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“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for romantic-comedies, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be based on a real self-help book which must be one of the most misguided gimmicks in the romantic-comedy genre. Howe” read more
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1950's) (126 movies items)
Notes: Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of musicals but since this movie is a classic, I thought I might as well give it a try. As a matter of fact, at some point I read a book about movies my wife bought for me and, in this book, they developed some interesting views about musicals. Indeed, according to the writer, back in those days, there was a really rigid production code in the USA and the musicals with their mix of reality and fantasy was a way to show things that were not really allowed. With this in mind, I might give musicals some extra credit in the future but, unfortunately, I wasn’t really blown away by this one. I mean, I couldn’t help thinking that the whole thing was mostly a marketing stunt presenting Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra (who was at the peak of his popularity) together. Also, even though the dance scenes were not bad, I thought they were actually rather underwhelming. And, of course, the story and the characters were terribly fluffy and, even though I’m fully aware it is a trademark of this genre, I always find difficult to care about what’s going on. 
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was apparently well received, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, since my step-son is autist, I think I have a rather decent knowledge about this topic and it was interesting to see they how they would han” read more
Notes: By now, it was the 3rd movie I saw directed by Jean Cocteau and I guess I’m starting to get more familiar with his surrealist vibe. Recently, I also watched ‘La belle et la bête’ by Cocteau but, even if it did like it, to be honest, it didn’t really blow me away though. In fact, I thought this other directing effort by Cocteau was actually much more intriguing. Sure, visually speaking, it was less fancy than ‘La belle et la bête’ but Cocteau still had some neat tricks in this area but, as far as I was concerned, it wasn’t the most interesting thing about this movie. Basically, he took an ancient Greek myth and set it in a contemporary setting, which is basically what we often do with many classic Shakespeare plays. Anyway, it was above all quite fun to see that he really took some liberties with the classic mythological tale. Indeed, even though Orphée still did go to Hell to save his wife Eurydice, he seemed to be actually most of the time rather annoyed by her and, in fact, he seemed to be actually more interested by Death who herself was also in love with Orphée. It probably sounds pretty weird if you haven’t seen this movie and it was indeed weird but these unexpected turns were super interesting. Still, I have to admit I still struggled to get a good grip on this challenging material (the fact that I was really tired when I watched it probably didn’t help) and I should probably re-watch it at some point.
Films Roger Ebert liked that everyone else dislike (39 movies items)"Looking back at this list, even though I still think that Roger Ebert was still easily the most interesting movie critic that ever lived, I would have to agree with the giraffe that, sometimes, Ebert "
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this sequel but since I have seen all the other movies directed by Matthew Vaughn and since there was a nice cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, even though I have to admit that I did like 'Kingsman: The Secret Service', I n” read more
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“I didn't expect much from this flick but, somehow, I still ended up watching the damned thing. Well, obviously, the whole thing seemed to be indeed really stupid but, to be honest, I have to admit that I was actually positively surprised, at least, during the 30 minutes. Indeed, the whole situatio” read more
