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“I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a really nice cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, itâs only afterwards that I discovered that it was actually a remake of a rather obscure Danish movie. Anyway, it turned out to be a decent watch but, to ” 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, to be honest, I really struggled to connect with the damned thing after all. Basically, the concept was to show the lives of various New Yorkers a year afte” read more
“Since this movie seemed to have a really solid reputation (it is included in the â1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieâ list among other things), I thought I might as well check it out. There are apparently 3 versions of this movie (in French, in Italian and in English) but Jean Renoir appare” read more
“To be honest, I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a really solid cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, the damned thing turned out to be so much worse than anything I expected. Seriously, it was hands down the worst YA novel adaptation I h” read more
Notes: Well, the damned thing turned out to be so much worse than anything I expected. Seriously, it was hands down the worst YA novel adaptation I have seen so far and you have a bunch of them out there which are seriously worthless. Eventually, the concept was basically some cheap knock-off of âHarry Potterâ switching witches with vampires but, above all, the biggest issue was that the execution was just awful. Indeed, they mixed some convoluted vampire mythology with some high-school comedy and a couple of half-baked romances and, even though this mix might have worked in the book it was adapted from, it never worked at all in this movie. I mean, right from the start, there was this seriously awkward intro during which who were the main characters, where they were, what they were actually doing, it was all seriously murky and it never really got better afterwards. Indeed, from this point on, they just jumped from one boring barely sensical scene to the other. The only silver lining was that the story at least slowly made more or less sense but the journey to get to the end was really bumpy and it was certainly not entertaining whatsoever. At least, I have to admit that Zoey Deutch tried really hard to deliver a plucky main character and I wonât blame her but there was not much she could do with this completely abysmal material. However, the rest of the cast (Gabriel Byrne, Olga Kurylenko, Sarah Hyland, Claire Foy, Joely Richardson) was completely wasted playing some poorly developed and really lame characters. 
Notes: Well, Barbara Loden did deliver a strange movie here. By the way, who was Barbara Loden actually? Apparently, she did show up in only a couple of movies and she was mostly famous for being married with Elia Kazan until her untimely death. Anyway, coming back on her directorial debut and only film she directed, it turned out to be some kind of combination of âBonny and Clydeâ, âBadlandsâ and another movie which I canât remember right now. Eventually, what should we think about Wanda, the main character? Sure, she was attractive but Loden definitely didnât sugarcoat this portrayal as her character was the most aimless woman I have ever seen. Basically, she is a woman who doesnât know why she exists (in fact, most of us pretty much pretend we do but that's another story, I guess) but it didnât seem to concern her that much. Well, it sure did give me some panic attacks when I was around my 20âs. Still, she was definitely not cheerful though, thatâs for sure, her life, even herself, was basically completely empty and the whole thing was therefore seriously gloomy. At some point, she did get involved with a guy called Mr. Dennis and the whole thing became even weirder than it already was. By the way, for some reason, I thought that Norman Dennis was some kind of unhinged version of Walter White and I really wonder if this movie was an inspiration for Bryan Cranston when he created his iconic character because there were so many similarities.
Notes: Well, Barbara Loden did deliver a strange movie here. By the way, who was Barbara Loden actually? Apparently, she did show up in only a couple of movies and she was mostly famous for being married with Elia Kazan until her untimely death. Anyway, coming back on her directorial debut and only film she directed, it turned out to be some kind of combination of âBonny and Clydeâ, âBadlandsâ and another movie which I canât remember right now. Eventually, what should we think about Wanda, the main character? Sure, she was attractive but Loden definitely didnât sugarcoat this portrayal as her character was the most aimless woman I have ever seen. Basically, she is a woman who doesnât know why she exists (in fact, most of us pretty much pretend we do but that's another story, I guess) but it didnât seem to concern her that much. Well, it sure did give me some panic attacks when I was around my 20âs. Still, she was definitely not cheerful though, thatâs for sure, her life, even herself, was basically completely empty and the whole thing was therefore seriously gloomy. At some point, she did get involved with a guy called Mr. Dennis and the whole thing became even weirder than it already was. By the way, for some reason, I thought that Norman Dennis was some kind of unhinged version of Walter White and I really wonder if this movie was an inspiration for Bryan Cranston when he created his iconic character because there were so many similarities.
“Since this movie had a really solid reputation (it is included in the â1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieâ list among other things), I thought I might as well check it out. Well, Barbara Loden did deliver a strange movie here. By the way, who was Barbara Loden actually? Apparently, she did ” read more
“To be honest, I didnât have some huge expectations regarding this movie but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be another typical Michael Cera vehicle and I guess we donât hear much from him anymore because he never managed to b” read more
Notes: I have to admit that I havenât seen many Asian silent movies and it was the first time I saw an Asian silent comedy. It was so intriguing because it was probably the first silent comedy I saw which wasnât from the US. Anyway, the damned thing was just so funny, original and surprising. Indeed, I think it was also the 1st time I saw a silent comedy with some children as the main characters and these 2 kids were just hilarious. Seriously, it was just impressive how they could deliver such strong performances while they were not even 10 years old at the time and it was even more impressive when you think that they had to deliver such performances without using any dialogues. Eventually, Iâm pretty sure those two young boys gave some of the best children performances I have ever seen. Concerning the rest of the movie, at first, it did feel rather random, at least, too much to really make an impression. However, slowly, I have to admit that the damned thing really grabbed me and, towards the end, beyond being seriously entertained, I became actually quite fascinated by the damned thing. Indeed, it is usually a known fact that, in Japan, respect is so important towards your parents or your boss, much more than in Western countries and I can imagine it was even more so back then in the 30âs. However, towards the end, you had this very young boy throwing a tantrum against his father which was just so surprising but also so intriguing because it seemed to go against so many stereotypes regarding Japanese culture.