Malarkey

I can’t deny that there’s an atmosphere to this movie. It’s properly dark and it almost makes you feel a sense of doom. But the atmosphere is the only upside of this movie that makes it worth watching. Otherwise, it’s basically a hotchpotch of various scenes in various strange situations with equally strange people who don’t manage to grow on you and you’ll constantly marvel at their behavior. Demon might have a good director who has paid extra attention to the technical adaptation, but if the movie leaves a sour taste in your mouth, then not even holy water could help.

I’m quite lucky with French war movies. Each time, I’m surprised by an interesting story from the World War II that I wouldn’t ever manage to think of. Here, for example, I thought it was interesting that they are telling the life stories of farmers from the north of France who are fleeing to the south, and since the north is closer to Germany and Belgium, beer is drunk quite a lot throughout the movie. For example, the Scottish soldier didn’t even hesitate, it was clear that he likes to wet his whistle from time to time. You generally don’t get to see these sorts of moments in French movies and so I found it really charming. Later, I was quite sad about what war does to people, but that could have been expected. I was also surprised by how much adults are willing to do for children. To sum up, I must say that I got another solid French denouement, which the French can’t seem to manage without.

The only upside of this movie are the shots from space. Otherwise, it makes it seem like space is awfully boring and like there’s nothing to do…

I admit that at a second viewing, this film feels far friendlier than when I first saw it. For the first time, I was mainly annoyed by those brats, which didn’t change that much. On the other hand, I must admit that I felt the same way as when I watched Jumanji as a kid. And that’s why the movie grew on me in the end. Goosebumps might not be the best fantasy horror comedy, but it’s still something that they don’t film anymore. Most importantly, there’s even occasional jokes (especially the cops), beautiful effects, inventive story and Jack Black.

This film left me with two clearly defined feelings. Gene Wilder reminded me of the time I was watching him in Blazing Saddles and enjoyed the film even for the fifth time. And then I was reminded or Laurel and Hardy, only with completely different actors, one of whom plays the blind and the other the deaf. A very nice slapstick with a solid old-school vulgar Czech voice acting, which I appreciate.

I haven’t seen a cringier comedy for a long time, which I didn’t expect at all. And I must say that I didn’t even expect anything of the Zoolander sequel by default, since the first one years ago didn’t really excite me either. But people change, the times change and I thought that maybe, I could be a little bit more lenient with this kind of humor. But not only did Ben Stiller shoot total garbage, which could have been expected, it was also incredibly cringey, which I didn’t anticipate. When I was watching the movie, I felt embarrassed for him, and that doesn’t really happen often. At least Owen Wilson was there as Hansel and looked like he was actually from this world.

The Germans are attacking us again with that aggressive precision and with difficult-to-define emotions. The story is fairly austere and systematic; however, it evokes the effect of disgust and contempt, thus fulfilling its purpose.Sanctuary is an absolutely unprecedented drama that tries to document someof the disgusting things that took place in West Germany.It could almost be said that the boys in that camp were probably the only West Germans who would rather live in East Germany at that moment; that’s how cruel this movie was.

As I was reading some of these comments that are often nearing 10 years of age, it made me think; was the audience back then way more lenient with Czech movies or are Czech movies on a completely different level nowadays? Because Bolero is a complete pile of bull crap where the main characters talk out of their asses, the side characters play something every now and then and the story is about as usual as a trip to the Moon.

A spiritual film that tries to cleanse a fishing village affected by tragedy of all evil. Personally, I can’t even imagine what such a village might look like after years. But movie-wise, it’s not really a win. Although you’ll be dazzled by the charismatic Father Martin Sheen, his little sheep will make you depressed after only five minutes and after another ten, you would be hanging yourself off the nearest banana tree. A very unapproachable movie.

When you look at the overall rating of this movie, you’ll notice an array of average three stars. But in this case, appearances can be deceptive. Radiatoris a fairly interesting movie and I watched its story of an old couple with great interest. I liked the environment of the English countryside and the melancholic mood, which is quite fitting. I was also interested in the characters played by Richard Johnson and Gemma Jones. It’s obvious they’re both great actors and that they really related to these characters. What was worse was the movie’s flow, which is pretty much unchanging throughout the hour and a half. Nothing happens and yet the time inconspicuously moves forwards to the end. Even though I was watching the movie, it was as if I was hypnotized by the English countryside.