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Notes: Well, the damned thing definitely deserves its notorious reputation and it is indeed by far the bleakest WWII movie I have seen. Of course, I’m well aware of the atrocities that happened back then in Western Europa but I’m not so familiar with what happened in Eastern Europa, in particular, the Soviet Union, but the horrors perpetuated there reached a really despicable level. To make it all even more horrific, everything was also told from the point of view of a very young boy. Eventually, this movie also displayed how kids might develop some massive PTSD by spending so much time, sometimes even years, in such war zone and by being relentlessly confronted with such horrific events. To be honest, I have to admit that it is a rather difficult movie to grasp though. Indeed, nothing is told in a straightforward way and, instead, you get a series of really chaotic events and, as a result, it can be frustrating to watch. However, if you manage to hold on to it, you might come to the conclusion that its chaotic nature could be actually a perfect reflection of the chaotic nature of war itself. Indeed, many more war movies might be easier to swallow but, in fact, all these movies are just way too neat and, as a result, they could be actually glorifying war, even if it was unintentional. Here, war is the stuff of nightmare that you will probably never forget and that’s probably how it should be.
“To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much from this movie especially since I didn’t care at all for the previous instalment at all. Well, maybe because I had such low expectations about the damned thing but I thought it was not so bad after all. First of all, many complained about the fact that many” read more
Notes: I haven't seen this one yet...
“Since it was the last movie directed by Mike Leigh, I was quite eager to check it out. To be honest, I have to admit I have never been a huge fan of Turner’s work. I mean, his paintings are decent but they are simply not among my favorites. Still, the guy was one of the most important British pain” read more
“I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. Basically, it was one of those many ambitious projects directed by Oliver Stone which didn't end up doing very well critically and/or commercially. Well, even if it was maybe nothing really groundbr” read more
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have this flick but since I didn’t like it much the first time around, I don’t think I will waste my time a 2nd time with this movie. First of all, I have to admit it, even though it seemed to be really lame, eventually, ‘American Pie’ turned out to ” read more
Notes: Eventually, even though I wasn’t completely blown away by the whole thing, I thought it was still pretty good though. I mean, basically, it is one of those great romantic epics and it also works as an impressive love letter to Africa. At the end of the day, the biggest issue I had is that I usually wouldn't care for such characters but Meryl Streep and Robert Redford both gave some really strong perfomances Indeed, they both completely fit the parts and they definitely swept me away. While watching this, I kept thinking though that I would probably be more interested by a story dealing with the natives instead of a story dealing with some white people in Africa. Concerning Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack, out of the 7 movies they made together, it is probably the most famous one and, I have to admit, probably one of their best movies.
“In the contrary to the other members of my film club with whom I have seen this movie, I have actually watched most of the movies directed by François Ozon and what I probably like the most about this director is his verstality. Indeed, you never really know what you will get with him and, this tim” read more
“Like everyone else, of course, I heard about Stephen Hawking but I have to admit that he didn't know much about him so, only therefore, I was quite eager to check this movie and since it received some good reviews, there was a fair chance that it could turn out to be a decent watch. And, indeed, Haw” read more
Notes: This movie is probably one of Akira Kurosawa's most famous work, probably his last masterpiece. If I recalled correctly Kurosawa actually spent decades prepping for this movie. Indeed, he began writing the film 10 years before its release and he spent also ten years storyboarding every shot in the film as paintings. This preparation went so far that ‘Kagemusha’, his previous directing effort and another movie with a very solid reputation, was actually a 'practice' for the great Japanse master before creating this piece of Art. In my opinion, it is not really one of his most accessible movies (I personally prefer ‘Rashomon’ which remains by far his best movie in my opinion) but it is definitely a gorgeous flick and the whole thing was quite mesmerizing to behold. 
“I already saw this flick but since it was a while back, I thought I might as well check it out again. In fact, I actually saw the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. Anyway, even though it was nothing amazing, I always had a weak spot for this flick and it is definitely one of my” read more
chosen by Peter
Notes: You never really know what you will get with François Ozon and, this time, he came up with some hommage to the 30's German black-and-white movies (apparently, it was even a remake of a movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch called 'Broken Lullaby'). Well, first of all, it was easily the most gorgeous movie delivered by Ozon so far and the actors involved were all pretty strong. Unfortunately, even though everybody seemed to be really enthusiast about this tale, I can't say it really amazed me. I mean, I really liked the mix between drama, romance and even thriller but, somehow, it was still missing something. The main issue, I guess, was that this concept of having a mysterious stranger somehow replacing someone who has been recenly deceased was actually a rather old gimmick and I don't think that Ozon added much to this old formula. Especially from the moment you finally learn the truth, it became rather flat and, in the 3rd act, when the German woman goes after this mysterious French man, it felt rather redundant and didn't really change the situation of both characters. Still, even though it didn't completely blow away, it was a very nice watch.
(Dec. 2016)