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Top Boy (2011)
If you enjoyed The Wire
The best series I've seen since The Wire. Gomorrha was a great series, too, but this one beats it on all fronts. Believable and deep characters, incredible acting, screenplay is on point and will break your heart. Very few series manage to portray full on what the relation between the drug trade, poverty and brutal capitalism can do to humans. You sympathize with many of the characters and at the same hate them. No heroes, no miracles, no glorifying gang life, with still enough action and gangster stories to keep you on the edge from the first till the last minute. The whole UK drill and London slang obviously are highly entertaining as well, and like any good show it is also funny at times. Say no more, this series is already up there among the best and I salute the creators for their courage to talk about social issues at the core of it all, taking a clear position in support of the most disfavoured members of our society.
Im Westen nichts Neues (2022)
Great potential.. but very disappointing.
This film had so much potential, a decent budget, some good actors, a very good origin novel. Showing the madness of war in a decent story was totally in the cards.
Unfortunately, German movies often fail when it comes to proper depth, plot, and atmosphere. This movie is no exception. I'm sorry but well shot battle scenes, great sets/camera and realistic make-up cannot carry a 2.5h movie.
The parallel plot with peace negotiations is so badly written, simple and with flat almost cartoon like characters that one sometimes imagines this is a parody.
They should have saved the budget for Daniel Brühl and invested in a decent director and screenplay with an actual story to tell. We got it after the first 30 minutes that WWI was unbelievably brutal, what's the added value of continuing to film different versions of the butchering for another 2h?
I recommend to watch the original 1930 movie instead or to read the book, both of which are excellent and leave a deep impression.