Reviews by johanlefourbe

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, basically, it turned out to be some kind of spin on ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ concept but, this time, it was dealing with a woman who didn’t get old anymore. Well, even if this idea was nothing really original, it was not bad though. Eventually, the biggest issue was after all with Blake Lively. I mean, she wasn’t awful, in fact, it was quite brave that she took this part which was her most challenging character so far but, even if she tried really hard, I never had the feeling that I was watching a 107 year old woman on the screen. She wasn’t helped by the fact that they turned her character into some kind of genius which was pretty lame. Of course, you could argue that her brain didn’t degenerate like for the rest of us but it was a stretch to say that she would somehow remember all kinds of random trivia through her long life. Anyway, the fact that Lively was maybe not the best choice to play the lead was even more obvious when she was with Ellen Burstyn who was so pitch-perfect each time she showed up. I was also fairly impressed by Harrison Ford who was also quite convincing. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

Ever since I was a kid, I was quite curious to see this flick and, eventually, it took me more than 2 decades to finally watch it. Well, the damned thing with such an awesome title and really neat concept really had some potential and it could have been such a terrifying horror flick. Unfortunately, they decided to turn it into a typical Spielbergian cheesy feature which was rather disappointing. Indeed, it was really neat that the main character was an actual arachnophobe and, with this guy facing some ugly horrifying lethal spiders, it could have been a psychological nightmare but the guy got over his phobia way too easily to become suddenly your average boring hero. Apparently, Frank Marshall afterwards has said something like "People like to be scared but laughing, like a roller coaster. No one wants to be terrified” which is a pretty dumb statement. Indeed, in my opinion, the whole point of watching a horror flick is to get scared sh*tless. Still, I have to admit that John Goodman was quite hilarious though and he completely stole the show as the awesome Delbert McClintock. The ending was also pretty neat as I didn’t expect them to drop this little town to go back to San Francisco. Anyway, to conclude, even if it could have been so much better, it was still a decent watch though and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

To be honest, since this movie doesn’t really have a stellar reputation, I didn’t have some really high expectations but I have to admit that I still wanted to check it out though. Well, even if it didn’t reach the level of the awesome ‘Steve Jobs’, I still think it was a decent watch though. Of course, I’m still not convinced that Ashton Kutcher was the best choice to play one of the most influential figures of the 20^th century, even if he did look like Steve Jobs a little bit. However, the fact that I saw Danny Boyle’s version before actually made me appreciate more this movie somehow. Indeed, I really enjoyed a lot Boyle’s movie but it made me really curious to learn more about Jobs and that’s exactly what this movie provided. Sure, the whole thing was a really straightforward biopic but, at least, it was quite informative. Still, you might wonder if a TV mini-series or even a TV-show wouldn’t work better because there was so much ground to cover and it did create some pacing issues. For example, at some point, Jobs was kicked out of Apple but, then, maybe 5 minutes later, he was back there again. Even more problematic were the scenes during which Jobs was displayed as a major douchebag. Indeed, pretty much out of nowhere, they would show his darker side but, then, it would never last long enough to make a real impression. To make things worse, they would show right away some other bit arguing that the guy was such an amazing genius. Anyway, to conclude, even it it was nothing really amazing, it was still a fairly interesting movie and I think it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Steve Jobs.