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“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, Iām not a huge fan of musicals in general, I have to admit that Iām not familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein and itās only afterwards th” read more
“I wasnāt 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. At least, you have to admit that the title was pretty badass. Well, in spite of its ambitious title, it turned out to be a huge flop when it was released after al” read more
“To be honest, it seemed to be a really obscure flick but since it was directed by Lasse Hallstrƶm and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, like Switzerland, Sweden was neutral during WWII so it was interesting to see a movie focusing on this time ” read more
Notes: I didnāt know that, back in the 1910ās and 1920ās, such serial films were actually very popular. Louis Feuillade was apparently the master in this genre and this movie is considered as his magnum opus. Well, with 7 hours of running time, it is considered as one of the longest movies ever made but, to be honest, I donāt actually agree with this assessment. Indeed, it is not a continuous epic story like āThe Lord of the Ringsā but it is in fact very episodic and, in my opinion, it is a more a vintage mini-series than a very long feature film. Anyway, to be honest, I think it must be quite a drag to watch it all at once and, in my case, I actually watched it the same way it was released, one episode each day over a 10 days period. Anyway, how was the damned thing after all? Well, in spite of its title, it turned out that this movie had actually nothing to do with actual vampires after all. Indeed, it was actually dealing with some bizarre underground gang called āThe Vampiresā. In this group, the most memorable character was definitely Irma Vep, such an intriguing character that it inspired Olivier Assayas not only to make a movie back in the 90ās but also a mini-series much more recently. On the other side, with the good guys, to be honest, I didnāt care much for Philippe GuĆ©rande but, on the other hand, Oscar-Cloud Mazamette was very often quite hilarious.
Notes: I didnāt know that, back in the 1910ās and 1920ās, such serial films were actually very popular. Louis Feuillade was apparently the master in this genre and this movie is considered as his magnum opus. Well, with 7 hours of running time, it is considered as one of the longest movies ever made but, to be honest, I donāt actually agree with this assessment. Indeed, it is not a continuous epic story like āThe Lord of the Ringsā but it is in fact very episodic and, in my opinion, it is a more a vintage mini-series than a very long feature film. Anyway, to be honest, I think it must be quite a drag to watch it all at once and, in my case, I actually watched it the same way it was released, one episode each day over a 10 days period. Anyway, how was the damned thing after all? Well, in spite of its title, it turned out that this movie had actually nothing to do with actual vampires after all. Indeed, it was actually dealing with some bizarre underground gang called āThe Vampiresā. In this group, the most memorable character was definitely Irma Vep, such an intriguing character that it inspired Olivier Assayas not only to make a movie back in the 90ās but also a mini-series much more recently. On the other side, with the good guys, to be honest, I didnāt care much for Philippe GuĆ©rande but, on the other hand, Oscar-Cloud Mazamette was very often quite hilarious.
“Since this movie has a strong reputation (it is included in the ā1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieā list among other things), I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I didnāt know that, back in the 1910ās and 1920ās, such serial films were actually very popular. Louis F” read more
“Since this movie had been very well received and since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, even though I really liked the damned thing, I have to admit that I was actually surprised by the lack of information you actually get, regarding volcanos in gen” read more
