Honestly, I'm not really sure what the hype was about. The movie dragged, the prolonged sex scenes were unnecessary, and like in many other LGBT/queer films the story ends in calamity. It romanticizes the all-too-common gay/lesbian tragedy theme we see over and over in queer films without so much as a strong representation of the gay community. Also, I'm not a fan of the bi-erasure and misogyny portrayed in this film. The only reason my scoring isn't any lower is because Seydoux and Exarchopoulos' acting were exceptional.
The 3h sit was a long one. Even though it wasn't the movie I was expecting it did not feel like a waste of time at all.
Even with a 3h film, there are still questions left to be answered. The movies maintains a slow pace overall, but fast forwards a few times to not make the movie too boring. This results in some characters getting rushed out of the story, and some not having much impact. The ending is implied as well, but I am very happy with it and wouldn't suggest changing it. It is most of all a coming of age story with some slice-of-life elements, and it is way too easy to fall for the clichés hiding in those genres. And they hardly did.
They could've sacrificed some unnecessary (long) scenes, but I doubt it would be the same film without them. It gives the movie a unique pace in which you don't really want them to hury up with the story, and just 'live in the now' with Adele (not particularly refering to the sex scenes.)
Besides the long and graphic sex scenes, which this movie will probably and sadly be most rememberd for, there are a multitude of shots and transitions that really hit me. The acting is of a very high quality too. They even threw in a lot of philosophy but were smart to make the main character not care for it (or understand it.) This prevents a pretentiousness without losing such material.
After all a very intriguing movie.
Movie full of passion, unpretentious and true until it hurts. A beautiful story about finding yourself in love. And beautifully, naturally shown sex. Sparks!
First 20 minutes feel like 120, and the sex scenes are ludicrously porny. The love/life story though, it rings incredibly true. Worth watching for that, but the work feels tainted by a clearly pervy director.
Adele: I miss you. I miss not touching each other. Not seeing each other, not breathing in each other. I want you. All the time. No one else.
what the heck this movie is a masterpiece sadly the ending was kinda said though
An extremely sad film. Especially the few final scenes.
Blue is the Warmest Colour focuses extremely well on the demonstration of how family relationships are. Some individuals simply cannot accept something that for them is not normal, such as homosexuality, connecting it back to the side of the protagonist Adele. While looking at it on Emma’s side, for her family, the topic of homosexuality is greatly normal.
In addition to this topic, it is extremely depressing how one hides their orientation from fear of society's rejection or the insecurities that you can bring to yourself. It saddened me to see Adele going through fear and thinking that many people in this world live like this for an extremely long amount of time. People should not be living in a society where they fear to be their authentic selves. Everyone should feel safe and happy with who they really are without hiding it. I hope that society improves this and stops normalizing the heterosexuals. We are all normal. All human. It is not necessary to differ and alienate those who are outside of the “norm.”
The film presents the audience to very strong and realistic scenes between relationships. It was a very well produced film with incredibly talented actors. The relationship felt so very real and authentic.
At half mast within 45 minutes from the start.
I loved almost everything about this movie.
It does't tell a particularly interesting or original story, but the way it's told and how it makes one feel part of it is fantastic. Adèle's extreme close-ups make the feeling of not fitting in palpable. She's always looking the other way, thinking about something else, but also smiling and trying to make a good impression. Anyone who feels uncomfortable among a group of strangers immediately can relate. It's the claustrophobic sense that one's own inner world is more important than what's going on outside.
That same introversion characterises the way that Adèle handles her problems; always hiding them from the outside eye and with difficulty opening up to others. Here is maybe my one complain. At the beginning of the film, it's shown that Adèle has a very healthy relationship with her friend Valentin. He understands her problems and conflicts and she's willing to share them with him. So why does he completely disappear in the second part of the movie, specially when she's in most need of support? She feels lonely, rejected and alienated from her partner and channels that frustration with an affair with her coworker instead of talking to her loved ones. I think that's a strange and problematic omission.
