Being in love and finding the right one. There have been so many movies about the subject, but this movie gives it’s own interpretation. Is it necessary to have “sparkles” to start a relationship or do you just have to take a chance with someone that’s interesting and just see how it develops? Continue reading
This cult movie from 1985 is set in the future (which looks very different from ours), where everything is controlled centrally. Director for this movie was Terry Gilliam, who later in his career directed 12 Monkeys and Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. The effects in this movie are very well done. Instead of CGI, miniatures and special camera angles are used. Personally I like these type of special effects better as the effects being created on computers. At the end of the eighties it took over the craft fo creating miniatures, which has been used much less afterwards. Adding new CGI effects to old movies is also something that should not be done in my book. A good example is E.T., for which I prefer the original version. E.T. might move less dynamic, but he feels like a real creature. But enough about special effects, back to my Brasil review. Continue reading
In this comedy Edward Norton plays two roles, twins to be exact. He’s not the first actor who does this, example are Nicholas Cage in Adaptation, Jean-Claude van Damme in Double Impact or Arnorld Schwarzenegger in Twi…forget about that last one. Norton manages to show two very different characters with different accents.
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The sequel to the 1999 original. Although I had seen the first movie at the time, I can’t remember anything about it anymore. Luckily part 2 has a very brief summary at the beginning of the movie that is sufficient to be able to enjoy this one. At some moments you will probably won’t have an “AHA!” moment, but you’ll still be able to enjoy all the action. Continue reading
Charlie Kaufman is well-known for his unique screenplays. Examples of this are Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Synechdoche, New York kan can be added to this. For this movie Kaufman has stepped into the director’s chair.
The movie follows the life of Cayden Cotard (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Passage of time goes quickly, sometimes you are years into the future in just a couple of minutes. The movie also contains, although this is not unexpected, a lot of surrealistic elements that start to play a bigger part in the story as the movie progresses. This ends in a very dreamlike state. This isn’t annoying though, as i thought it made this film more exciting for it. If previous Kaufman stories fascinated you, than this one will also have that effect on you.
Score: 8
Brooklyn’s Finest tells the story about a couple of police officers that all have their own issues (money, working undercover, getting older). The number of well-known actors is high. Don Cheadle, Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes all play their roles very well.
What i also noticed about this movie is that a big number of actors from the HBO series “The Wire” are in this movie. Examples are Michael K. Williams (who played Omar) and Isiah Whitlock (Clay “SHIIIIIIIIIIIT” Davis). If you don’t know the Wire, you owe it to yourself to buy it immediately without reading anything about the shows. It’s one of TV’s best shows ever.
The various stories in Brooklyn’s Finest have been fleshed out well and are all interesting (although the Richard Gere one disappointed slightly). Every character needs to make important decisions that can possibly have unwanted consequences. This movie is highly recommended.
Score: 8