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johanlefourbe posted a review of Love, Simon
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie and since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I have to admit that I was definitely impressed by this movie. Indeed, I always had a weak spot for romantic comedies but, to be honest, most of them are” read more
2 years, 8 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of 6 Souls
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Julianne Moore and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it was maybe not the worst movie I have seen with Julianne Moore, it wasn’t far from it, I’m a” read more
2 years, 8 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to Top 10 worst movies 2010 list
Note: Well, even if it was maybe not the worst movie I have seen with Julianne Moore, it wasn’t far from it, I’m afraid. Basically, it started out with a mental patient with a multiple personalities disorder but, like so many other thrillers or horror films, instead of developing a realistic and relational portrait of such a disease, they went paranormal which is such a lame and predictable approach. However, in this case, it was actually even worse as they went for some religious mumbo-jumbo which became increasingly non-sensical. Towards the end, there was a flashback supposedly explaining what actually happened to Jonathan Rhys Meyers’s character but I don’t think I would be able to explain how it all actually went down. The fact that I stopped caring about what was going on for at least 30 mins before this flashback probably didn’t help. Concerning Rhys Meyers, I can understand the appeal for him to play a character with multiple personalities but I’m afraid he didn’t have the acting chops to pull this off.2 years, 8 months ago
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R.I.P.Gaspard Ulliel's films I've watched :Ranked (7 person items)2 years, 8 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Big Bug
“Since I’m a huge fan of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s work, I was thrilled to hear that his next movie would be available on Netflix and it immediately became a top priority for me this year. Well, it’s only after the watching the damned thing that I discovered that it had received some rather weak rev” read more
2 years, 8 months ago
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Movies the giraffe watched in 2022: February (28 movies items)2 years, 8 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1950's) list
Notes: To be honest, I’m not usually not a huge fan of such old Westerns but I have to admit that this one was not bad at all. Indeed, I really liked a how they mixed a rather generic vendetta with the odyssey of a precious stolen rifle. Indeed, while James Stewart’s character kept hunting for his nemesis, which was rather generic, it seemed that his stolen rifle was somehow cursed as every new owner managed to keep it only for a short while and most of them violently died in the process. As a result, it made the whole thing completely unpredictable and more entertaining than if it only focused on James Stewart’s character obsessively chasing some seemingly random dude. It’s too bad that they didn’t manage to do more with Shelley Winters’s character as she was such a charismatic actress. Indeed, in my opinion, she was more interesting than many pretty faces who were much more famous than her at the time. In fact, even Winters was not exactly impressed by what they had done with her character who basically waited on the side line until she could finally end up with the main character. Anyway, even if I don’t think that it was anything really ground-breaking, it was still a solid vintage Western.2 years, 8 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1920's) list
Notes: The production value was actually quite impressive as it all looked authentic and quite beautiful to look at. Furthermore, Charu Roy and Seeta Devi had a pretty good chemistry. However, concerning the story itself, well, it turned to be a cute Indian fairy tale but, to be honest, it wasn’t really much more than that. Indeed, the biggest issue, in my opinion, was that the famous throw of dice came up just way too late and, as a result, everything happening before felt too random. I mean, you might wonder why King Sohat didn’t plot this right from the start since it seemed to be a much easier and above all efficient way to overthrow King Ranjit. Then, when the fateful event finally took place, its aftermath didn’t last long since, within 5 mins, it was already discovered what actually really happened and the whole movie was even wrapped up within the next 10 mins. Still, it was easily the oldest Indian movie I have ever seen and, even though there was no wild dance scenes, it has been a huge precursor for the Bollywood production. Eventually, I was surprised that it was actually directed by a German guy called Franz Osten. Indeed, most US or European productions taking place in some ‘exotic’ country, even nowadays, will almost always include a white main character but Osten didn’t make this mistake here which I really did appreciate.2 years, 8 months ago