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“To be honest, I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Jamie Bell, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though the material was quite strong and even though the damned thing definitely had some potential, Iâm afraid it was still missing s” read more
“Since this movie has a really strong reputation (it is included in the â1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieâ list among other things), I was quite eager to check it out. By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess Iâm starting to get more familiar with his sur” read more
Notes: By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess Iâm starting to get more familiar with his surrealist vibe. Recently, I also watched âLa belle et la bĂȘteâ by Cocteau but, even if it did like it, to be honest, it didnât really blow me away though. In fact, I thought this other directing effort by Cocteau was actually much more intriguing. Sure, visually speaking, it was less fancy than âLa belle et la bĂȘteâ but Cocteau still had some neat tricks in this area but, as far as I was concerned, it wasnât the most interesting thing about this movie. Basically, he took an ancient Greek myth and set it in a contemporary setting, which is basically what we often do with many classic Shakespeare plays. Anyway, it was above all quite fun to see that he really took some liberties with the classic mythological tale. Indeed, even though OrphĂ©e still did go to Hell to save his wife Eurydice, he seemed to be actually most of the time rather annoyed by her and, in fact, he seemed to be actually more interested by Death who herself was also in love with OrphĂ©e. It probably sounds pretty weird if you havenât seen this movie and it was indeed weird but these unexpected turns were super interesting. Still, I have to admit I still struggled to get a good grip on this challenging material (the fact that I was really tired when I watched it probably didnât help) and I should probably re-watch it at some point.
Notes: By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess Iâm starting to get more familiar with his surrealist vibe. Recently, I also watched âLa belle et la bĂȘteâ by Cocteau but, even if it did like it, to be honest, it didnât really blow me away though. In fact, I thought this other directing effort by Cocteau was actually much more intriguing. Sure, visually speaking, it was less fancy than âLa belle et la bĂȘteâ but Cocteau still had some neat tricks in this area but, as far as I was concerned, it wasnât the most interesting thing about this movie. Basically, he took an ancient Greek myth and set it in a contemporary setting, which is basically what we often do with many classic Shakespeare plays. Anyway, it was above all quite fun to see that he really took some liberties with the classic mythological tale. Indeed, even though OrphĂ©e still did go to Hell to save his wife Eurydice, he seemed to be actually most of the time rather annoyed by her and, in fact, he seemed to be actually more interested by Death who herself was also in love with OrphĂ©e. It probably sounds pretty weird if you havenât seen this movie and it was indeed weird but these unexpected turns were super interesting. Still, I have to admit I still struggled to get a good grip on this challenging material (the fact that I was really tired when I watched it probably didnât help) and I should probably re-watch it at some point.
“To be honest, I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but it was rather late and I wanted to watch something short and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though I have a weak spot for Topher Grace, the damned thing was still rather wea” read more
“I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, itâs only afterwards that I discovered that this movie had received some very poor reviews but, to be honest, I donât think it was bad at all. Indeed, i” read more
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- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
“I already saw this movie in the movie theater when it released but since it was already available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, first of all, even though I did like âBlack Pantherâ, to be honest, I didnât think it was such a revolutionary super-hero flick afte” read more
Notes: After a rather weird slightly homo-erotic intro, fairly quickly, they went back to the Olympics and, in contrary to the previous chapter which focused only on track and field sports, this 2nd movie was much varied as it displayed all kinds of sports. Unfortunately, it did make the whole thing much more random and it didnât help either that they focused on some rather obscure sports. It was also weird that all the competitions displayed were involving only male athletes. Indeed, it was only towards the end that they focused on the female diving competition but it was the only sport events involving some women. I thought it was also a missed opportunity that they did not end with something more spectacular but, eventually, it was rather short and quite anti-climactic. It didnât help that the ending ceremony was included for some reason in the previous movie which, in my opinion, didnât really make sense. Eventually, as far as I was concerned, I think it would have worked better to combine the two movies and cut it into a 3 hour long movie instead. On the propaganda side, it was much lighter this time around, above all since you didnât get to see Adolfâs ugly face, but it was still really odd, awkward and even distressing to see some Nazi soldiers in full uniform taking part in some of the competitions. Anyway, some scenes in this movie were just mesmerizing to behold (the diving competition is rightly fully considered a classic sequence) and I donât think I will ever get enough of watching such incredibly majestic athletes in slow-motion.