Change Your Image
imdb-73872
Ratings
Most Recently Rated
Reviews
Copenhagen (2014)
Unlikeable characters, bad acting
This was a painful experience to get through. Most of the characters, particularly the main character, is simply unlikeable. The main character is a legitimate douchebag and acts immature and irrational most of the time. That's fine, if he was actually interesting, but he's just an annoying personality with no redeeming qualities.
The dialogue, and the acting in general, feels stiff, stilted, and not natural at all. Not sure if this is the fault of the writers, the director, or the actors. Probably all of them. But it makes for a boring movie where you don't really care what happens in the story.
In short: don't bother.
No Safe Spaces (2019)
Pretty good
This movie is worth seeing simply to hear Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, say "If you want to feel good, get a massage."
Greener Grass (2019)
Pretty bad
Not really funny, just weird. A collection of absurd situations, wrapped in a suburban satire.
The Master (2012)
Yes, it's true, quite boring
Slightly over half way, I turned this movie off. I just couldn't get into it. Didn't really care about any of the characters, even if the acting was great, particularly Phoenix.
Watched the rest a month later. Felt the same way. Sorry PT, you've done so much better.
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Poor execution
This could have been an interesting movie, but instead it's riddled with wooden "acting", bad sound, (poorly) dubbed dialogue, and a general lack of focus and direction.
Herzog is an interesting director, for sure, but this movie is just a mess, with very little redeeming qualities. It almost feels like a documentary, with most shot with a stolen handheld camera.
The script, if there even was such a thing, was written in a couple of days, half of it lost to vomit, but hardly seems needed, as there is very little plot to the movie.
The Act (2019)
Strong start
The show starts strong. It's engaging and interesting. But there's simply not enough material for 8 episodes; half would have been plenty. So unfortunately it becomes less interesting over time, particularly because you already know what's going to happen.
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
Great music, great cinematography, but stilted acting and inexplicable decisions
It really hurts the suspension of disbelief when characters, or the story itself, act in ways that seem to defy belief. Let me list the issues I have with this movie:
* Generally, when someone enters a room with other people, they usually don't look up to see who's entering. Not normal human behavior, which makes the acting look forced and wooden.
* Julien forgets the rope. A reasonable mistake, considering the time pressure and his phone ringing. Yet, it later, magically, falls to the ground, and is conveniently taken by a young girl. What improbable stroke of luck.
* Julien gets stuck in the elevator when the power is turned off, yet he doesn't yell, like any normal person would have done.
* The German, after having had his expensive car rammed and dented, is just jolly and invites the couple for drinks. Seriously?
* Julien performs the almost perfect murder. He makes one mistake, the rope, but this is is resolved for him (improbably), and yet, in the end, the police conclude that he killed Mr. Carala.
* In the end, we also see pictures of Julien and Florence, supposedly selfies, but that's clearly impossible, since they are taken out of arms reach, and with a tiny spy camera that doesn't have a timing trigger. Who took them? Well, no one of course, but it pulls you out of the movie.
So, terrible acting, which I blame the director for, improbable scenarios, inexplicable conclusions. But also great cinematography and a beautiful soundtrack by Miles Davis.