Impressive but disturbing films
Oct. 31st, 2018 07:19 pmA couple of weeks ago I wanted to watch a film with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jack for our date night, and browsing through what happened to be available on a convenient streaming service, we picked Attack the block. I had heard good things about the film when it came out a few years back, and I liked the concept of an alien invasion through the eyes of teenagers from a dodgy south London housing estate. I did in fact like the film a lot, but I was not prepared for close-ups of ravening monsters devouring people.
( detailed review )
And then yesterday I went to the film festival withjack, and we picked Rafiki. It's billed as a touching love story, and it sort of is, but it's also about two teenage girls trying to navigate a massively homophobic environment, and there's a very high ratio of awful, including violent, homophobia to sweet touching love scenes.
( spoilery review )
jack for our date night, and browsing through what happened to be available on a convenient streaming service, we picked Attack the block. I had heard good things about the film when it came out a few years back, and I liked the concept of an alien invasion through the eyes of teenagers from a dodgy south London housing estate. I did in fact like the film a lot, but I was not prepared for close-ups of ravening monsters devouring people.( detailed review )
And then yesterday I went to the film festival with
jack, and we picked Rafiki. It's billed as a touching love story, and it sort of is, but it's also about two teenage girls trying to navigate a massively homophobic environment, and there's a very high ratio of awful, including violent, homophobia to sweet touching love scenes. ( spoilery review )
