The most depressing cartoon film ever

A couple of days ago I was recommended to borrow the film "Graves of the Fireflies" from the library. I was told it is one of the best cartoon films ever made.

Well I did so, and I can just recommend everyone as well to watch it. The story is partially based on a autobiographical novel. Anyway, I can't remember if I have ever seen a more astonishing and depressing cartoon before.

Normally I think I associate cartoons with Disney films like Arielle, Aladdin or Beauty and the Beast,who all live in a world where - actually very strange - nobody dies except the evil characters (...okay, "Bambi's" Mother doesn't count...).

There are only a few cartoon films which display in a matter-of-factly way the naked and undisguised facts that can happen in life or which are actually part of it. The only films I remember now are "Animal Farm" and "When the wind blows". Both are very good as well.

I guess that is the point. As less cartoons there are like "Graves of the Fireflies" as more they are unique and have a greater impact on the viewer...at least on me.

Piano Teacher

This week I made it up to the library and borrowed "Piano Teacher" which I could remember I wanted to watch in cinema a couple of years ago. However it was absolutely worth to watch it finally.

The story is about a woman between her 30's and 40's who is a piano teacher in a music conservatorium. Despite of her age she still lives with her mother. They even share the same bedroom.

Her mother tries to control the woman's life completely. Thus she is not able to freely live out neither her interests nor her needs (...you know...physical needs which every human being has). Instead she sees herself forced to lie to her mother when she looks for a bit of privacy. For example when she wants to go to cinema (...a special cinema where you can watch kinky films).

This brings us to the next point that she has strange and in a way extreme violent fantasies about sexual pleasure and satisfaction.
Eventually by trying to put them into reality and experience them ,things go terribly wrong and she has to face the naked truth. The end is quite dramatical but also down-to-earth.

I don't want to tell more of the story here as everybody should experience this film himself. I just can say:

What a outrageous and disgusting but simulataniously GREAT film.

And I guess by mentioning strange sexual fantansies and cinemas showing kinky films I could at least attract some people to watch that film.

Bedtime Stories or why it is dangerous to watch a film that is only shown in the afternoon

Since I am in posession of a one-year-go-as-often-to-films-as-you-like-for-just-11,99£-per-month-cineworld-ticket I have done so and went to cinema several times yet. One of the movies I watched was "Bedtime stories"....ooooh my goodness.

The only thing I definitely can say about it is that a mixture of Adam Sandler humour and Walt Disney Productions should be labelled as highly dangerous.

The jokes were absolutely flat and more than predictable. Russell Brand's acting abilities like fingernails on a blackboard. I still cannot believe that he shall be a comedian. Also the typical "Disney-kids" (who look like cut out putti of a Raphael painting) acting in the film did not really improve the whole gruelty. With their articulation disablement it was very difficult to understand them (...I am tthhhooo ttthhhweeeeet).

At least with my pass there is no reason any more to get angry about the wasted money just about 2 hours of my life that are gone...forever...