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“Following the mess during the production of this movie, I wasnât expecting much but, after being stuck for years in development hell, they still apparently managed to release this movie after all so I have to admit that I was still curious about the end result. Well, unfortunately, the damned thin” read more
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Notes: It was apparently Hitchcockâs favorite movies so I was expecting a lot from the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I was rather amazed by how little I actually cared about this movie. I mean, sure, it was still a decent thriller but I really couldnât see what was supposed to be so amazing about this feature. Indeed, during the first half, nothing much really interesting happened and it took the damned thing forever to take off. Then, in the second half, it started to become slightly more entertaining but it was too little, too late. Basically, the main idea is that the ominous Uncle Charlie goes to his relatives and the viewers are supposed to be charmed by this sweet family living in this nice little town. Well, to be honest, I didnât care much for them. Furthermore, I never really understood their fascination and obsession towards this Uncle Charlie. I mean, they havenât seen him for years, they have no idea what he has been up to and it doesnât seem that he has done anything really amazing for them in the past. At least, I have to admit it, Joseph Cotten gave a strong performance and he had some very nice chemistry with the lovely Teresa Wright. Anyway, even if it didnât really work for me, it still a classic.
Notes: It was apparently Hitchcockâs favorite movies so I was expecting a lot from the damned thing. Well, to be honest, I was rather amazed by how little I actually cared about this movie. I mean, sure, it was still a decent thriller but I really couldnât see what was supposed to be so amazing about this feature. Indeed, during the first half, nothing much really interesting happened and it took the damned thing forever to take off. Then, in the second half, it started to become slightly more entertaining but it was too little, too late. Basically, the main idea is that the ominous Uncle Charlie goes to his relatives and the viewers are supposed to be charmed by this sweet family living in this nice little town. Well, to be honest, I didnât care much for them. Furthermore, I never really understood their fascination and obsession towards this Uncle Charlie. I mean, they havenât seen him for years, they have no idea what he has been up to and it doesnât seem that he has done anything really amazing for them in the past. At least, I have to admit it, Joseph Cotten gave a strong performance and he had some very nice chemistry with the lovely Teresa Wright. Anyway, even if it didnât really work for me, it still a classic.
“Since it seemed to be a decent flick (I was actually already sold by the title), I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be another really solid directorial effort from S. Craig Zahler after âBone Tomahawkâ and âBrawl in Cell Block 99â and you can only wonder what he w” read more
“I wasnât expecting much from this flick but since it was available on the KPN pluspakket, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, if you would believe the other reviews for this movie on this website, it seems to have a decent reputation but, to be honest, I really struggled to care about th” read more
Notes: Well, I wasn't disappointed and the damned thing completely deserved its stellar reputation. Still, there was one thing that did prevent this movie from being completely amazing though. Indeed, I thought it was rather far-fetched that a big star like Margo Channing would hire such a total stranger to be her assistant just like that. I mean, it's not as if the girl was starving or living under a bridge. Fortunately, this small issue wasn't a deal breaker, not at all, and the rest of the movie was pretty much flawless. Indeed, I just loved the introduction, how all the characters were in fact rather messed up and the whole thing gave a dark and fascinating look on the acting world. It shows how at least half of this world is in fact really superficial and hard work and talent won't be apparently enough, you would need to be also ruthlessly ambitious to succceed. Concerning Bette Davis, I have to confess that I haven't seen so much of her work so far but she was definitely impressive in this movie.
“To be honest, the title of this movie was a major spoiler which wasnât really a great start but since there was a nice cast involved, I thought I might as well check it. Well, I have to admit that it actually turned out to be a decent surprise and it has been ages that Catherine Hardwicke had deli” read more
@Jonathan1946m Yeah, 'Hatfields & McCoys' has been om my radar for quite a while and 'Yellowstone' does look pretty awesome as well.
The issue with Kevin Costner is not that the failures of 'Waterwor
“I wasnât really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a really nice cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, with such a generic title, I should have already lowered my expectations but, to be honest, I was actually surprised by how weak it turned out to be. S” read more
Notes: Well, I have to admit it, it is a really odd feature, the only directing effort by Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchumâs favorite movies of his one, and, unsurprisingly, it was a critical and financial flop when it was released. Honestly, could you expect such a weird dark tale to reach an audience back in the 50âs? Even myself, 60 years later, I find it difficult to grasp the whole thing. Roger Ebert had some interesting theories about this movie, that it was some kind of nightmare which was something I didnât think of while watching it and he also described it as an horror feature but I didnât really agree on this. Like I said before, the whole thing is rather odd and, sometimes, it jumps from one scene to another without much continuity but there is no denying that it was quite spellbinding to behold. Above all, it is not often that you will come across such a despicable messed up and yet somewhat charismatic main character with a pitch perfect Robert Mitchum. 