But apart from that, it's amazing how this film shows the emotions that run trough Adèle. Besides the aforementioned introversion, the same extreme close-ups are used to perfectly capture the lover's gaze. The way one looks closely and attentively to every detail of the other person's skin, lips and eyes. Either the nervous look before a first kiss or the relaxing blissfulness after making love. It's really perfect.
The same can be said about the frustration and extreme sadness after the breakup. Adèle moves on with her life, but it's filled with this consistent and permanent sub-surface pain that feels with full force when she's alone.
This a movie I won't forget and I'll probably watch multiple times in the future.
The movie is beautiful, even if it's just a little far from the graphic novel. Anyway, I like both of them.
I admit I bought the DVD to watch the lesbian sex scenes, which was the same motivation to buy "Carol" (which has a lot less sex scenes). But after a few more viewings I was enchanted by this love story & Lea Seydoux & Adele Exarchopoulos displayed an acting masterpiece. It's hard not to fall in love with Adele.
Open heart surgery performed by an artist. Adèle Exarchopoulos is the bravest storm I've ever seen. A masterpiece.
What a great movie. Love it!
I, I FOLLOW :pensive: I FOLLOW YOU :relieved: DEEP SEA BABY :weary: I FOLLOW YOU :sob:
Adéle is so hot and theres a whole bunch of steamy scenes with her in this movie. Worth it.
I wanna watch movies like this.
What a truly amazing special kind of movie this Masterpiece is, Wow...just...Wow....
Absolutely loved this one
and I was Totally and Completely Invested in there Relationship and so wanted them to work it out.
(I SHIPPED THEM 3000).
If
"LIFE IS STRANG BEFORE THE STORM"
Was a movie this would definitely be it.
"LIS" is my second favourite gaming franchise of
all time they are Remarkable games,
Absolutely Phenomenal so to have this
Magnificent movie with such parallels to
The "LIS" universe is a dream come
True For Me.
The hole movie had my full Attention from
start to finish, hooked all the way and both the girl's definitely deserve an Oscar are some kind of award because they were truly amazing in there roles
Hella yeah, blows
my fricking mind, .
This movie excelled in every way
and at times even
Brought a tear
or two, to my eye and certainly
hits me right in the feels more
than once, their is truly something special and very very charming and heartfelt and to keep me invested for 3H this has got to be something above and beyond
story wise, writing and acting.
I have such high praise for this movie.
"It's a must see", this type does not come
along very often, I myself own it on
Blu Ray uncut
Definitely belongs in my collection
So WORTHY
10+/10
what a joy to watch it's
Art Through and through
and it's so bloody interesting.
And endearing.
I love how the movie leaves us with
Did Adèle ever go to New York.......
Did she eventually find someone else to make her as happy as Emma did......?
Rule 101
Always leave them
Wanting more.......
Verdict: Outstanding.
Very long and slow. There was a lot of unnecessary stuff. The plot was fine but felt familiar.
It's boring, really boring movie :|
abdellatif macho lixo do carai
Perfect. It is an universal story for the youth who spends chapter 1 and 2 in their lives.
The controversial lesbian love story that won Palme D'Or at Cannes. It was really hard to judge this movie. It was evident that there was some talent involved. It's well-shot and everything seems really realistic and natural, like when actors overlap each others sentences to make it seem more natural and it was cool to see the background conversations link up with the background characters lips.
Overall, it was filmed superbly. The characters were extremely real and relatable. And I was always able to think of them as the characters rather than the actors themselves. It does kinda bug me how much characters eat spaghetti in this movie. And I kinda feel like the gratuitous sex scenes could have been cut down a little. I mean i'm all for them and it did help me understand the extent of their relationship. But after a few minutes, I was seriously starting to understand why the actors came out and said the felt like prostitutes while filming this movie. It kinda crossed the line between making a movie and pretending to make a movie to watch to girls have sex on screen. The sex was convincing though! You definitely see vag to mouth contact. And to set things straight, I think it would have been excessive regardless of their gender. And if it was 2 guys, this movie would have never been released!
