Login
Home
587 Lists
7842 Reviews
Collections
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe voted for list
Vanity Fair's Hitchcock Hollywood Portofolio (10 beauty items)2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of The Trust
“I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since it was starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I have to admit that I was quite actually positively surprised by the damned thing. Sure, it was still missing to be really good but there is ” read more
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a video
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Ivan the Terrible, Part 1
“Since this movie has a strong 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. First of all, I have been rediscovering Sergei Eisenstein’s recently. I did watch ‘Bronenosets Potyomkin’ but, to be h” read more
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: Among Eisenstein’s prestigious track-record, this movie and its follow-up are considered as some of the best movies ever made and I could see right away why. Indeed, even if this movie was backed by Stalin himself, it clearly stood out from the propaganda movies made by Eisenstein during the 20’s. Above all, the damned thing was visually so impressive (it did help that the copy I saw on YouTube was pristine). On top of that, the performances were pretty good, especially by Nikolay Cherkasov who was just so strong here. Seriously, it is hard to believe that it was the same actor who played the Czar Ivan IV at the beginning and at the end of this movie. However, even if the scale was epic thanks to its visuals and the strong performances, to be honest, in my opinion, nothing much really happened after all. Basically, most of the duration was about the boyars either complaining or plotting against the Czar but, right from the start, Ivan was well aware of the fact that the boyars were against him but I don’t get why he didn’t do anything to get rid of them or, at least, diminish their influence since they were clearly his biggest enemies. Still, this movie did provide a very interesting balance showing at the same time that Ivan was a charismatic leader and visionary who set the foundations for modern Russia but also a paranoid delusional megalomaniac. 2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1940's) list
Notes: Among Eisenstein’s prestigious track-record, this movie and its follow-up are considered as some of the best movies ever made and I could see right away why. Indeed, even if this movie was backed by Stalin himself, it clearly stood out from the propaganda movies made by Eisenstein during the 20’s. Above all, the damned thing was visually so impressive (it did help that the copy I saw on YouTube was pristine). On top of that, the performances were pretty good, especially by Nikolay Cherkasov who was just so strong here. Seriously, it is hard to believe that it was the same actor who played the Czar Ivan IV at the beginning and at the end of this movie. However, even if the scale was epic thanks to its visuals and the strong performances, to be honest, in my opinion, nothing much really happened after all. Basically, most of the duration was about the boyars either complaining or plotting against the Czar but, right from the start, Ivan was well aware of the fact that the boyars were against him but I don’t get why he didn’t do anything to get rid of them or, at least, diminish their influence since they were clearly his biggest enemies. Still, this movie did provide a very interesting balance showing at the same time that Ivan was a charismatic leader and visionary who set the foundations for modern Russia but also a paranoid delusional megalomaniac. 2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a video
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a list
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020's) (16 movies items)2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe added 6 items to 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020's) list
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a list
A Complete Review of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's work (9 movies items)2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe added 9 items to A Complete Review of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's work list
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Två killar och en tjej
“It seemed to be a really obscure flick but since it was directed by Lasse Hallström and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, following the intro with some really lame cabaret, I was actually quite worried. Fortunately, it turned out to be a decent” read more
2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a list
2022 movies - Personal review and Awards - (51 movies items)2 years, 5 months ago
johanlefourbe added 51 items to 2022 movies - Personal review and Awards - list
2 years, 5 months ago
