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Notes: Fortunately, it turned out to be much less hard to swallow than ‘Triumph des Willens’ which was a very interesting but also really despicable and nauseating movie. Sure, it was still some Nazi propaganda but it was also more than that. Indeed, it is a neat record of some vintage Olympic games as well and you can say whatever you want about Leni Riefenstahl but she definitely knew how to shoot a movie. For example, during many of the competitions displayed in this movie, she used some slow-motion which might seem like an obvious choice but I never saw sports being shot this way and I thought it was just so efficient and even quite beautiful to look at. To be honest, I’m not so sure about the introduction with these Greek statues. Sure, it was quite artistic but it felt also rather pretentious (on the other hand, what else should you expect from such a propaganda piece?). However, I have to admit that the transition to the discus thrower was pretty neat. The opening ceremony was also an interesting part. It’s in fact pretty much the same that we have nowadays, except for the fact that some delegations were giving the Nazi salute towards Hitler which was expected from Germany’s allies. However, I was rather appalled that the French athletes who do it as well but I guess these morons didn’t know that Germany would invade their country only a few years later. It was also something quite fascinating with this movie, the fact that while you had all these countries involved in some friendly sports competition, only a few years later, most of them would be eventually involved in one of the largest world conflicts we have ever seen. And, of course, it was just awesome to see Jesse Owens kicking their Nazi butts time and time again.
Notes: Fortunately, it turned out to be much less hard to swallow than ‘Triumph des Willens’ which was a very interesting but also really despicable and nauseating movie. Sure, it was still some Nazi propaganda but it was also more than that. Indeed, it is a neat record of some vintage Olympic games as well and you can say whatever you want about Leni Riefenstahl but she definitely knew how to shoot a movie. For example, during many of the competitions displayed in this movie, she used some slow-motion which might seem like an obvious choice but I never saw sports being shot this way and I thought it was just so efficient and even quite beautiful to look at. To be honest, I’m not so sure about the introduction with these Greek statues. Sure, it was quite artistic but it felt also rather pretentious (on the other hand, what else should you expect from such a propaganda piece?). However, I have to admit that the transition to the discus thrower was pretty neat. The opening ceremony was also an interesting part. It’s in fact pretty much the same that we have nowadays, except for the fact that some delegations were giving the Nazi salute towards Hitler which was expected from Germany’s allies. However, I was rather appalled that the French athletes who do it as well but I guess these morons didn’t know that Germany would invade their country only a few years later. It was also something quite fascinating with this movie, the fact that while you had all these countries involved in some friendly sports competition, only a few years later, most of them would be eventually involved in one of the largest world conflicts we have ever seen. And, of course, it was just awesome to see Jesse Owens kicking their Nazi butts time and time again.
“To be honest, before watching this movie, I had some mixed feelings towards the damned thing but since it has such a strong reputation, I still wanted to check it out. Well, fortunately, it turned out to be much easier to swallow than ‘Triumph des Willens’ which was a very interesting but also r” read more
“I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Mila Kunis and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, during the first scenes, I actually thought for a while that it might be some kind of dark satirical comedy with” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a solid cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I didn’t know much about Charles Cullen before watching this movie but it turned out to be a really strong and actually quite ” read more
“I wasn’t 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, it’s 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 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, 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 ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ 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 wasn’t 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