. Beautiful cast, interesting use of nudity (got the entire penis size spectrum in there I think), and there was that same quirky surrealism that I found in "The Cook, etc. etc." Not to mention I love calligraphy, so this as a special treat.A warning, though: If you can't handle artsy stuff then don't bother. I recommended it to a very intelligent but non-artsy friend and she just didn't get it.
Movie Review: WTF???
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie made no sense to me whatsoever. Hated it.