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johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1970's) list
Notes: I actually saw the original classic on the BBC and, to be honest, I have to admit that I did struggle with the dialogues (apparently, I was not the only one since this movie was re-dubbed for the US market as they thought the accent of some of the gangsters was just too heavy). Fortunately, the story turned out to be simple enough but it’s just too bad I couldn’t really follow what they were saying. Anyway, while watching this movie, I wondered if this movie might have been an inspiration for ‘John Wick’. Indeed, if you would replace all these super repetitive and rather boring actions scenes from ‘John Wick’ and replaced them with an actual story and some actual dialogues, I would probably enjoy more this franchise and I’m pretty sure it would be actually quite similar to this British classic. Anyway, there is no doubt that Caine was awesome as he delivered here one of his most iconic performances. Indeed, Carter was such a badass but also a really believable gangster. That was the other nice thing about this movie, how gritty, grim and realistic it all felt. Indeed, Mike Hodges went for a documentary-like approach and it made this movie quite fascinating to behold. And to think that it was his directorial debut made the whole thing even more impressive. 3 weeks, 6 days ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: I actually saw the original classic on the BBC and, to be honest, I have to admit that I did struggle with the dialogues (apparently, I was not the only one since this movie was re-dubbed for the US market as they thought the accent of some of the gangsters was just too heavy). Fortunately, the story turned out to be simple enough but it’s just too bad I couldn’t really follow what they were saying. Anyway, while watching this movie, I wondered if this movie might have been an inspiration for ‘John Wick’. Indeed, if you would replace all these super repetitive and rather boring actions scenes from ‘John Wick’ and replaced them with an actual story and some actual dialogues, I would probably enjoy more this franchise and I’m pretty sure it would be actually quite similar to this British classic. Anyway, there is no doubt that Caine was awesome as he delivered here one of his most iconic performances. Indeed, Carter was such a badass but also a really believable gangster. That was the other nice thing about this movie, how gritty, grim and realistic it all felt. Indeed, Mike Hodges went for a documentary-like approach and it made this movie quite fascinating to behold. And to think that it was his directorial debut made the whole thing even more impressive. 3 weeks, 6 days ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Get Carter
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was starring Michael Caine, I was quite eager to check it out. By the way, I actually saw first the remake starring Sylvester Stallone but it was more than a decade ago and I don’t r” read more
3 weeks, 6 days ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to Best Directorial Debuts from 1921 until 2021 list
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johanlefourbe added 1 item to Top 10 worst movies 2025 list
Notes: Unfortunately, it was possibly the weakest MCU film I have seen so far. It’s too bad because the first movie starring a black Captain America could have been a huge event. The issue with Captain America is that, pretty much like DC’s Superman, the character in itself is already actually pretty boring and, what was disheartening with this last movie, was that they managed to make this African-American version even more boring than the classic Caucasian version. To make it even worse, they gave him a completely bland supposedly wise-cracking sidekick who was so tedious obviously to make this Captain America slightly more charismatic than he actually was. Concerning the idea of going back to ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and bring back Samuel Sterns and Betty Ross, sure, why not? Unfortunately, the plot was just terribly generic and underwhelming. I mean, the Leader is/was supposed to be a super smart villain so the possibility were pretty much endless but then, he basically hypnotized random people so he could avenge himself which was probably one of the most predictable plots you could think of. Concerning the Red Hulk, they really put the character everywhere on the promotional material but, eventually, he only showed up during the last 20 mins and, to be honest, except for the color, he displayed exactly the same behavior as the classic green version so the character did feel rather pointless.3 weeks, 6 days ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Victor Frankenstein
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was starring James McAvoy and since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even though it seems that it did receive some rather abysmal reviews when it was released, I actually really lik” read more
4 weeks ago
johanlefourbe posted a review of Coming 2 America
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, when I first saw ‘Coming to America’, I didn’t like it at all but I had the opportunity to re-watch it before this sequel and I” read more
4 weeks, 1 day ago
