lanxspam Reviews

Glory (1989)

Overrated

[6/10 · 31 January 2009]

I missed the first minutes up to the point where Broderick witnessed the amputation... and apparently these must have been extraordinary minutes.

This movie is very accurate and doesn't have a happy end or love story or any other typical block buster elements... It's politically correct and educating. It really deserves at least a 6 or a 7.

It's kind of a good docudrama! But it's certainly not one of the top 250 or even the "best war movie ever"! Watch "Path of Glory" or "All Quiet on the Western Front" and compare these dramatically perfect war movies! Without clichés, without happy end, without love story and 100% believable characters.

I only saw a (stereo)typical Washington, Freeman and Broderick, in roles they played dozens of times before, nothing extraordinary.

I have the impression this movie gets special points because of its political or historical message or even out of patriotic feelings...

But does this really make a "best" film, everybody should see?

Dieter (2006 TV Movie)

Much better than expected

[7/10 · 21 March 2006]

I think it's useless to comment on this film in English, since it will never be known outside central Europe. IMDb wants an English comment, so I'll post the German version in the forum.

Dieter Bohlen and his Ex-Wifes/Partners are a center of popular trash culture in Germany, where mediocre "artists" rule the headlines with their (sex)scandals and other self made "news". Just imagine kind of Ozzy Osborn divorcing from Paris-Hilton, and they publish every detail for years in talk shows, and write memoirs and finally their is a animated movie about these stories...

You see it's supposed to be the climax of modern TV-Crap.

I just zapped into the middle of the screening on TV and was very negative in advance. But then I found out I was laughing and giggling and never bored till the end. It's highly cynical and funny drawn and I'd love to see it again! The main reasons why most comments and ratings are negative is because people can't accept these trashy circumstances.

But _without_ prejudices it's simply good entertainment!

UPDATE: I just saw it completely, and I have to correct my rating from 8 to 7, the first 50% are not as funny as the second part.