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Fantastic movie.

posted 14 years ago by raiserroofer
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Didn't know The Barbarian Invasions was a sequel to the film; I definitely have to check it out, but so far this is the best Canadian film I have seen to date. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean a lot since I find a ton of Canadian films painfully mediocre (particularly English ones), but this one really was incredibly entertaining, witty, funny, and thought provoking. The most interesting aspect of the film is how deplorable the vast majority of the characters actually are, but we appreciate the film itself so much simply because of all these character interactions.

I must also mention that aesthetically and technically speaking this film has really held its ground. The version of the film I saw was the 2004 Seville DVD, and the picture quality was fantastic. Colors were particularly natural, the detail was great and even the static landscape shots at dusk showed no visible artifacting or banding. The 5.1 audio mix was very rudimentary, however for a film that was just dialogue and made in 1986 I couldn't imagine it being any better. That's just the nerd in me.

All in all, a solid 8.5/10 for me. An excellent film.

[–] cthulhulurks 12 years ago

Artifacts?couldn't care less about this. The movies not bad but like other Arcands films has an annoying quality: characters speak parts of a monologue sarting where the other left off and say "we". Feels like a cheap stage produc,tion
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[–] IronBallsM 9 years ago

Frankly, it dragged in parts but was facilitating overall.

[–] Brazillian 8 years ago

Ok I guess I'm late for the discussion, but why is that this movie is not famous? I think this is the best Quebecois movie I would ever see. I lived in Montréal for a while and never heard of it before.

If I'm wrong, please, point me to other material.

At first I was a little annoyed by the characters, but this is because I'm used to get annoyed by people in general.

Near the end, I was just waiting for that woman to strike the final blow. I mean, she was an intellectual and, clearly, she had only contempt or hate towards middle/upper class wives. She was ready to ruin that party, someone would have to do it, I could see it.

This movie is excellent! Can't wait to see the sequel.

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