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patrick-verdoolaeghe
Reviews
Foe (2023)
Why???
Slow, stupid and underwhelmed. Don't see it. This is not sci-fi. It starts off like an western. A couple living on an old farm somewhere in a dessert landscape. There is tension between the couple but it is not clear why this this way. They get a sudden visit from a man. The man offers the husband to go to space to life on a spaceship. Problem you don't see a lot of this happening. There is a psychological drama that goes befor that trip. It is confusing, slow and overdramatized. Although I was in for about an hour I turned the movie off. I could not see more of it because it did not make sense. Maby there would be an conclusion there somewhere but I did not wait for it. It did not grip me by the hand.
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Perfectly splendid too
It's horror but very subtle. The storylines are leading up to a crescendo . Just be patient up till the end. You will not be desapointed
Children of God (2010)
i didn't want the movie to stop
Ooooh i so enjoyed this movie. Everything about it was wonderful. Love the actors, black and white. Love the melancholy in everything you see. Love the beautiful scenery of the Bahamas's and really loved the music in the back. This movie has so many dimensions. It is a love story but it is also a statement that shows that homophobia is harmfull for the people we love and that gay people are everywhere.
Being gay i could really relate to Johnny because i now how it feels to be left out. So that performance was really convincing. The role of Romeo was also pretty convincing. I've learned that there are gay people acting like they are straight around others but when you are alone with them they hit on you.
The only thing i hate in gay movies overall is that the gay character always dies in the end. That is so cliché and it spoiled the fun.... a bit. Because all the other things are sublime i forgive the director for this bit.
Overall it is a very good movie and one of my recent favourite gay flicks. I would certainly recommend it to anybody who loves a gay romance movie or people who need to open their minds about the gay topic. Well done!!!!!
Powder (1995)
a hidden jewel
Why didn't is see this movie before? It is one of those hidden jewels you stumble upon after looking for a good movie and have to dig trough the dirt.
So i'm not going to give a big review here. JUST SEE IT. IT IS MORE THEN WORTH IT! GIVE IT AN Oscar OK have to give an bigger review here otherwise it won't stick. So why is this film so unappreciated in movie-land? It has everything a good movie should have. A good original story, well known and good actors, good screen shots, moving music and some minimal special effects. It has so many layers without being predictable and over the top like some of the Hollywood movies.
Well people you should give it more points. Let's do it
Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
beauty
i really liked this movie. I'm a real fan of the horror genre. But a movie like this i have never seen before. In all it monsters and bloodshed there lies a beauty within that i never seen in horror before. Like in the movie the nurses began to move, seems like dancing, when they hear movement. Although it was a good story; complex but somehow easily to comprehend it was mostly the beauty of the imagery that coughed my eye. Sometime the image was somewhat blurry but because of that it left the viewer open to suggestion, to fill in the gaps you could not see with the naked eye. And that what's sums it up; good story, good acting, room for suggestion, and beautiful screen-shots. I'm not a fan of the video game but i loved the movie. I could recommend the movie to anyone who likes horror.