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7 years, 3 months ago
johanlefourbe commented on a review of Never Let Me Go
Wow... I didn't believe that this movie was great but you certainly didn't get it at all.
My interpretation was that Mark Romanek wanted to give an original approach on the science-ficton genre and o7 years, 3 months ago
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Notes: When I was a kid, I watched many movies starring Bruce Lee with my father and I thought they were really awesome. From the few movies he managed to make during his short career, this movie is still really cool, even after all these years. Indeed, even though the story was pretty straightforward and generic, I thought it was really entertaining and the whole concept was just perfect for Bruce Lee. On top of that, this movie was quite a milestone, it introduced the martial-arts genre to the mainstream audience and it has been a major inspiration to countless movies that came afterwards. Unfortunately, even though this movie was a hit, Bruce Lee died three weeks before the film's premiere so he never really enjoyed this massive celebrity status and one can only imagine the great movies he could have made afterwards. 7 years, 3 months ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Mr. Hulot's Holiday
“I can’t believe it took me about 20 years to finally see another movie directed by Jacques Tati. To be honest, at the time, I actually didn’t care much for ‘Jour de fête’ but maybe it was because I had such huge expectations. Anyway, with this 2nd attempt, even though I did like it and even” read more
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Notes: I think that 'Dog Day Afternoon', which Lumet made 2 years later also with Al Pacino, is superior but it is still a fine picture. To start up, it is rather fascinating story, albeit depressing, but still very interesting. It is basically what happens when you give an average guy a gun and some power, there is a fair chance that they will abuse it. In my opinion, the greatest asset in this movie is Frank Serpico himself. Indeed, he is such an interesting character, even if you would remove the whole corruption story, the guy would still be interesting and it is obviously thanks to a great performance by Al Pacino. Like Robert de Niro, I have been following Pacino for almost 20 years and, honestly, most of his recent work is just not worth your time and it is in fact much more rewarding to watch such old classics like this one.7 years, 3 months ago