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johanlefourbe added 1 item to Top 10 worst movies 2024 list
Notes: After hearing so many bad things about this movie, I seriously lowered my expectations but I still ended up watching the damned thing in the movie theater. Anyway, probably because I was expecting something so awful but I donāt think it was so bad after all. Sure, it was nothing amazing and it did feel indeed rather half-baked but I thought the end-result was harmless and there were even a couple of decent ideas. I mean, it was directed by a woman with a cast of interesting actresses (Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor, Emma Roberts) and I liked how all these characters were connected together. Unfortunately, even though Tahar Rahim is a fine actor, his bad guy was just so underwhelming. Basically, he was some kind of villainous version of Spider-Man shooting some poison instead of webs. Anyway, the guy was pretty lame. Furthermore, it was pretty obvious that they struggled with the script (according to Dakota Johnson, the end-result had actually pretty much nothing to do anymore with the script she signed on to make). I mean, you get to see the main character driving around, she drops the girls into some random woods so she can go back to New York just to read some journal and goes back again to these woods and all this with the same stolen cab. Then, after this very clunky sequence, she then dumped then again so she could make some trip to Peru which was just weird. The ending was also hardly convincing. Indeed, it is not as if all these girls were orphans so it didnāt make sense that Cassandra Webb would become their foster somehow.2 weeks, 3 days ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Inside Out 2
“To be honest, I wasnāt actually planning to see this movie on Disney+ but my youngest daughter was quite eager to watch it in the movie theater. Apparently, it turned out to be a huge success at the box-office and I have to admit that it turned out to be one of the better Pixar sequels. Indeed, th” read more
2 weeks, 4 days ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Poker Face
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was starring Russell Crowe (he even directed the damned thing) and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I didnāt expect it to be so lame after all. I understand Crowe has n” read more
2 weeks, 5 days ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to Top 10 worst movies 2022 list
Notes: To be honest, I didnāt expect it to be so lame after all. I understand Russell Crowe has now entered a phase in his career during which he just wants to do whatever he wants and doesnāt give a sh*t anymore about what everybody else might be thinking, good for him, but, seriously, what was the point in making this movie? It couldnāt be the money since he probably didnāt get much to do it and basically no one saw it when it was released but it couldnāt have been the abysmal story or concept either (was there an actual concept involved here actually?). Anyway, I always had a weak spot for movies dealing with poker and, with such a title, you might have expected to see plenty of playing action but you will be really disappointing since they only played for a short while after all. I guess the basic idea was to show that the main character was going through life as if it was some kind of poker game but I canāt say the end-result was deep whatsoever. Concerning the characters, none of them was interesting but the fact that they were not developed probably didnāt help either. Sure, Elsa Pataky is still really lovely but what was the point of her character who showed up for 10 mins to deal some cards and then completely disappeared afterwards? Eventually, even though āThe Water Divinerā was not a bad directorial debut, this sophomore effort was just abysmal and it seems that Crowe should just stick to acting.2 weeks, 5 days ago
johanlefourbe added Father, Mother, Sister, Brother to have watched list
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“The main reason why I wanted to watch this flick was because āFury Roadā wasĀ such a huge commercial and critical success. However, for some reason, it seems that I forgot that I was actually never a huge fan of āFury Roadā in the first place (I even saw the damned thing a 2nd time in case ” read more
4 weeks ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Three Thousand Years of Longing
“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by George Miller, I thought I might as well check it out. Eventually, it turned out to be a very classic tale but the fact that the story was fairly derivative was not a problem at all. Indeed, it was actu” read more
1 month ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to A Complete Review of George Miller's work list
Cast : Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky
What was it about?
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.
My two cents:
Iām not surprised that this sequel didnāt turn out to be such a huge box-office success after all. Itās not that it was bad, itās just that it is really an acquired taste and that it seems that āFury Roadā was just a struck of luck back then. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, I have to admit that Furiosa was definitely a badass character and it was pretty cool to make a movie about her origins. However, the main issue was probably the fact that the damned thing was too long. Indeed, it was 30 mins longer than āFury Roadā and such action movies should never last more than 2 hrs. In this case, it took maybe 1 hour before Anya Taylor-Joy finally showed up. By the way, she is definitely one of the most fascinating actresses at work nowadays and she delivered another strong performance here. The funny thing is that I was convinced that she was much smaller than Charlize Theron but, in fact, they are both about the same size. Anyway, there is something really statuesque about Theron and, in spite of Taylor-Joyās impressive talent, Iām afraid she doesnāt have the same physical presence though. Concerning the action scenes, well, George Miller is pretty much the all-time master in this genre and I guessed they worked fine in this area.
My rating: 07/10
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Top 10 worst movies 2024johanlefourbe added 1 item to Top 10 worst movies 2024 list
Notes: Once again, even though the critics for this movie were rather abysmal, I donāt think it was so bad. Indeed, in my opinion, this follow-up was neither better or worse than its predecessor and, at least, you have to admit that Zack Snyder is actually pretty consistent. Above all, what amazed me the most was how Snyder managed to get 4 hrs of running time from this material? Seriously, I donāt think it was really so bad, it was more that it felt so empty somehow. In this case, this village and these warriors had 5 days before the enemy would attack them and, out of these 5 days (which was ridiculously low), they took like 2 or 3 days to harvest wheat but it was rather pathetic. I mean, the whole idea was that the harvest would supposedly protect them but it was certainly not convincing. Of course, at some point, Atticus Noble gave the order to blast this whole village regardless of the harvest making their whole plan completely meaningless. In a similar fashion, sure, in āSeven Samuraiā, a handful of skilled warriors could win against an army of bandits, but, in this case, they were facing an intergalactic super power would could blast them from out of space so Iām afraid the whole concept eventually didnāt work from the very beginning. At least, I think that Sofia Boutella was actually better but I think it was mostly because she had so very little dialogues this time around (like everyone else actually). Eventually, the funniest thing is that they gave an open ending for a possible sequel but, to be honest, I wish that Snyder would drop this, even if it did sound quite promising at first. 1 month ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to A Movie A Year (Part 2) list
1 month ago
Can we still call it New Wave ?