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Mastidon’s Rampage Concludes! FAR NORTH Review!

Published at:  Nov 07, 2007 4:36:43 AM CST


Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.

I’ve never heard of this one, but I have a shameless crush on Michelle Yeoh, and I’ll see anything with her in it. So tell me, Mastidon... will I be satisfied?



FAR NORTH - 3 1/2 stars (Out of 5)
Written / Directed by Asif Kapadia
Starring Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Krusiec, Sean Bean

Hi Guys,

Mastidon here with a review of a film I wanted to see in Venice but couldn't - FAR NORTH. I was lucky enough to meet one of the cast members on my first day there and have wanted to see it ever since. Thanks to the London Film Festival, I was finally able to catch it and bring you this review. Filmed on location in the far north of Norway, I can honestly say I got cold watching this film. Ice and snow everywhere . The feeling of isolation and of desolation. Absolutely A+ cinematography. I just wish the story was as strong.

***SPOILERS****

FAR NORTH follows the story of two women who live alone on the tundra. The older raised the younger from birth. Doing whatever they can to survive. At one point they kill and eat one of their sled dogs. Living in constant fear of being attacked and without any other human interaction, they are always on the move whenever people are near. We do learn how the two came to live together and the real reason for the perpetual fear. This is done over a flashback sequence.

One day the older woman finds an injured soldier (Sean Bean) stumbling along the ice. The two women nurse him back to health. As a result, both start obsessing over him and competing for his affections. The soldier eventually makes a choice between the two. As a result, imagine the world's craziest ending and that's it. The ending is just plane wrong feeling totally out of place for the rest of the film.

***END SPOILERS****

As a whole, FAR NORTH is a beautifully shot film that does an excellent job of conveying the desolation and loneliness of the tundra. Where it falls down is having enough of a story to make it more than just stunning photography. Great to see on the big screen especially if you think of it more as an IMAX FAR NORTH experience.

Ciao for now,

-Mastidon


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  • Nov 07, 2007 5:34:12 AM CST

    World's craziest ending

    by bobo_vision

    I'm guessing menage-a-trois.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 7:19:25 AM CST

    Sounds like that old Clint Eastwood movie.

    by thatothercaptainjack

    Can't remember the name right now. Was during the US civil war.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 8:21:26 AM CST

    Ah-ha! A Michelle Sandwich...

    by abin sur

    Wait, that would be the World's COOLEST ending.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 8:37:02 AM CST

    Yeah, sorry guys

    by mastidon

    No hot 3-ways. There is sex but no nudity so I don't think Moriarty will be happy. Although Michelle is still hot even if she is covered by a huge parka. About the ending, let's just say it could be a cross from a scene from SILENCE OF THE LAMB'S and FACE-OFF.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 11:28:22 AM CST

    I'll give it to you, that sounds pretty crazy

    by jacklint

    I probably would have seen it anyway for Sean Bean, but now I'm very intrigued.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 4:16:04 PM CST

    SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and FACE/OFF?

    by the beef

    Does Nic Cage show up unexpectedly and cut off Sean Bean's face, then mask himself so he can have sex with Michelle Yeoh? Am I close? This is a fun game.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 4:47:11 PM CST

    the beef

    by mastidon

    ******MAJOR SPOILER***** Actually, you are very close. Just no Nic Cage, and its Michelle who looses her face.

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  • Nov 07, 2007 7:18:15 PM CST

    mastidon

    by the beef

    Really? That sounds like a pretty badass ending! I guess it probably wouldn't fit in with the tone of the film though, if it plays the way you describe. I gotta admit, that ending sounds tempting for me to want to watch it...

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  • Nov 08, 2007 2:10:03 AM CST

    Ewwwww...

    by pompoulus

    ... actually yes, that's creepily intruiging.

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  • Nov 08, 2007 4:51:10 AM CST

    no subject

    by godwillforgivethem

    thatothercaptainjack,

    Probaly thinking of the beguiled, think clint was an injured Union soldier taken in by a Southern girls school, teachers and pupils all shag him and gets messy at the end

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