tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post8102897764277406323..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: Summer with Monika (Sommaren med Monika) (1953)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-32543973443717778322015-06-09T09:50:27.063+03:002015-06-09T09:50:27.063+03:00That more or less fits with the impression I got o...That more or less fits with the impression I got of him. Swedish movies have a reputation of being grim and serious and my guess is that this is largely due to Bergman. They are the kind of movies you have to be in the right mood for, but when you are they are also rewarding. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-69026505234201810602015-06-08T19:20:04.217+03:002015-06-08T19:20:04.217+03:00Bergman is hit and miss with me. I feel that he&#...Bergman is hit and miss with me. I feel that he's like all directors in that some of this films are good and some are not so good, but he has such a (deserved) reputation from the good ones that critics go easier on his "less good" films. <br /><br />Early on (this film being an example) he was a bit looser and hadn't really gotten into the focus of his later films - religion, depression, and death. Pretty much every film after Smiles of a Summer Night has at least one of those three things prevalent in it, and often they have more than one. Those aren't favorite topics for me. If they're done well, then I'll still like the movie, if not done well, then I find them a chore to sit through. I do feel that they could take some of his films off the list to make room for other directors. I'd say that about Hitchcock and some of the other over-represented directors, too, though.<br /><br />Summer with Monika was actually just added recently for the 10th edition. They removed a Bergman film to make room for it, but since we all do the entire list anyway the net result is an extra Bergman film. I'd say this is not representative of the large majority of his films you will watch from this list, though.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-62199311963382283872015-06-07T09:00:28.518+03:002015-06-07T09:00:28.518+03:00That is just awful. They completely missed the mar...That is just awful. They completely missed the mark with that trailer. <br />The people who end up watching it will be disappointed and those who would appreciate it would stay away. Terrible.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-19791636155840519552015-06-07T08:57:36.498+03:002015-06-07T08:57:36.498+03:00Thank Steve, that sounds very promising. A reputat...Thank Steve, that sounds very promising. A reputation like this does not come out of nowhere, so I am not starting from a negative point of view.<br /><br />I actually did like this movies, although mostly after I saw it, so I think the Bergman series is off on a good start.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-85181416221880703402015-06-06T22:40:11.627+03:002015-06-06T22:40:11.627+03:00I feel a lot like you said about Bergman. The sto...I feel a lot like you said about Bergman. The stories are hard to watch but they are so thought-provoking that I am always glad I did. He really gets to the heart of things.<br /><br />Have you seen this outrageous American trailer for this movie? Distributed as "Monika: The Story of a Bad Girl" <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3eGkKk8aM8marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-80374552403224621742015-06-06T22:35:23.020+03:002015-06-06T22:35:23.020+03:00Your probably right about what's to come from ...Your probably right about what's to come from Bergman. That said, I've liked the vast majority of his films that I've seen, and you've got some tremendous films of his to come. That this is lesser Bergman (my opinion) doesn't say much, because I really like a lot of his films. So the good news is that most of the Bergman to come is better than this one, and a lot of it is a lot better than this one. <br /><br />Smiles of a Summer Night, Hour of the Wolf, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers, Persona, and especially The Seventh Seal all jump to mind as Bergman films that are much better than this, and I know I'm forgetting some.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com