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“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and since it was available on Netflix, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, even though it might not belong to their famous movies, it was still probably one of ” read more
“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. Well, eventually, I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by the damned thing. Sure, there was nothing really original about the story and t” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Patrice Chéreau and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, it is a such a cool title, especially in French, but it didn’t turn out to be an easy watch” read more
Notes: I just loved the damned thing after all and I'm really glad we managed to catch this amazing sequel on the big screen this time. Anyway, it was again visually so neat, there were maybe slightly too many details but the end-result was still quite amazing to behold. It's also the reason why such multiverse features actually works better with animation because, this way, they could tweak each dimension, give its own specific visual identity, which would be much harder to achieve with a live-action feature. It was also neat to see Miles Morales growing up and becoming an anxious and insecure teenager. In general, it was a much more emotional feature, probably the most emotional Spider-Man feature ever made so far. I mean, not only Spider-Man had to live a life of secrets and loneliness but, in this case, he was even called an anomaly which was then tracked down by 100's of other Spider-Men and Women. Eventually, the only minor issue I had was that, nowadays, we get just too many movies dealing with multiverses (Hell, even the last Best Picture Academy Award winner was a multiverse feature), even if, in this case, I have to admit that it is slightly unfair since its predecessor was the first movie to explore this genre. It was also impressive that even though it was really long, even though it was only half of this story, there was never a dull moment and I was completely entertained from the beginning until the end.
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. A couple of weeks ago, I already saw ‘Détective’ from the same director and I thought it was incredibly” read more
“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. As usual, I didn’t know anything about this movie before watching it but I think it made the whole thing slightly more enjoyable this way. Anyway” read more
Notes: Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave such a bleak view on Germany around 10 years after WWII. Basically, sure, the Nazis were all gone, in fact, they were barely mentioned, but, if you believe Fassbinder, the German society was still deeply corrupt, decadent and depraved back then. Obviously, I'm not sure if he wanted to give a realistic portrait but there was still something terribly rotten about all these characters. Even the only seemingly good character, the naive von Bohm basically gave up at the end and gave in to his carnal desire by marrying Lola and turned a blind eye towards all the corruption in this city. Some other characters were also rather bewildering. Indeed, what was the deal with Esslin who was working for the city council, politically active and yet also playing drums in the evening at a brothel?!?! Another intriguing character was Lola's mother who suddenly completely disappeared at some point. At least, there is no denying that Barbara Sukowa was just so charismatic and mesmerizing playing the title character, even though I still don't get what was exactly her goal with von Bohm. In fact, if Germany was doing economically so well, how come did she have to work as a prostitute? However, once again, Fassbinder never tried here to deliver a sensical tale, his focus was to show what he felt about Germany in general and, well, it wasn't really pretty, I'm afraid.
Notes: Rainer Werner Fassbinder gave such a bleak view on Germany around 10 years after WWII. Basically, sure, the Nazis were all gone, in fact, they were barely mentioned, but, if you believe Fassbinder, the German society was still deeply corrupt, decadent and depraved back then. Obviously, I'm not sure if he wanted to give a realistic portrait but there was still something terribly rotten about all these characters. Even the only seemingly good character, the naive von Bohm basically gave up at the end and gave in to his carnal desire by marrying Lola and turned a blind eye towards all the corruption in this city. Some other characters were also rather bewildering. Indeed, what was the deal with Esslin who was working for the city council, politically active and yet also playing drums in the evening at a brothel?!?! Another intriguing character was Lola's mother who suddenly completely disappeared at some point. At least, there is no denying that Barbara Sukowa was just so charismatic and mesmerizing playing the title character, even though I still don't get what was exactly her goal with von Bohm. In fact, if Germany was doing economically so well, how come did she have to work as a prostitute? However, once again, Fassbinder never tried here to deliver a sensical tale, his focus was to show what he felt about Germany in general and, well, it wasn't really pretty, I'm afraid. 
“To be honest, due to some personal issues, I have to admit that had some trouble to really focus on this movie. Eventually, it was probably a good thing that we didn’t see ‘Beau is Afraid’ (a movie I was more eager to watch), because it was lasting a whopping 3 hrs and I was already struggling” read more
