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Notes: It turned out to be pretty good but, to be honest, it was so distracting how similar āTitanicā was similar to this movie. Eventually, I have to admit I have never been a huge fan of this massive classic but, at least, I always though it was an accurate depiction of this tragedy. Well, suddenly, I discovered that, 40 years before, there was already a super accurate movie about these events, with a fraction of the same budget and with no CGI available. Sure, James Cameron did admit that this movie was an āinspirationā but I think it went much further than that though. Indeed, there were at least 5 or 6 āiconicā scenes from Cameronās classic which were clearly lifted from this movie and, as far as Iām concerned, his movie was basically a remake to which he added a rather cheesy and unnecessary love story. In this case, they went for a much more documentary-like approach with no main characters or bad guys involved and this approach was so much more satisfying. Still, even though I did appreciate the work done, Iām still not sure if it was such a fascinating story though. Anyway, Iām rather amazed that this movie doesnāt get more credit and it is rightfully considered the best movie about the Titanic tragedy.
Notes: It turned out to be pretty good but, to be honest, it was so distracting how similar āTitanicā was similar to this movie. Eventually, I have to admit I have never been a huge fan of this massive classic but, at least, I always though it was an accurate depiction of this tragedy. Well, suddenly, I discovered that, 40 years before, there was already a super accurate movie about these events, with a fraction of the same budget and with no CGI available. Sure, James Cameron did admit that this movie was an āinspirationā but I think it went much further than that though. Indeed, there were at least 5 or 6 āiconicā scenes from Cameronās classic which were clearly lifted from this movie and, as far as Iām concerned, his movie was basically a remake to which he added a rather cheesy and unnecessary love story. In this case, they went for a much more documentary-like approach with no main characters or bad guys involved and this approach was so much more satisfying. Still, even though I did appreciate the work done, Iām still not sure if it was such a fascinating story though. Anyway, Iām rather amazed that this movie doesnāt get more credit and it is rightfully considered the best movie about the Titanic tragedy.
“I have to admit I had never heard of this movie but since it seems to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, first of all, I made a mistake, I didnāt know this movie was originally in black-and-white and I saw instead a colorized version on YouTube. Unfortunately, ” read more
Dark Shadows
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by David O. Russell, I was really eager to check it out. I have noticed that this movie didnāt get much love when it was released and, well, to be honest, I would have to agree with the critics on this one. I mean, itā” read more
“I wasnāt expecting much from this flick but since this sequel was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I actually saw the first instalment in the movie theater because my wife really loved the trailer at the time but, to be honest, I barely remember the damned thing except” read more
chosen by Ria
Notes: Well, I didn't expect to be blown away like this. To be honest, it's not an easy movie, in fact, it turned out to be a very complex character study and I'm not sure if it really required almost 3 hours of running time. Indeed, it takes forever before the world of Lydia TĆ”r starts to finally unravel and, while I was watching the damned thing, I thought it was rather frustrating that we didn't get more information about her past, her lies and her alleged abuses. The fact that so many elements were kept in the dark probably didnāt help. It's only afterwards that I understood that we saw this whole story only through her own perspective and, eventually, this approach was quite brilliant. Basically, to reach this position, she did many great things and a lot more that was probably not so great but, above all, she created her own bubble from which she (thought she) could control her own narrative. As a result, she constantly filtered everything that didn't fit in the character and story she had created. She did it so much at this point that it was not a wonder that she started to loose her grip on what was real or not but I guess that's something rather common with pathological liars. In a similar way, you don't see or hear what other people really thinks of her. Basically, it's a tale about how power corrupts people and the fact that it centers on a woman (a fact which has been criticized by some viewers) was really intriguing. Eventually, it was a fascinating character and, of course, Cate Blanchett delivered here a career-best performance.
(Mar. 2023)
“Even though this movie apparently didnāt receive some stellar reviews, just like the other movies focusing on this character, I didnāt have some really high expectations but since I have been following the MCU from the very beginning, I still wanted to check it out. Well, to be honest, I was act” read more
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“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure to what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Jesse Eisenberg and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be an intriguing movie, thatās for sure. Indeed, even though the tone was fairly we” read more
