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Notes: Well, it is probably Roman Polanski's most famous movie and, I think it completely deserves its stellar reputation. Indeed, it is basically a great mix of a traditional neo-noir feature with Polanski's dark and twisted directing style. I have to admit that the plot tends to be a little bit murky so it is definitely a movie that you can easily watch a couple of times just to fully understand all the details and what the hell is actually going on. Anyway, the murkiness of the plot was actually something really inherent to genre and I really enjoyed the fact that none of the characters were really good as they all seemed to be pretty messed up, something recurrent in Polanski's work. This movie is also one of the many classics starring Jack Nicholson and he was just great in this. Eventually, it would be the last picture Polanski made in the US as he had to fled the country following the neverending drama involved in his personal life. It's such a pity because, back then, he was one of the most successful and highly regarded movie directors in the world.
Notes: To be honest, I don't really understand why this movie was a flop when it was released. Indeed, in my opinion, it is easily one of the best movies delivered by Fincher so far but I guess the average viewer would rather have some far-fetched psychopath thriller with some preposterous twist than this marvel of cerebral film making. Personally, I have nothing against the more typical movies based on serial killers. Indeed, they're usually pretty entertaining but, in my opinion, they are also almost always over the top. Not this one though. Indeed, it didn't matter that it was based on a true story, what mattered, in my opinion, was that it was really realistic with some great directing with a keen eye for details. As a result, you had no chases and shootings or stuff like that but a deliberate slow pace which I loved but, apparently, it was one of the main complaints towards this gem. Furthermore, you had here some realistic police and realistic journalistic work and, basically, some great directing. 
Notes: Personally, I always had a rather hard time with John Hugues. Indeed, by now, I have seen almost all his directing efforts (I still need to see ‘She’s having a Baby’ though) and none of his movies really impressed me. However, there was one notable exception and it is this flick which was indeed quite amazing. First of all, it was the first movie directed by Hughes that I saw so maybe I wasn’t fed up yet with his directing style. Above all, I thought it was the only movie he made for which I thoroughly enjoyed the tone. Indeed, usually, I think the plots he develops are utterly childish and hardly entertaining. This time, even though there were some fun moments, there were also some rather grim scenes and the balance between those moods was very well done. On top of that, the characters, who are usually terribly underwhelming in his work, were very well written, quite complex and rather fascinating to behold. It has always been said that John Hughes was great at creating some compelling portrayals of teenagers but I rather disagree. In my opinion, his teenagers are usually some underwhelming walking clichés but, in this movie, I have to admit it, he got it right though and gave the right amount of self-righteousness, arrogance and lack of self-esteem and confidence.
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“I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a whole bunch of cool actors involved, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I actually never saw the actual talk show hosted by Zach Galifianakis and, to be honest, it seemed to be a rather misguided idea to tur” read more
“To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Reese Witherspoon, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, unfortunately, even though Witherspoon was as lovely as usual and was a perfect choice to play a gorgeous MILF, she was pretty much the o” read more
Movies the giraffe watched in 2020: June (28 movies items)
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I have to admit that I was actually really impressed by the damned thing and, in this genre, it is probably one of the best movies I have seen. Indeed, the main character was such an interest” read more
