J*A*S*M

I watched again after some years and I have to add a star. The script is pretty tragic, but the atmosphere is thicker than the fog itself :)

A beautiful and weird film. The most captivating thing is the art design.

Good if a little bland, but Jack Nicholson, of course, delivers a superb performance.

Para-documentary raw nastiness. Horror movie of the Year.

A solid road horror thriller, and very relaxing :-D

For a long time I toyed with the idea of hyping The Oregonian with five stars and an enthusiastic comment and then have fun with how some users would squirm. The Oregonian is an insanely bizarre thing with several intense moments, but as a whole, it’s not nearly as charming and immersive as those truly good bizarre films from David Lynch and others. But to conclude with some memorable words: the film doesn’t deserve more than one star, it doesn’t have any jump-scares and nothing happens in it.

Those who know my ratings a little will be well aware that I am not a fan of silent movies. My relationship with them is similar as with pizza Margherita: I have nothing personal against it, but without at least ham, it doesn’t quite make it. And that’s the reason why I wasn’t that excited about this movie; at worst, I expected an unlikeable romantic and artsy Oscar bait, and at best, a bearable and sincere but rather boring movie. I was wrong, The Artist couldn’t have been a more pleasant surprise. It’s a very entertaining, nice and charming movie that doesn’t need sound. But when it does use some sound, it’s worth it (e.g. the nightmare). It left me with a feeling that none of this year’s other Oscar contenders did: having watched a truly exceptional movie. So I’m really rooting for it, and I’m saying this as someone who normally appreciates movies that are more progressive in their contents or format over “retro” ones (like The Social Network over The King’s Speech last year). 9/10

Jesus hates us. Man! I watched the whole thing without skipping. On my part, a resolute NO (though technically it’s quite OK and MAYBE a COUPLE of PEOPLE will like it a little, so one point at least). The original The Wicker Man was 10/10, the remake with Cage was unintentionally funny, I guess, but this one is just meh.

It’s certainly a well made film, but after Sideways it’s a bit run-of-the-mill.

Rowan Atkinson is funny even when he's just standing and staring blankly, but in a hundred minutes he will get boring sooner or later (sooner, in my case) and not even Scully can help him.