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johanlefourbe posted a review of Gimme Danger (2016)
“Since I'm a big fan of Iggy Pop and a big fan of Jim Jamursch, of course, I really had to watch this documentary at some point. Well, eventually, I have to admit that it turned to be a really straightforward rock documentary and, if you are really not interested in this band, it won't be a really sp” read more
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Notes: Basically, it is just really a really spellbinding story and easily the best sport movie ever made. I mean, even though 'Ordinary People' was a very good flick, this masterpiece was just from another level and should have won the best picture academy award back in those days. In my opinion, if there is a time when Scoresese should have won the big prize, it was at that moment and not with 'The Departed' which was the only way the Academy could possibly apologize to this great master. Anyway, this movie is the stuff of legends. Indeed, In 1978, when Martin Scorsese was at an all-time low resulting from a cocaine addiction, Robert De Niro visited him and told him that he had to clean himself up and make this movie. Thanks to De Niro, Scorsese was back in the game and directed one of the best movies ever made and continued to make incredible movies for the next 3 decades. Of course, we shouldn't forget De Niro who gave one of the best performances which has been a reference for many actors afterwards.8 years, 3 months ago
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Notes: Even though it might not be the first parody ever made, it was and is the best one ever made. So, if you watch this flick and you think it stinks, you can skip directly everything in this genre because nothing else that came after was remotely better than this. For me, this test worked pretty well and I know where I stand now. Indeed, I thought it was pretty good and there were many many good jokes but that was about it, I'm afraid. Indeed, in my opinion, even though it was supposed to be that way, it all remains pretty stupid and stupid humor is not really my thing, I'm afraid. After this, the directing trio (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker) spent much of their career milking dry this genre and I didn't care much for it. To conclude, even though I'm not a huge fan, it is definitely a pretty good comedy. 8 years, 3 months ago
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Annie
“To be honest, since I didn’t care much for John Huston’s version and since this movie turned out to be a critical flop, I didn’t expect much from the damned thing but since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I always thought it was actually a rather bori” read more
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Notes: We don't hear much from John Landis nowadays but, back in the 80's, he was one of the most successful directors at work. One of his biggest success was this werewolf flick which has now reached a cult status. To mix comedy and horror is a tricky challenge and many movies fail miserably but Landis did a good work and sometimes you wonder if you should be laughing or be horrified by the whole thing. I must say, like most of movies about this subject, it takes like forever until the main character finally becomes a werewolf. But, honestly, the end result was quite mindblowing. No CGI but pure awesome make-up which still stands up 30 years later but that's in fact another issue with this flick. Indeed, the make-up was actually so impressive that it kind of upstaged the whole story which was rather pedestrian when you think about it. 8 years, 3 months ago
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Notes: Well, eventually, I wasn't disappointed, that's for sure. Basically, it was pretty much a flawless drama that worked on all levels. Indeed, I was at first quite impressed by its visual style which was sober but also so effective and, yet, they managed to make some rather simple scenes like a character smoking beautiful to look at. Then, you had the score which was a perfect mix between classic and modern. So, the directing was really strong but the performances were just really fine as well from all the actors involved. Another thing I really appreciated in this movie was how deep and complex all the characters were displayed. Eventually, there was something really hearbreaking about this tale and it displayed how merciless such environment can be, especially if you show any kind of weakness. It raises such questions like should we always be true to ourself even it will probably result in our own destruction or should we adapt in order to survive? Seriously, the damned thing was just fascinating to behold.
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johanlefourbe posted a review of The Nice Guys
“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, even though it turned to be actually pretty good, I still had a hard time to really care about the dammed thing. I guess it had to with the fact that it was just so similar to 'Kiss ” read more
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Notes: To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie and maybe I should give it another chance at some point. Back in the 80’s , there was a new French wave of directors called the ’Cinéma du Look’ with Luc Besson, Léo Carax and Jean-Jacques Beineix. Besson is obviously the one who had the biggest critical and definitely commercial success and Beineix probably the one who got the least success of the trio. Anyway, since this directing debut had a solid reputation, at least, in France, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, even though it was visually pretty neat and even though I did like the tone, I had a rather hard time to care about the story and the characters involved. That was apparently the main thing about the ’Cinéma du Look’, those filmmakers apparently put the focus more on the style than on the narrative and I thought it was pretty obvious with this movie. Later on, Beineix would come up with ‘37°2 le matin’ which would be one of the biggest French cult-classics released in the 80’s but the rest of his career would turn out to be rather underwhelming. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, even though I thought it was rather disappointing, it was still a decent watch. 8 years, 3 months ago
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