Really Surprised!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Crappy film

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I love movies. I love foreign film, dark film, artistic film, different film. This TRIED to have all of those elements but failed in every aspect. It was boring, you felt little or no empathy for any of the characters, Ada was a weak person. Her daughter was a total brat. Both men were filthy, she fell in love with a man that physically assaulted her? That makes no sense- maybe if she had actually taught him piano I could see how that could happen, There is not one redeeming lesson or moral, she does not choose anything for herself, and after all that she gets rid of the piano? I can go on and on. This is 2 hours long, and I HARDLY EVER check my phone during a movie, or get up without pausing it. I was looking for reasons to get up and check my phone. There are SO MANY GREAT FILMS- do not waste time on this one.

I'm a man and I disliked the move. I don't know whether I disliked it more than The Piano Teacher but it is certain that Holly Hunter's indifferent, unlikable and unsympathetic character is on par with Isabelle Huppert's. I'm not going to write a review, there were many already. I found it more interesting to read the reviews and peruse their emotions.My own emotions evolved thus during the movie: 1. Wonderment; for the beautiful opening photography of powerful waves crashing on the virginal beach, the anticipation of tantamount protraction. 2. Bewilderment; why would anyone like to live in mud surrounded decrepit shacks with abiding rain? 3. Apprehension; for how unsympathetic the characters had become, and how indifferent I feel. 4. Repugnance; for the carnal affair devoid of love or tenderness, and demeaning and gratuitous nudity. 5. Loathing; for the movie's incoherence and unintelligibility, it's defiance of logic and for braking the opening promise, and most of all for the bad taste in my mouth when the movie credits started rolling on.The movie certainly elicits strong emotions. Women: "Men who did not like the movie are 19th century troglodytes who believe women's place is in the kitchen". Un inane and extraneous comment in itself. Men: "I wish Ada had drowned along with her piano". How strong must a person feel to wish for the heroine to be dead?Is it that that men cannot really understand women? Is it that that we are wrong thinking of women as ethereal beings in need of our love and protection?If what move portrays is what women dream of and fantasise about; men, how wrong we are in our strives in dating, and worse yet, marriage?

The Piano is a fantastic melodrama love story I've ever seen. The story and the acting are great. Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin really did deserve their oscars. At some parts of the movie, I thought Baines was a jerk at first because of wanting to make love with Ada, then later on Stewart became a jerk. The moment where he chopped her finger off scared me so much that I cried. New Zealand makes me think of my many trips down there mainly in the north island. I highly recommend this film. It's terrific.

Sometimes is hard to express with words the power and influence a film can have over you years after you watched it for the first time. In counted and rare occasions a masterpiece the size of The Piano is born: the original soundtrack composed by Michael Nyman transport you to a different Universe, Holly Hunter's brilliant performance of Ada and Anna Paquin's mature performance of her daughter, which led both of them to win an Oscar for their respective roles in the film, the cinematography and visual beauty literally immerses you in the muddy and dirty environment in New Zeland in the mid-19th century and the brilliant script which narrates one of the saddest and most wonderful stories ever told. Every single detail about the film is genius and Ada's magic will live forever.I still remember the first time I watched The Piano, I was still a kid in the 90s and it was aired on television. I was so absolutely hypnotized by the whole story and specially by the character of Ada, that I had to record it on a VHS video tape because I had to go to bed early to go to school the next morning, so I couldn't finish watching it that night. The next day I couldn't stop thinking about the film and how it would end while I was in class, so when I got back home, I ran directly to see the recording from the VHS tape. I lost count of how many times I have watched this classic masterpiece since then, thanks Jane Campion for this timeless piece of art from the bottom of my heart.