Botched (2007)
A horror comedy about a guy who gets an easy sounding job in Russia that ends up going very wrong. This was a weird mix of Guy Ritchie style crime movie and Braindead style splatter comedy. The start was fun and worked really great, but when the "horror" part started to come more evident, it lost all of it's edge and fell to the obvious and sometimes really stupid solutions. Can't say I was bored, but it's still in no means a good movie.
39%
The Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Another from the BFI movies. This is more visual art and a lesson in imagery than an actual movie. There's no script, it's just like the title says a guy (actually 2 guys) and a movie camera capturing the buzz of a Russian city. But even thou it doesn't have a script, it still tells hundreds of stories. Simply a stunning masterpiece that leaves you speachless after you see it. A must see for everyone even a least bit interested in the art of cinema.
100%
The Innocents (1961)
Widely considered as the best ghost story ever filmed. I have to agree on that. This was the second time I saw this and it hadn't lost an inch of it's edge. Simply a masterclass in suspension, stunningly beautifully shot and probably the best child actors in any movie ever made. A classic that everyone should watch.
100%
Band of Outsiders (1964)
When ever I have a conversation about movies with other movie freaks Jean-Luc Godard tends to pop up in the discussion and people look at me with a weird face and can't believe that I really don't like Godard's movies. I could write a novel about what's wrong with them, but now let's focus on this one, maybe I'll do a Godard special sometime or some sort of most over-rated movies list to dig more into that subject. Anyways this is one of the better movies from Godard, but sadly that doesn't make this a good movie. Again as always in his films there's a bunch of arrogant asshole characters running around the city doing pretty much nothing. And as always it's told in a slow pace with lots of camera and editing tricks. Thou this time most of the tricks actually work pretty good and you don't get that feeling of them being just slapped in there "cos hey it looks cool". But still the movie is utterly boring.
49%
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Another Film-Noir by Otto Preminger from the BFI films. This is more of the standard essence of Film-Noir, beautifully shot, well acted and the mood is dead on. It's not the best of it's genre, but still it's a brilliant movie and shows that even the average story can turn into a great piece of art in the hands of a master.
79%
Disturbia (2007)
Bah, this was predictable, ridiculous and rather pointless movie. At parts I really wanted to scream how stupid can you be? But it didn't bore me to death and I actually was quite entertained through it, even thou it was quite crappy movie.
34%
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
When everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and then some. This is a document about the attempted filming of Terry Gilliam's movie The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Being an amateur film maker myself, I really felt the frustration people had when things just keep on going wrong and all hope is running out. Kind of scary in a way to see that even with a big budget you can't guarantee that a movie gets done.
78%
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
I've never understood the hype around Hunter S. Thompson and this document wasn't really helping with that. The document seemed to praise him almost to a level of a messiah who will save us all, but it didn't really give us anything to back those words up. It leaft me with an image of a drug addict old man who took his own life, hooray. Barely average documentary, but luckily it was entertaining enough to keep me awake.
50%
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