Another problem I have was to do with the filming of the club scenes. It's significantly easier to have your actors speak normally without music and then add the house music in post-production. However, in this movie they added the LOUD music but the actresses are whispering to each other in a club and are understanding each other perfectly. It takes all of the realism away from me. Also, I started to lack empathy for the main character at the end and I don't know if I was supposed to.
Overall, This movie has some great things going for it. And even though it does have features that might not work and I do have some criticisms about it, it is definitely recommendable.
From the first few minutes, I knew this film would be beautiful. I can see why people are turned off by the thought of following a foreign language film with subtitles. It was difficult in the beginning. But I knew for sure it was beautiful. I didn't realise until about a third of the way through, the length of the running time. But it really didn't bother me as the pace was like watching a flower blossom. By the second act, I forgot I was watching this film in another language. The cinematography was out of this world and Adele Exarchopoulos was mesmerising.
It aims to show you young love, without embellishment, glorification, or glossing over anything. It succeeds.
It is just fine, not recomend to watch with parents or "closed mind" people.
So many unnecessary scenes, might have worked a lot better if it was 1-1,5 hours shorter.
i dont know why this is movie is so overrated, and so looooooooooooooong, rly, i love lesbians and stuff but this movie is not everything they say, i meaaaaaaaaan, they wont even be together at the end of the movie
Takes you back to the time when you were very young wore your heart ob your sleeve and got heartbroken. Forget the explicit scenes that get talked about it is the very very life like this reality created through huge number of takes by the director and breathtaking performances by both actresses that will blow you away.
This movie is good, but it's overrated. The sex scenes sometimes are laughable and there's really no need for a 3 hour length.
a very special movie, as sp1ti said this movie isn't about the gender in this, it's about what love can go thru during life. two kinds of people from different worlds fall in love and have to deal with this.
The first sex scene looks like bit fake for me, i just can't get the feeling between the girls, it's kinda a hilarious scene.
Worth the wait, although I wish I hadn't seen so many short videos and scenes leaked before.
Dammit. And the acting WOW. Waiting to see Lea and Adele in more movies.
While comicbook movies boom at the box office this one sees the first graphic novel adaptation winning the prestigé Palme d'Or.
Clocking at almost three hours this is a lenghty coming of age story coupled with the main girls discovery that she might like women too (but it really isn't about the gender in this). The french subtitle for this was "Chapter 1 and 2 and a possible end" which gives you an good idea of where the story goes. The movie lives from it's strong performances and is entertaining through out. I would lie if I told you that I never wondered where that "end" could be but it really isn't tedious.
I loved that in many scenes there was something going on in the background and cinematography was quite good aswell. Given that many scenes were more traditionally shot they could have gone for a Steadicam though.
If something caught me a bit off guard then it was the transition to the second chapter. It took my quite a while to be certain that there really was a skip (with the most obvious indicator being the hair not being blue anymore).
Now this wouldn't be a complete without the mention of the sex scenes in the movie. Those are really the thing the press loves to follow up on (just search for related news). They're explicit and let's just say that they scissor the shit out of the molds. I would agree that they might have gone a bit over the top as after a while of love making no audience will be able to prevent some giggles (for ours it was the constant ass patting I guess). Doesn't help that the author itself wasn't happy with them although they're not excatly the straight men variant either. But those are just a part of a long movie.
I felt like I'm overrating this the moment I clicked that eight but it is really solid for it's runtime - just don't expect a revelation.
Let's see if I'm ready for a three hour lesbo epos..
Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2014-03-28T07:52:18Z
The film is brilliant, however some sex scenes are just awkward.. heads up don't watch with the parents :)