Reviews by johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a nice cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I had never heard about the Russian resistance before, so, only for this,  it was already  a really interesting movie. On top of that, I thought that the story was just really impressive. Of course, I have to admit it, the whole thing was nothing really original, it was actually full of clichés but I thought it was a well made picture, always entertaining and sometimes ever rather emotional. Concerning Daniel Craig, even though I’m glad that the James Bond gig gave him some worldwide recognition, it seems that his other roles didn’t get much deserved attention which is too bad. Anyway, I thought he was really good in this movie and Liev Schreiber gave also another really strong performance. Concerning Edward Zwick, I always had a hard time to really care about the work of this director but this movie must be, after ‘The Siege’, his most underrated one. To conclude, even though it was maybe not a masterpiece, I thought it was still a really solid historical drama and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

To be honest, I always thought that the damned thing looked really lame but I thought I should give it a try anyway. Well, I have to admit it, even though I didn’t care much about the damned thing, I turned out to be much better than I expected. First of all, after ‘The Terminator’ but before ‘Aliens’, James Cameron did write the screenplay for this movie but it was apparently vastly changed by Sylvester Stallone afterwards. Anyway,  it was basically a brainless action movie which was too bad because the first instalment was actually rather thoughtful. Still, I have to admit that the damned thing was sometimes quite entertaining, at least  for the most part of it. What really bugged me was that even though Stallone was pretty badass, I thought that his acting was seriously below average. Above all, I thought that the ending was just really cringe-inducing to behold.  Indeed, it was much too patriotic for my taste and it kind of ruined the whole thing for me. Anyway, to conclude, even though it didn’t really work for me, if you love this kind of big cheesy action movies from the 80’s, you may end up enjoying this one.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick  but since it turned out ot be a decent box-office hit when it was released, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I have never seen the original TV show so I can't say if this adaptation was  really faithfull. Anyway, even though I’m not a huge fan of such spy parodies, I thought this one was not bad at all. Above all, I thought that the cast was really spot-on here. Indeed, Steve Carell was a great choice to play the clumsy agent and Anne Hathaway was perfect to play the beautiful lethal female spy. Concerning the jokes, I thought it was unfortunately rather hit and miss. Indeed, some of the jokes were actually really funny but some others were actually rather lame. Eventually, they were starting to talk about a sequel almost immediately after this movie was released but it seems now rather unlikely that it will ever happen. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was nothing really exceptional, I though it was still a rather entertaining comedy and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

To be honest, I wonder how I actually ended up watching this flick but I guess I decided to check it out because there was a nice cast involved. Apparently, it was at first a project developed by Ron Howard but since he couldn’t agree with Disney on the budget, he dropped out. Well, it seems that Howard dodged a bullet as this movie was not only a box-office flop but it was even of the worst bombs ever made. Anyway, before watching the damned thing, I have to admit that I wasn't familiar with the historical facts concerning the Alamo so I was slightly confused about the story during the first 30 minutes. In fact, I think that the fact that I didn’t know much about the story was actually a good thing and, as a result, I was more able to enjoy the damned thing. Anyway, the whole thing was a rather typical overly patriotic American movie. Still, even though I'm not a big fan of this genre, it didn't bother me much this time as this movie was actually rather well made and fairly entertaining. To conclude, even though it was not really a masterpiece, I thought it was still a decent watch and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you're interested in the history of the USA.

In my opinion, it is the best stoner movie ever made and I would go even further and say that it is hands-down the best movie created by the Judd Apatow gang. Indeed, I thought it was actually way better than ‘The 40 year Old Virgin’, ‘Superbad’ or ‘Knocked Up’. Yesterday, I saw it again with my wife and, even though she really didn’t like it all, I thought it was just hilarious. Of course, it is not really a masterpiece but I was surprised by how effective the whole thing was and it has been a while since I laughed so much. Eventually, if you have ever smoked some weed, there is no way you can’t relate with those guys and, for me, the whole thing was just completely relatable making for a very satisfying watch. And if you watch it stoned, this movie goes to a whole different level resulting in me basically crying in laughter. Of course, there was also the usual annoying Apatow gimmick consisting of having a loser like Rogen hanging out with an incredibly hot girl (Amber Heard in this case) but, fortunately, it wasn’t a big issue in this movie. To conclude, even though it might be an acquired taste, I thought it was a great comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

I have tried to watch a couple of movies starring Jet Li but, pretty much like with Jackie Chan, I thought that most of his US productions were seriously underwhelming so I didn’t have some really huge expectations before watching this flick. Well, I have to admit that that they came up with a pretty cool concept but, unfortunately, I was still not really convinced by the end-result though. I mean, sure, when Jet Li was fighting, I have to admit it, he really kicked some major ass but when he was acting I’m sorry but the guy was just terrible... Of course, the guy was not helped by the lame dialogues. At least, it was pretty neat to see Jason Statham in one of his first movies, before he became one of the biggest action movie stars in the world but, to be honest, I thought he gave here one of his worst performances. Concerning James Wong, after ‘Final Destination’, it was another flawed but interesting directing effort but, a few years later, his directing career would be forever ruined with the terrible ‘Dragonball Evolution’. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, you may enjoy it more that I did if you are a die hard  fan of Jet Li’s work but, otherwise, I would suggest to avoid it.

The first interesting thing to note about this movie is that, even though the TV-show ‘Firefly’ was cancelled after the 1^st season, it still managed to become a major cult-classic afterwards. The fans eventually never managed to re-launch this TV-show but, somehow, they still managed to get this feature film adaptation but guess what? It turned out to be a flop at the box-office so you can be sure that this concept is pretty much buried by now. Anyway, to be honest, before watching this movie, I have to admit that I actually never saw ‘Firefly’ so I was not familiar at all with this world and I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the damned thing. Eventually. I thought it was actually rather well done and I  did like the way they created this futuristic universe. I have to confess, I was sometimes slightly confused by the story but I was still able to follow the different plots but I wasn't really convinced by the acting or the dialogues which sounded sometimes rather corny. I know, it was probably done on purpose but it was just not my kind of thing. Actually, I watched this movie above all because there was Chiwetel Ejiofor in it and he didn't disappoint me. Indeed, every time the guy was on the screen, he pretty much completely stole the show. To conclude, I don’t think it was really a masterpiece but it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.