2 June 2012
Director: Denis Villeneuve, 2010
There is really only one word to describe this film: staggering. After just finishing it, I am left in shock and disbelief. The complex and subtle way that the plot unravels ultimately revealing the most disturbing truth about a mother’s past is expertly crafted and delivers a traumatizing effect. Really, wonderfully done.
1 June 2012
Director: George Clooney, 2011
Best movie I’ve seen in awhile. Cinematically intriguing, with tight, clean shots of profiles in the dark, and back-lit silhouettes appropriately symbolic of politicians. I enjoyed the story a lot as well, and felt that even though it could be seen as an unsurprising expose on the usual checklist of political wrongdoings, it was well paced which made the story fresh and able to pack punches in the right places.
ahhh need to see this!!!
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The Great Gatsby Official Movie Trailer
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27 April 2012
Director: Gaspar Noé, 2002
O.K. I have to say something. You cannot say nothing after watching this movie. I can, with 100 percent assurance, say that this was the most unbelievable, emotional, fucked up movie I’ve seen at this point in my life. Gasper Noé is a mad genius because no matter how hard you want to deny it, there is a balance between how fucked up and disturbing the content is, and how unbelievably good the film is. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a movie quite like this one, in which the way it was shot was literally perfect for the tension the content prescribes: reverse chronological order, a spinning, jerky, jarring camera lens, too amorphous when you want to see more, and all too clear when you want to see less. The way the camera is used is so flawless, that it in itself made you feel every emotion inconceivably viscerally. The camera and the length of the shots - either quick - less than a second - or long - 20 minutes, created the tension and claustrophobia that is vital to the movie. Also the acting was impeccable and just very natural which I so appreciated. There were long scenes of petty dialogue that were very real and funny as well - this movie literally included all of the elements: horror, shock, suspense, romance, comedy. I really don’t know what else to say. If you have a stomach for it, see. this. film.
this now has a place on my top favorite films of all time - hands down.
not only emotionally jarring and politically driven, but also beautifully shot in rich black & white and stunning mise-en-scène.
bravo, Mathieu Kassovitz
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Film-tastic, cinematic, motion picture magnificence.
I like movies.
These are the ones I watch.
