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New Year's Day (2000)
Not upbeat but romantic in its own way
I originally found this in the queer section of a shop ( I think the management could use a little guidance, as they placed GET REAL alphabetically in general circulation. Actually, New Year's Day at its core is about two very tight school mates who try to deal with being the only two survivors following a horrible avalanche that claims everyone else on a holiday school trip.
I understand that some viewers might find this film a little plodding, and others will see the principal characters as simple hooligans checking off their list of twisted chores in their 'book of life'. There's room for opinion here,except that which maintains the two boys don't care for each other. Probably the most memorable line spoken is when Jake tells Stephen, and I paraphrase, ' i saved your life before. I'm not prepared to help you die, now'. I hope viewers will take a chance on this film, if only to watch that scene.
Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Extremely unbelievable film - Gone and Who Cares
Poor script. Poor acting. Central characters I couldn't develop any empathy for. Porn movie quality with any porn removed. Managed to photograph the lush California forests of Yosemite and Mammoth Lakes as though they were at the end of a ten year drought. Cute lead actors who offered nothing else. In the age of the medical information safeguard laws being enacted, a doctor disclosing to a patient without prompting that the ranger who found him was "a homosexual". Get the picture? I guess the point is, don't get it, either as a rental or purchase.
Suggested films: Latter Days, The Object of My Affection,Don't Tell Anyone(Peruvian), New Year's Day(UK), Get Real(UK), Burnt Money(Argentina), A Very Natural Thing, My Life on Ice(French), Grande Ecole(French), You'll Get Over It(French).