Something about humans

Before introducing this post, we would like to apologise for our absence - we hate to let weeks pass without writing a post. However we've been insanely busy since we tend to leave everything to the very last minute! Yet, we did try our best to keep you entertained through our Facebook page (if you haven't done it yet, you should hit like there!)

We are avid film watchers and we try to watch a film at the cinema once a week - it's like our little ritual. One of the films we've watched recently was Carnage - a Roman Polanski film. Well, if we were to describe the film in a word, that word would be: claustrophobic. Why, you might ask? We don't want to let on too much about it, as we really think you ought to check it out yourselves. Yet, let's just say that the film is almost entirely set in one room.

Carnage stars John C Reilly as Michael, Jodie Foster as Penelope, Christopher Waltz as Alan and Kate Winslet as Nancy - and that's practically all the cast there is. Michael and Penelope Longstreet are Ethan's parents whereas Alan and Nancy Cowan are Zachary's. At the basis of the film we have this row that took place between the ten-year-old boys where the Cowan's son knocked a couple of Ethan's teeth out. So the parents meet at the Longstreet's to deal with the issue, talk it out in a civilised way. To cut a long story short, the tight-lipped politeness that we see at the beginning of the discussion, turns sour in a comical yet tragic way. It moves away from the subject of the children's quibble and turns into a ramble about everything and nothing with occasional intervals where they would revert back to the original subject.

So, at this point, you might be wondering what the aim of this film is. If you watch the film superficially, that's a question that'll remain unanswered - for sure. It's an excellent insight on human behaviour - the layers of 'civilisation' that peel away as the film progresses to reveal man's innate aggression.

Playing 'Happy Families'...

... showing their true colours.

For this reason, this isn't a film that we suggest you watch at bedtime while dozing off - that would make you hate the film and leave you perplexed. Guaranteed. Yet if you're looking for a film that sets your mind ticking, then this is, undoubtedly, one to watch.