Reviews by johanlefourbe

To be honest, when I first heard about this movie, I thought it looked rather lame and I didn’t expect much from the damned thing. I mean, when I was a kid, I thought that ‘Big’ sounded fascinating, it was eventually fun but not much more than that but I certainly didn’t see the point of making such a rip-off starring Zac Efron. By the way, what the hell happened to Efron? I mean, when he got his breakthrough with ‘High School Musical’, he was pretty cute but, in his recent movies, he always has this very unnatural and rather ugly ripped body. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, after seeing the damned thing, I thought it was actually not so bad but the more I think about it, the more I think it was actually still pretty weak. I mean, sure, it was rather well done but there was absolutely nothing original about the damned thing. Furthermore, there were some rather awkward scenes like when Zac Efron almost made out with his own daughter and then later on with his (ex)wife. Those scenes were supposed to be funny but they were actually more embarassing then anything else. Eventually, I guess you shouldn't take this flick too seriously and if you're a fan of Zac Efron, this movie would probably be a heavenly gift.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since there was a decent a cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Even though Burt Lancaster really disliked the whole thing, it was actually better than I expected and I thought it was actually a decent watch. Above all, I particularly enjoyed how they displayed the work in the airport, I thought it was quite realistic and rather well done. Unfortunately, they spent a good chunk of the running time dealing with the personnal life of the airport workers and, even though it was expected in a disaster feature like this one, it did turn the whole thing into some kind of  cheap soap opera which was too bad. Anyway, since  it was a big box-office hit when it was released, they kept making some sequels (3 in total) but I haven't seen any of them. On the other hand, I’m not sure if they are really worth a look but maybe I will check them out at some point. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of this flaws, it was still an entertaining flick and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

To be honest, I have never been a huge fan of the original ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ but I still think it is a solid and good horror flick. Furthermore, this movie was a huge milestone for this genre. Obviously, it was only a matter of time before they would come up with a remake but I don’think it was necessarily a really bad idea. Indeed,  in fact, I don't have anything against remakes, the original concept of chainsaw cannibal killers remains pretty fascinating and a brand new version with a bigger budget combined with the modern movie techniques could have been interesting. But, unfortunately, like 99.9 % of the remakes out there, the makers added nothing and they didn’t make any improvements on the previous version in any way. What I really liked in the first one was the nice and slow progression until the violent climax. This time, the built up was slow, indeed, but also really boring and I didn't feel much tension during the whole thing. Then, the violent scenes were in fact toned down and they were therefore just very disappointing. Finally, all the scenes they added were rather useless. To conclude, it was not the worst thing I have ever seen but it was still pretty damned average and it is definitely an unnecessary remake.