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“I really had no idea what to expect from this flick but since it won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, I was quite eager to check it out. I have to admit that I was slightly worried by the 4 hours running time. Well, I wish it was worth it but, eventually, even if the story was not bad at” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“Since I kept hearing some good things about this flick, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I didn’t know anything about the famous book series it was adapted from but I think this lack of knowledge actually allowed me to enjoy more this flick. Indeed, as a r” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
Note : Basically, it was an indie feature trying to be quirky and/or artistic but it completely failed to be either. On top of that, nothing much happened through the whole thing and, to make things worse, the few characters involved were just terrible. Indeed, they were all uninteresting, but the character played by Reeves was just spineless and the character played by Bojana Novakovic was even sometimes downright cringe-inducing. While you are kept in the dark through most of the duration, there was finally some twist at the end providing some information about these characters but it was just as lame and underwhelming at the rest of the movie was. Eventually, the most bewildering thing about this movie was how Keanu Reeves ended getting involved in this project. Indeed, for a lame blockbuster, at least, he would get a nice pay check but since this movie was obviously made with a shoestring budget, money was definitely not the motivator here. At least, Bojana Novakovic and Adelaide Clemens did look charming but that’s probably the only positive thing I could find regarding this flick.
“Since this movie has a rather poor reputation, I wasn’t expecting much but since I have a weak spot for Keanu Reeves, I though I might as well check it out. Well, unfortunately, it turned out to be terribly lame, I’m afraid. Basically, it was an indie feature trying to be quirky and/or artistic ” read more
“After watching 'Amy', this was the 2nd documentary we saw directed by Asif Kapadia with our film club. First of all, even though the movie was about 2 hours long, I was surprised that they mostly focused on less than 10 years which shows that there were so many dramatic events in his life that you c” read more
“I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Claude Miller's work, this movie would even be his last directing effort, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, I really struggled to care about the damned thing. I know it was adapted from a classi” read more
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Notes: After watching 'Amy', this was the 2nd documentary we saw directed by Asif Kapadia with our film club. First of all, even though the movie was about 2 hours long, I was surprised that they mostly focused on less than 10 years which shows that there were so many dramatic events in Maradona's life that you could easily release a whole TV-show about him. Anyway, as a kid growing up in the 80's, I was quite fascinated by Diego Maradona, I always believed that he had been one of the greatest footballers ever and, with this movie, you get to see pretty much all the highlights of the most productive part of his career which was pretty neat. However, if the promotional material might have been giving the impression that this movie would provide a complex portrayal of this notorious figure, I'm afraid that it was a slight failure in this area. Basically, the whole thing was just too one-sided as their approach was to constantly show Maradona as a victim. Indeed, if you would believe this movie, even when he was at the top of his game, he was still a victim of his success as the fans were giving him too much attention (massive stalking might be a better word though). But he was also a victim of the mafia, of the defense players, of the media, of the Napoli football club, of a pregnant woman, of a good chunk of the Italian population... Of course, it was one way to see his life but some nuances would have been maybe more interesting. Still, there is no doubt that the guy was an amazing football player.
(Aug. 2019)
![He Got Game [1998]](https://pthumb.lisimg.com/image/products/90/B000056CU6/dvds/B000056CU6.jpg "He Got Game [1998]")
Notes: I must confess, I'm not a huge fan of his very old British features. I mean, they are old pretty good and entertaining, that's for sure, but except for 'The Lady Vanishes' which really impressed me, none of them actually blew me away and this movie was not an exception. It seems that it is a very popular story since it has been adapted 4 times already and, apparently, this version is the most acclaimed one. Basically, it is one of those many British spy movies Hitchcock made back in those days and even though I enjoyed it, I couldn't shake the thought that he was still rehearsing before creating all his masterpieces he made in the 40's and the 50's. Still, this movie is considered as a major British film of its time so I might re-watch it at some point in the future to make up my mind for good. Anyway, even though it didn't really blow me away, it is still a very entertaining vintage spy feature.