There was a very positive response to the gruelling Land of Mine, which achieved an appreciation score of 91.77 per cent.
Some comments:
- “Another excellent choice.”
- “Ace film. Story a little predictable, but a strong anti-war film.”
- “Powerful depiction of one of the many stories we’d all rather not know about, but should.”
- “Wonderful – a piece of history I know nothing about.”
- “Uncompromising tale of the aftermath of war.”
- “Reminds us again of the trauma suffered post war by innocent people.”
- “Made me think about how war causes blind hatred, which is pernicious.”
- “Will stay with me for a long time. Somehow gave hope in the face of all the awfulness.”
- “Moving and very powerful. Shows how much hate and compassion there is in each human.”
- “Very moving. Roland Moller was superb.”
- “Engrossing. Tense and unsentimental.”
- “One of the most harrowing films I’ve ever seen, but gripping.”
- “Another hard watch. Well acted, good photography.”
- “Nuanced and well-developed. Also a story I did not know about.”
- “Really don’t want such sad stuff.”
- “Distressing.”
The short film, For Real Tho’, was strongly disliked, scoring only 28.04 per cent.
- “Very Borges!”
- “The best bit of the evening.”
- “20 minutes well spent.”
- “Very modern.”
- “Cool!”
- “Perplexing.”
- “What was it about?”
- “Didn’t see the point.”
- “Self indulgent and pretentious.”
- “Weird.”
- “I’m sure it was trying to say something but not sure what.”
- “What was the point?”
- “Worst film ever seen.”
- “Rubbish – why did you choose it?”
- “Awful!! Worse than E.”
- “Foul mouthed pretentious tosh.”
- “Tiresome rubbish.”
- “A waste of 20 minutes.”
(And much more of the same…)