The only film that sprang to mind straight away (apart from Immortals and Tuck Everlasting)) was Highlander but as I cannot stand that film (I barely remember it) I went for some other beings. Don't forget to check out what
Wandering Through the Shelves picked, the blog that started Thursday Movie Picks.
Death Becomes Her
I almost left this off my list this week. How could I ignore the classic Streep, Hawn and Willis film about fiends, plastic surgeons, death and immortality. Madeline and Helen are fake friends. Helen is a would be writer, Madeline is a tacky actress. After Mad steals Ernest away from Helen, she goes into a hate spiral. Meanwhile Madeline and Ernest's marriage deteriorates. She cheats on him, treats him like a doormat until one day they are invited to the launch of Helen's new book and she looks fabulous. What is her secret? Well, Madeline finds out on her own. Its brilliant, hilarious, everything you want from this 90s jem.
Immortals
I was being lazy when I picked this as the theme is in the title. What's odd about this beautifully made film was not the fact that it looks amazing but the story is slightly off - but aren't all Tarsem's films like this? I still love them though. No it wasn't this but it was that the title refers to the gods but I'm pretty sure that many of them die during the film. The story is simple - the Gods waged war against the Titans and won, banishing the Titans beneath the Earth. A mortal king wrecks havoc looking a mythical bow to release said Titans and take revenge on the Gods but then legendary hero, Theseus gets in the way.
Byzantium
Though this may be seen as a 'vampire' film, it's not really about vampires. The mother and daughter duo, on the run for centuries from the 'Brotherhood' of 'immortals' as they do not allow women among them. They survive by Clara, the mother, prosituting herself and Ella writes her story over and over then tears it up letting it scatter. Clara lives like this for money and power it would seem and, in a way, its the only thing she has known. Ella is compelled to tell her story for theriputic reasons. Each prays on different people for blood, Clara on lowlifes, Ella on willing elderly victims. They are immortal as well as their foe, thats the main focus so it fits the theme just fine.
