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Notes: The damned thing was so weak, the only redeeming feature was that it was rather short. Where should I start? Everything from the title to the poster, to the font used for the credits, the action scenes, the performances of the actors involved, seriously, everything felt so cheap. It also took forever to really take off and, even when it finally did take off, the concept barely worked. I mean, how was the main character supposed to investigate the murders of his wife and kid if he took a vow of silence? Seriously, it didnāt seem really practical. Eventually, the answer provided by the movie was that he only had to look someone deep in the eyes to get the answers to his question, without asking an actual question. Sure, it does sound ridiculous and it was probably even worse on the silver screen. At least, it was one of the very few vigilante features which didn't end up with the main character killing his target and I have to admit that it was rather refreshing. However, the fact that the alternative was to bring the perpetuator to justice didnāt seem to work either since Frank Valera himself used to be part of a seemingly rotten justice system which didnāt seem really efficient to provide the right punishment for people who really deserved it. 
“I wasnāt expecting much from the damned thing but, since it was starring Antonio Banderas, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, as expected, it turned out to be one of these dreadful direct-to-VOD hack jobs. To be honest, I have to admit that it wasnāt the worst movie I have seen” read more
“To be honest, even though Guy Ritchie was a really promising director at some point, I can't remember the last time one of his movies really impressed me. However, I really liked the idea of him working again with Jason Statham after 16 long years so I was actually eager to check this movie (In fact” read more
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Ozu and since it was on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. It is always rather strange to see a silent Japanese movie while, back then, in the US and in Europe, they had already started to deliver movies” read more
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“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it did win the CĆ©sar of the Best movie of the year, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I was definitely impressed by the damned thing after all. The fact that Iām going myself right now through a really nasty” read more
Notes: It turned out to be such a complex and fascinating look on this famous trial. Sure, what the Naziās did was one of the worst tragedies in the whole humankind history but what were they/we actually supposed to do with the Germans after the war was over? On one hand, you canāt held them all responsible for what happened but, on the other hand, it is really frustrating to keep hearing everything single one of them saying that they had really no idea about what was going on in the concentration camps. Thatās why the very last scene with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster was pure gold and pitch-perfect. Indeed, if you get to see on a daily basis people getting arrested for various reasons and never coming back or even people getting killed for really dubious reasons, even if you donāt know all the details, you actually know enough. Concerning Spencer Tracy, even though he is sometimes mentioned as one of the greatest movie actors of all time, it was actually the first time that the guy really impressed me and I finally understood why he was so highly regarded. Eventually, the only minor critic I might have was about the fact that, earlier on, they made a switch with the German characters and made them speak in English. Indeed, I think it would have been better to keep the German languages and add some subtitles. On the other hand, they would have lost most of the stellar cast involved (Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland) and I have to admit they were all really good here.
Notes: It turned out to be such a complex and fascinating look on this famous trial. Sure, what the Naziās did was one of the worst tragedies in the whole humankind history but what were they/we actually supposed to do with the Germans after the war was over? On one hand, you canāt held them all responsible for what happened but, on the other hand, it is really frustrating to keep hearing everything single one of them saying that they had really no idea about what was going on in the concentration camps. Thatās why the very last scene with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster was pure gold and pitch-perfect. Indeed, if you get to see on a daily basis people getting arrested for various reasons and never coming back or even people getting killed for really dubious reasons, even if you donāt know all the details, you actually know enough. Concerning Spencer Tracy, even though he is sometimes mentioned as one of the greatest movie actors of all time, it was actually the first time that the guy really impressed me and I finally understood why he was so highly regarded. Eventually, the only minor critic I might have was about the fact that, earlier on, they made a switch with the German characters and made them speak in English. Indeed, I think it would have been better to keep the German languages and add some subtitles. On the other hand, they would have lost most of the stellar cast involved (Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland) and I have to admit they were all really good here. 
“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it had a very strong reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, I wasnāt disappointed, thatās for sure. Indeed, it turned out to be such a complex and fascinating look on this famous trial. Sure, ” read more
“To be honest, I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but, since I heard some pretty good things about it, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it definitely turned out to be an intriguing movie, thatās for sure. Indeed, I really liked the melancholic and meditative tone. Fu” read more
Notes: Since Iām a huge fan of āFreaksā, it was really neat to see another movie directed by Tod Browning. This movie had even more in common with Browningās classic since it was mostly taking place within a circus and focusing on a (supposedly) armless man. There was also something quite fascinating regarding this movie and it could have been a real masterpiece but Iām afraid it was slightly ruined by a really annoying soundtrack. Thatās the issue with such vintage movies which are now in the public domain, people can do whatever they want and then put them online. Anyway, it was quite a strange movie with a rather half-baked story but with some fascinating characters. The best one was obviously the character played by Lon Chaney. Iām well aware of Chaneyās legendary status but I have to admit that Iām not familiar with his work but, after watching him for 5 mins in this movie, I understood right away why he was, and still is, so highly regarded. I mean, it was such a complex character and, obviously, some scenes didnāt make much sense physically speaking and, yet, Chaney always nailed it. The other strong character was the one played by a very young Joan Crawford. Iām not sure if Crawford herself was great but there was something really intriguing about this woman who was completely frightened by the idea of being touched by a man. Itās too bad that this phobia seemed to be solved too easily so they could wrap everything up at the end. Anyway, the damned thing was actually quite spellbinding.
Notes: Since Iām a huge fan of āFreaksā, it was really neat to see another movie directed by Tod Browning. This movie had even more in common with Browningās classic since it was mostly taking place within a circus and focusing on a (supposedly) armless man. There was also something quite fascinating regarding this movie and it could have been a real masterpiece but Iām afraid it was slightly ruined by a really annoying soundtrack. Thatās the issue with such vintage movies which are now in the public domain, people can do whatever they want and then put them online. Anyway, it was quite a strange movie with a rather half-baked story but with some fascinating characters. The best one was obviously the character played by Lon Chaney. Iām well aware of Chaneyās legendary status but I have to admit that Iām not familiar with his work but, after watching him for 5 mins in this movie, I understood right away why he was, and still is, so highly regarded. I mean, it was such a complex character and, obviously, some scenes didnāt make much sense physically speaking and, yet, Chaney always nailed it. The other strong character was the one played by a very young Joan Crawford. Iām not sure if Crawford herself was great but there was something really intriguing about this woman who was completely frightened by the idea of being touched by a man. Itās too bad that this phobia seemed to be solved too easily so they could wrap everything up at the end. Anyway, the damned thing was actually quite spellbinding.
“I wasnāt really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. Since Iām a huge fan of āFreaksā, it was really neat to see another movie directed by Tod Browning. This movie had even more in common with Browningā” read more
