The reasons why I wanted to watch Garden State were simple. First of all, it starred Natalie Portman. Second, it got a decent IMDB rating. Some guy left his home town when he was young, only to return a decade later for his mother’s funeral.
Category: Movies
Movie reviews
To Rome with love
Woody Allen is making easy money by visiting big European cities and shooting a movie about the beauty of the city, the local culture and about people getting connected. After Paris and Barcelona, this time it was Rome that was visited by American tourists.
There’s always a moment
Dan: I fell in love with her, Alice. Alice: Oh, as if you had no choice? There’s a moment, there’s always a moment, “I can do this, I can give into this, or I can resist it”, and I don’t know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one.
Before Sunset
I really liked before sunrise where boy meets girl and only 1 night is the source for a complete movie. It’s sequel, before sunset, tells the story of the same 2 people meeting again 9 years later.
The Dreamers
Ever since I saw Eva Green shining in Casino Royal, The Dreamers was on my list to watch. I enjoyed every time Eva was on the screen, but unfortunately she couldn’t hide the weak script. I rate it with a 6.
Invictus
A Clint Eastwood directed film with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon in the cast can’t be bad. So Invictus is indeed worth seeing. But it isn’t great either…
Alles is liefde
Feel good movies hebben gemiddeld genomen niet mijn eerste voorkeur qua film. Wanneer de puf er helemaal uit is en de film goed staat aangeschreven sta ik er echter wel voor open.
Corpse Bride – Tim Burton
Tim Burton got famous by his movie Edward Scissorhands. Since then he kept producing recognizable movies different from the mainstream Hollywood releases.
Gran Torino – Clint Eastwood
I’ve only always known Clint Eastwood from his Wild West movies. In my memory he always had the same role although the movies changed from time to time. In 2008 Clint Eastwood came with Gran Torino, which by the way had nothing to do with the desert. He directed and movie and played the most… Continue reading Gran Torino – Clint Eastwood
l’Appartement or The Appartment
l’ Appartement or The Appartment is a French movie about love, individuals and chance.
In good company
Every movie with Scarlett Johansson is worth seeing. In good company is no exception, although the movie itself is quite bad. See it if you like Scarlett. If not, then forget it. I rate it with a 5.
Bruno a disappointment
Sacha Baron Cohen returns to the screen. Now with Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion guru. Unfortunately it’s all a bit too easy, superficial and predictable to convince. I barely managed to make it to the end. But now that I did, I rate it a 4.
Before Sunrise
A boy and a girl meet in a train driving through Europe. They feel a spark and decide do share a night in Vienna. The movie is about 2 persons sharing themselves and their lives with each other. It’s not a conventional Hollywood script, but unfortunately it is played by unknown (good) but not convincing… Continue reading Before Sunrise
Walle
Walle has an 8.6 rating on IMDB. So I openen Walle in HD and had a look. The images were very good. The story was however so incredible dull and superficial that I did not manage to watch it more than half an hour. I rate it a 4 for the quality animations.
Still Life or Sanxia haoren
Still Life was originally published as Sanxia haoren but then subtitled in English. Coalminer Han Sanming comes from Fengyang in Shanxi to the Three Gorges town Fengjie to look for his daughter and ex-wife whom he has not seen for 16 years. Nurse Shen Hong also comes to Fengjie from Taiyuan in Shanxi to look… Continue reading Still Life or Sanxia haoren