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“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since the trailers looked pretty cool, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it was rather poorly received by the critics and even though it will probably be a flop at the box-office, I thought the damned thi” read more
“I wasn’t 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. When I was a kid, I really loved Laurel and Hardy but I have to admit that, for a couple of decades, I hadn’t watch any of their movies. However, about 6 months” read more
chosen by Ietje
Notes: Following our previous movie with the filmclub which was seriously heartbreaking, we watched another movie which wasn’t really easier to swallow. It doesn’t mean that it was bad, though, in the contrary. Basically, it was a hyper minimalist drama with only one room and four characters. So, there was no action scenes or flashbacks showing what happened at the time but this minimalist approach allowed a great focus on the dialogues and the 4 actors who all delivered some top-notch performances. As a result, there was a lot of room to develop all the characters who were all so complex, not only in the way they were grieving and coping with this tragedy but also in general. In spite of the grim setup, I thought it was actually a really humanist movie showing that, at the end of the day, with such tragedies, they are only victims. Strangely, I thought this outcome was actually fairly optimistic, maybe too much for me and I believe that, in many cases, maybe even in most cases, people would choose rather to hate instead of choosing to forgive and to heal. However, it’s easy to judge when you have not been through the worst nightmare that could happen to any parent, no matter if your kid turns out to be a victim or a perpetrator, and the wide range of thoughts and feelings displayed by the actors in this movie was just downright impressive.
(Aug. 2022)
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Catherine Deneuve, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I thought it was not bad at all, even if it never really became much more than that. In my opinion, the main issue was that, even though most” read more
H. R. Giger
Movies the giraffe watched in 2022: July (36 movies items)
What is it about?
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
My verdict:
Well, to be honest, it didn’t really impress me after all. I mean, the story was super interesting and Andrew Garfield, probably one of the most gifted actors of his generation, delivered another strong performance so there was definitely some potential. However, there was no way it required more than 8 hours of running time and it was especially disappointing that, beside Garfield's character, none of the other characters was developed properly. Instead, nothing much happened for some very long stretches of time.