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wrote about Shrek Forever After
Not funny at all. Unlike the original, this one, with it's cliche plot, can appeal only to children.
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wrote about The A-Team
How to fly a tank? Watch and learn from this action and humor packed top-notch entertainment flick. I don't remember having this much fun in a cinema for a long time. Highly recommended not only for the fans of the series.
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commented 11'e 10 kala (turin)
It was a statement, not an accusation, and one which didn't contradict what you say. I wanted to stress that there's no real story told here. And yes, it was unintresting to me. Even documentaries can have plots.
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wrote about 11'e 10 kala
Nothing happens, and then nothing happens some more.
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wrote about Persécution
A film about how love can be excruciating. I easily shared the feeling with the characters, as I left the cinema completely exhausted. I don't like being shouted at constantly, I don't like stories without neither a proper beginning nor an end, I don't like explicit nudity. This film was evidently not made for me.
At times scary, at times boring. There's nothing magical here what the poster, refering to 'Faun's Labyrinth' tries to suggest. In whole, the film follows typical horror plot, together with mandatory 'It's alive!' quote.
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wrote about Gran Torino
Simple, manly, predictable cinema - the essence of Eastwood. Not my type.
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wrote about Robin Hood
30 years of tries and finally Ridley Scott succeeded: he made a story everybody loves into a completely uninspiring film. I admired the battle scenes and true to the times details, but I simply did't care about anything. In fact, the feeling of mediocrity was so great, it completely overshadowed all annoyance caused by Gladiatorish rape on history and blunt american democracy propaganda.
The trailer promises a fairy tale for grown-ups, a story at least partly fantastic. The film doesn't match this promise, being more mundane than I cared for, and not fully exploiting the ideas it introduces. Bachleda's accent is annoying, and the only consolation are good pictures (often including her in underwear), and Alison Barry as the fisherman's daughter.
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wrote about Edge of Darkness
Didn't expect too much and got pleasantly surprised. It's not that there's something particularly good about it, but it doesn't have any significant weaknesses either. As a bonus, it's not half as action-packed or stupid as you might think - you don't have to turn your brains off and there's actually some acting going on.
A slightly nerdy teenager and a 11 year old girl as superheros? This got to be a pastiche of the whole genre, right? Well, to some extent it was unavoidable, but I was surprised at how serious it was. It wasn't even the alternate reality of 'Watchmen', where vigilantes actually had super powers; everything here is painfully real down to comparatively cheap looking costumes. And like a cherry on top of it seats that kung-fu girl. Overall, one of that weird films, like Escher's drawings.
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wrote about Whatever Works
Allen broadly sums up his philosophy in this film, this time using thick lines and quite literarily. Despite breaking the fourth wall, it is still a very straight-forward and unsophisticated film. It does it mean it's bad, it just doesn't work for me.
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wrote about Clash of the Titans
Great cast, beautiful costumes and scenery, and fantastic CGI - almost all components for a great adaptation of greek myth. Almost, because the film commits all the sins of Hollywood works: the script is added as an afterthough, butchering original material for no reason, making characters feel like contemporary americans rather then the greeks from old times.
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wrote about A Single Man
Excuse me if I don't like it. It may be well executed piece of independent cinema, but I just couldn't relate to any part of it. When in doubt, skip it.
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wrote about Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Among all Ghibli films, this one is aimed at the youngest viewers. Although I almost cried at 'Whisper of the Heart' and generally enjoyed their other 'kids' films, 'Ponyo' left me wanting for something - maybe the director's trademark, flying, which is absent in this film? Missing here is also stunning animation and abstract humor as presented in 'Sen to Chihiro'. With imagination running lose as usual, this is a very good children's film, just not up among the better works of sensei Miyazaki.
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wrote about Shutter Island
Scorsese can direct in his sleep and still come up with a film with no real fault. When everybody's doing their best it really comes down to the story: is it interesting? Is it credible? Is it original? Yes, almost, but not quite, and not really. Scorsese clearly makes an attempt at something better then an average thriller here but in my eyes doesn't succeed: the losing-your-mind thing has been done much better before and I wasn't really engrossed by the story. Sorry.
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wrote about Born on the Fourth of July
A definitely underrated film. Of course, the Vietnam war and the problem of its veterans is not a hot topic anymore, 'Platoon' is much more entertaining and the devious patriotism of Ronnie may be irritating, but its great a piece of movie-making, which never crosses the borders of propaganda or good taste. Worth seeing if only for a good performance of Tom Cruise.
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commented How to watch Miyazaki? (queerdelys)
I met with opinions that this title was supposed for the younger viewers (i.e. children). What previous Studio Ghibli film would you say Ponyo is closest to?
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wrote about Remember Me
Was Pattinson cast against his image and all expectations? No, but not counting on much based on the poster, I got positively surprised; his charm is authentic, acting much better than you'd think after 'Twilight' and the film is actually good. First half should be enjoyable even for those brought before the screens against their will thanks to pick up lines - gentlemen, out with your notebooks!
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wrote about The Time That Remains
When living in dark times, the only escape can often be found only in absurd and black humor, and Elia Suleiman is a master in both. In a series of contemplative scenes, he paints Palestine from the days of the first war till today. Unlike his former work, 'Divine Intervention', the film is more coherent and focused first on the history of his family as he remembers it, and then on his observations of surrounding reality. There's less grotesque and more subtlety, but the same amount of funny.