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Cast : Mark Rylance, Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader
What was it about?
A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kind-hearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
My two cents:
Well, I didn’t care much about the damned thing, even less than ‘Bridge of Spies’. Basically, I thought it was in fact seriously boring. First of all, I have to admit it, I always had a hard time with Roald Dahl’s work and, except for a few stories he made like ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ or ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, all his tales just really bored me and this movie was not different, I’m afraid. At least, the whole thing looked really neat and Spielberg definitely delivered some State-of-the-Art CGI. Indeed, those giants were quite amazing and Mark Rylance delivered once again a solid performance. Eventually, even though I thought it was seriously tedious, I guess it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre or if you are interested in Steven Spielberg’s work but I can't say I'm really surprised it turned out to be a flop when it was released.
My rating: 6/10
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“Following the impressive ‘Lincoln’ and since this movie was really well received, I was really eager to check this new directing effort from Steve Spielberg. Well, to be honest, I thought it was actually slightly disappointing. I mean, sure, Spielberg knows how to direct a movie so it was techni” read more
“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie but, for some reasons, I’m pretty sure I actually ended up watching it in the movie theater when it was released. Back then, I was just about 12-13 years old and it might seem a rather odd choice but the whole thing definitely had an impact ” read more
“To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this flick but, if I recall it correctly, I actually saw it in the movie theater when it was released. Indeed, ever since I saw ‘The Player’, I became really interested in Robert Altman's work and I think this movie was the only one he directed that ” read more
Notes: As a kid, I really loved this flick. Indeed, I remember it very well, back then, I thought it was a fascinating story and I had to watch it a couple of times before understanding it properly (give me a break... I was about 12 years old!). The best thing about this movie is that it works on so many levels. Basically, it is entertaining, it takes place on Mars, there are tons of nice special effects, some sexual tension and a rather thoughtful and intriguing plot. By now, I have watched all the movies directed by Paul Verhoeven and this one is one of his best and it might even be my favorite movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Many years later, they came up with a remake starring Colin Farrell and even though Farrell is a better actor, Schwarzenegger was actually more convincing. In my opinion, the original version worked better also because Paul Verhoeven didn't spend all his time with some action scenes but he also gave us some time to get know Doug Quaid giving us actually the opportunity to root for the guy. 
“I have to admit it, it has been a while since I saw this movie and I should probably re-watch it at some point. Since this movie is a huge classic in France and the last big critical and commercial success for François Truffaut before his untimely death, I had some rather huge expectations towards ” read more
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it belongs to the Disney classics, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I find it rather odd that this movie has been included in this fairly prestigious list since there was only one short animated segment (which was b” read more
“I always wondered if Claude Chabrol was really famous abroad but he was definitely a major director in France. Indeed, the guy really had an impressive career with a dozen of French classics with a career stretching from the New Wave until his death in 2010. To be honest, I haven't seen so many of h” read more
“If I recall it correctly, I actually saw this movie in the movie theater back then when I was living in England. The big problem with Michael Winterbottom is that the guy is such a workaholic, it is actually difficult to keep track of all the movies he has made and, on top of that, I believe that to” read more
“This year, I saw ‘Belgica’ and since I thought it was pretty good, I was quite eager to see the other movies directed by Felix van Groeningen . First of all, those Belgian movies are usually with subtitles when they are broadcast on the Dutch channels but, since I saw it on a Belgian channel, th” read more
