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“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a solid cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even though I did like āThe Big Shortā, to be honest, I thought it was rather overrated and, with this new movie from Adam McKay, I once again ended up with s” read more
Notes: What can be said about this movie that hasnāt been said so many times before? Basically, it is pure and simply another impressive piece of cinema coming from Charles Chaplin and it is probably even better than 'The Circus' which I also loved. In fact, I have actually a nice story about this flick. At some point, I displayed this movie to my step-children because I thought it was important for their education. Back then, Nick, my step-son, was only 8 years old but, suddenly, out of nowhere, now 15 years old, during one of our endless conversations about movies, Nick started to precisely described in details the famous scene when the Tramp eats his shoe. Seriously, it was quite something and it shows the huge impact of this movie (but it could be said about anything done by this guy). Myself, I started to watch this movie when I was just a kid and, already then, I thought it was just fascinating and completely hilarious. 
Notes: To be honest, I thought it was rather hard to judge this movie after all. Indeed, on one hand, it was a huge box-office success at the time, it was also the first time that a war epic of this size was made (we shouldnāt forget it was made already 100 years ago) and it was really influential for all the war movies that came afterwards. However, on the other hand, I have to admit that I actually struggled to really care about this movie though. Indeed, first of all, there was the fact that, with a running time of 150 mins, it was pretty damned long. Then, another thing that bothered me even more was the fact that it took them forever to finally get involved in this worldwide conflict. Eventually, Iām not sure if I really cared about these 3 soldiers bonding about the most random things that you could imagine. The war scenes came therefore fairly late but these were the reason why this movie became pretty famous. However, to be honest, even these scenes left me rather unfazed. Thatās the tricky thing when you watch a movie so old, itās sometimes difficult to forget all the movies you have seen in the same genre that came afterwards which were technically obviously superior to this one. However, none of these other war movies would have been possible if this movie wasnāt made in the first place.
Notes: For Jordan Peele, this movie turned out to be another home-run as it was another box-office and critical success and, personally, I think I enjoyed it even more than āGet Outā. Indeed, the damned thing was just so spooky and quite scarier than Peeleās previous directing effort and, on top of that, Lupita Nyong'o gave not one but two very strong performances. Still, unfortunately, pretty much like with āGet Outā, once again, I thought that the concept was rather far-fetched after all. Seriously, ever since I saw this movie, I kept thinking about it and, to be honest, none of it made much sense. Furthermore, I figured out the twist fairly early on and, while Adelaideās behaviour could be explained, Redās behaviour, considering this twist, didnāt really work though. Anyway, even if it wasnāt flawless, it was still pretty damned entertaining and it was another really strong horror flick from Peele.
“Since I kept hearing some great things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, for Jordan Peele, it turned out to be another home-run as this movie was another box-office and critical success and, personally, I think I enjoyed it even more than āGet Outā. Indeed, the damned th” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Albert Hughesās work, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I did end up with some mixed feelings. I mean, the damned thing was hardly original and, on top of that, it took a while to final” read more
“To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since Nick, my stepson, is a big fan of this franchise, we still ended up watching the damned thing. Well, even though James Cameron's involvement was promising, unfortunately, it still turned out to be a rather useless sequel, I'” read more
Notes: In fact, I had actually already seen this movie but it was only once and it was more than ten years ago with my sister. I remember it very well, I saw this movie during the 100th birthday anniversary of Cinema and I was able see it on the big screen (which was very cool) but, unfortunately, the copy they managed to get was in such a very bad shape that they had to stop the show every 10 minutes to fix it up (which was completely not cool...). As a result, it wasn't really a rewarding experience and a re-watch was pretty much a must. Eventually, after all these years, I finally saw the damned thing again and it was definitely worth it. Indeed, it was quite extraordinary how insane and visionary this movie was. To be honest, the pacing was not always amazing and the lack of dialogues made the whole thing still rather sluggish (the fact that there was no real complete version didn't help either I guess) but, still, it is definitely the first Science-Fiction masterpiece and, 90 years later, it's still hold up very well. 
A Complete Review of Antoine Fuqua's work (16 movies items)
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Fatih Akinās work, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, it turned out to be one of these rare movies dealing with the Armenian Genocide and it was even more interesting that it was directed by a German direc” read more