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johanlefourbe posted a review of Orpheus
“Since this movie has a really strong reputation (it is included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ 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 I’m starting to get more familiar with his sur” read more
2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1950's) list
Notes: By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess I’m starting to get more familiar with his surrealist vibe. Recently, I also watched ‘La belle et la bête’ by Cocteau but, even if it did like it, to be honest, it didn’t 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 ‘La belle et la bête’ but Cocteau still had some neat tricks in this area but, as far as I was concerned, it wasn’t 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 Orphée 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 Orphée. It probably sounds pretty weird if you haven’t 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 didn’t help) and I should probably re-watch it at some point.2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess I’m starting to get more familiar with his surrealist vibe. Recently, I also watched ‘La belle et la bête’ by Cocteau but, even if it did like it, to be honest, it didn’t 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 ‘La belle et la bête’ but Cocteau still had some neat tricks in this area but, as far as I was concerned, it wasn’t 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 Orphée 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 Orphée. It probably sounds pretty weird if you haven’t 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 didn’t help) and I should probably re-watch it at some point.2 years, 4 months ago
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Opening Night
“To be honest, I wasn’t 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
2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Kings
“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. Well, it’s only afterwards that I discovered that this movie had received some very poor reviews but, to be honest, I don’t think it was bad at all. Indeed, i” read more
2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to Marvel Cinematic Universe : an All-star cast list
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“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 ‘Black Panther’, to be honest, I didn’t think it was such a revolutionary super-hero flick afte” read more
2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
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 didn’t 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 didn’t help that the ending ceremony was included for some reason in the previous movie which, in my opinion, didn’t 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 didn’t get to see Adolf’s 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 don’t think I will ever get enough of watching such incredibly majestic athletes in slow-motion. 2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
“A couple of days ago, I already saw ‘Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker’ and I was quite eager to see this second part. Well, 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 f” read more
2 years, 4 months ago
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johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) list
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 didn’t 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 didn't not end with something more spectacular but, eventually, it was rather short and quite anti-climactic. It didn’t help that the ending ceremony was included for some reason in the previous movie which, in my opinion, didn’t 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 didn’t get to see Adolf’s 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 don’t think I will ever get enough of watching such incredibly majestic athletes in slow-motion. 2 years, 4 months ago
2 years, 4 months ago
Alfonso Elolajohanlefourbe posted a review of Limit (1931)
“Since this movie seemed to have a solid reputation (it is included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list among other things), I thought I might as well check it out. Well, Mario Peixoto definitely delivered a strange movie here, that’s for sure, and I have to admit that I had p” read more
2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) list
Notes: Mario Peixoto definitely delivered a strange movie here, that’s for sure, and I have to admit that I had pretty much no clue what the damned thing was actually about. Apparently, one woman had escaped from prison, another woman had left a bad marriage and there was a man in love with someone else's wife but, to be honest, it didn’t get all that at all. It’s also interesting that this movie would be Peixoto only directing effort but, even if the guy was only around 21 years old at the time, his movie would still manage to become one of the best Brazilian movies ever made, no less than that. Anyway, even if I didn't really get what it was all about or what the hell was actually going on, I have to admit that I really dug the beginning scenes though. Above all, I think I especially enjoyed the melancholic haunting score and, in combination with the surrealist visuals, it made the whole thing quite spellbinding to behold. Unfortunately, they didn’t stick to this score and, after 15 mins, they went instead for some generic violin tune which was not awful but this movie definitely didn’t have the same impact at all anymore. As a result, I had a hard time to keep my focus on the damned thing. Furthermore, even though I do appreciate a surrealist/experimental movie when it is rather short, 2 hours of this was just seriously challenging though. 2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: Mario Peixoto definitely delivered a strange movie here, that’s for sure, and I have to admit that I had pretty much no clue what the damned thing was actually about. Apparently, one woman had escaped from prison, another woman had left a bad marriage and there was a man in love with someone else's wife but, to be honest, it didn’t get all that at all. It’s also interesting that this movie would be Peixoto only directing effort but, even if the guy was only around 21 years old at the time, his movie would still manage to become one of the best Brazilian movies ever made, no less than that. Anyway, even if I didn't really get what it was all about or what the hell was actually going on, I have to admit that I really dug the beginning scenes though. Above all, I think I especially enjoyed the melancholic haunting score and, in combination with the surrealist visuals, it made the whole thing quite spellbinding to behold. Unfortunately, they didn’t stick to this score and, after 15 mins, they went instead for some generic violin tune which was not awful but this movie definitely didn’t have the same impact at all anymore. As a result, I had a hard time to keep my focus on the damned thing. Furthermore, even though I do appreciate a surrealist/experimental movie when it is rather short, 2 hours of this was just seriously challenging though. 2 years, 4 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to TV Shows I would love to watch list
What is it about?
A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
My verdict:
Since this TV-show was a critical success and since it was created by Baz Luhrmann, I was quite eager to check it out. It will be also notoriously remembered as being the first Netflix TV-show not to be renewed for a 2nd season, in spite the fact that it was critically lauded. Well, to be honest, I'm not surprised that it was not renewed. Not that it was bad, it was actually pretty good. However, even though the material was actually amazing, this show was never really great though. As usual with Luhrmann, there was probably too much stuff going on all the time and you might wonder if his super-charged style was really appropriate for such gritty material. 2 years, 4 months ago
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