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IMDb Originals: In Memoriam 2023 (2023)
Barry Newman missing!!!
Legendary actor Barry Newman which starred in the 70s Super CULT Classic ''Vanishing Point'' as well as the 70s TV-Hit-series ''Petrocelli''. Another great movie he played in was "Fear is the Key" based upon the book by Alistair MacLean.. After the 70s he faded away from the screen, but in 1999 he was cast in Steven Soderbergh's "The Limey" , together with Peter Fonda - as these 2 actors for the reason that these 2 guys were among the biggest CULT figures of the 1970s.. Offcourse you cant include everyone who passed away in the video, but this guy is really missing in my opinion! Barry Newman..
You People (2023)
More Accurate Than You Might Think! A Satirical Comedy Drama
This movie reflects the modern Zeitgeist and shows exactly how crazy the world has become in the last few years. It's a mix of Comedy and Drama and the film is edited in a fresh way, so the movie ends up like watching a TV-Series. I initially hesitated to watch this movie because i saw many bad reviews here on IMDB but all those reviews are exactly the
reason why a movie like this is needed : Just to cool things off a little and don't take everything too seriously. People need to go back to a time where they can Laugh about themselves and eachother. I saw many reviewers who make comparisons to 'Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner' (1967 Movie with Sidney Poitier) Since that movie came out a lot has changed in a good way, but the last couple of years things went downhill very fast. All good things that were accomplished in a natural way through the 70's, 80s', 90's and 2000s are suddenly on the brink again , mainly due to the forced w.o.k.e. Agenda's and BLM (as in fact All Lives Matter ofcourse, so BLM is almost an insult to Black people) Nowadays its a B&W thing all over again - and being GAY or Lesbian has become sort of a overhyped commercial thing, like being PUNK in the 70s or a Skater in the 90s. So in a way the Guess Who's Coming movie was important at that time, this movie might be an important movie for the present day since we reached a turning point again. The time has come we all can relax and laugh again. So lighten up, sit back, watch this movie and just have some FUN!
Huge in France (2019)
BLACK HUMOR! BRILLIANT COMEDY! BUT MISUNDERSTOOD BY MANY...
As often with comedy, you either like or hate it - and i liked this series a lot!
This series is about a comedian who is "HUGE" (very famous) in France, but outside of France nobody knows him..
I must admit i also only recognized his face (not his name) from some great French comedy classics such as "La Doublure" and "La Verite Si Je Mens!"
The humor in this series is mainly 'black humor' , which is often misunderstood (according to some other reviews here no exception this time)
so to set the record straight i decided to write this review !
"GAD" is absolutely not arrogant, but has a great dose of sarcasm and self-mockery here.
The humor reminded me very much of Ricky Gervais (comedy god imo) - especially his "Life's Too Short" sitcom starring Warwick Davis.
I'm convinced this series is much more fun for Europeans (i think many British People might love it) but is often misunderstood by American viewers ; Especially those who dont know there is a world outside the USA as well..
I'm not quickly amused with comedy, but this one was right on target!
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
A BLACK DAY IN STAR WARS HISTORY
"A review from a true die-hard Star Wars fan"
I am 42 years old and i'm a Star Wars fan since i was young and i own a huge collection of vintage Star Wars toys which i collect ever since (for nearly 30 years now) so for me Star Wars is more than a movie.
Besides that i'm a big movie fan and own a 4000+ dvd collection (from Bogart to Schwarzenegger , from Hitchcock to John Carpenter , from Film-Noir to Comedy , from France to Hollywood...) so it might be my first review but i know the score.
First of all i certainly don't wanna say that everything was better in the old days.
Offcourse nothing beats the originals (Episode 4-6) where i grew up with as a kid - yet they simply don't have to!
ESB is close to perfection, but ANH and ROTJ have their flaws. The prequels (Episode 1-3) have many flaws (mainly the CGI overkill) , but the storyline was good , the music was great , they have some nice characters and most important ; the movies came from the heart and had soul. Then, after 10 years of waiting , there was TFA (Episode 7) and in my opinion JJ Abrahams delivered a very good movie. Altough the story was a bit of a rehash of the original trilogy , JJ was able to capture the ''Star Wars Drive" (switching between scenes and storylines with perfect tempo and timing) that is so typical for Star Wars movies. Last year there was the spin-off movie ''Rogue One'' , which was outstanding (I personally just had some issues with the score, but other than that it was great)
And now we have 'The Last Jedi' (Epsiode 8) which i really looked forward to. Wednesday i went to the openingnight of this newest instalment and it was bad. Very bad. In fact it was such a painful experience, that i left the theater devastated after 90 minutes and returned the next day for another try (this time together with my 8 year old son who loves SW as well)
But unfortunately ; what a massive dissapointment!
Its too much of everything except too much of a good story.
The story is just awful and respectless to the Star Wars saga. It has so many (bad) jokes that it almost becomes a parody. There are multiple ridiculous scenes (the flying princess, bb8 in the scout walker..) There are unnecessary scenes - especially at the end where the movie doesn't know when to stop- which makes this movie way to long and at some points even boring. There are annoying characters (especially Rose). Again there is too many CGI. And what about the scene with the Race Horses that makes Star Wars looks like a Harry Potter movie!? From beginning to start its a chain of unbelievable choices. Almost like if this movie was controlled by people who don't know anything about the history and magic of Star Wars at all. There is such an overkill of force and tricks that it simply becomes a common thing. What happened to Subtlety? At almost every point this movie is such a big dissapointment. The critics all wrote good reviews. No wonder. Disney has become so powerfull that being banned for all other Disney projects simply means losing a job. Also don't be misled by the high rating. Wednesday thousands of mysterious voters rated this movie with a maximum score of 10. These votes most likely came straight from the darkside. Its shocking to see that Disney -with all the money in the world- did not manage to come up with a decent movie. That they hired a second rate director and used a poor script to mess up one of the biggest pieces of art of the 20th century. The Star Wars universe has lost a bit of its magic after this episode.