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Aku's Massive Movie Review Thread (AMMRT)
You all know that I'm a movie-freak. Oh well, I just thought that because of the reason that I watch a lot of movies, I could as well give some
comments about them here and probably recommend them if they're good. So everytime I watch another movie, I'll post some comments about it here.
Of course anyone can review movies in this thread and give those recommendations! I don't mind if this is just me reviewing movies, but it would be
mucho grande cooler if everyone could participate! So, everytime you see a movie, please let us know what did you think of it!
Just follow my example of posting the review here. Straight link to www.imdb.com to the movie's specific destination would be nice. You can also give a score, let's say 0 - 10, okie? Or would you
prefer 0 - 5 stars?
Well I'll go first..
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
aka Amélie
Ok, just watched this yesterday as I had never seen it before and I had heard good things about it, plus its rating at IMDB is 8.6/10 at the
moment.
Well, I still didn't expect so much about the movie, as it didn't interest me so much anyways. Well, the movie was amazing! It's a bit weird, but that
makes it very original. It's so cute, adorable and a very happy movie. The original style of cinematography makes it funnier, also enjoyable. Audrey
Tautou is perfect in the role of Amélie.
I could imagine when this movie was at the cinemas and when people left the cinema, neither one of them had a sad face. I could imagine everyone left
the cinema with happy smiles on their faces. It's very difficult to even describe this movie, as it is just so original, yet a very, very good
movie.
If you feel a bit sad and want to have a big smile on your face, then watch this movie as it is just so happy in its own way. I recommend this movie
to everyone, though some may not like the weird style used in it.
"Simply a wave of positiviness, the happiest movie ever made"
 
Aku's rating: 4.5/5 stars
Reviewed movies at T.G.L -forums in 2007 - (In alphabetical order)
Link to movies reviewed in 2008
28 Weeks Later (2007)
3.5/5 (2 votes)
300 (2006)
4.0/5 (5 votes)
4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
1.0/5 (1 vote)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
American Beauty (1999)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
American History X (1998)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Amélie (2001)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Amores Perros (2000)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)
1.5/5 (1 vote)
Before Sunset (2004)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Ben-Hur (1959)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Big Trouble (2002)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Black Dahlia, The (2006)
1.5/5 (1 vote)
Blade Runner (1982)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Blues Brothers, The (1980)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)
4.0/5 (2 votes)
Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
4.0/5 (2 votes)
Braveheart (1995)
4.7/5 (3 votes)
Brazil (1985)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)
4.3/5 (2 votes)
Casablanca (1942)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Casino (1995)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Children of Men (2006)
3.5/5 (3 votes)
Citizen Kane (1941)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Clockwise (1986)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Closer (2004)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Crossover (2006)
2.0/5 (1 vote)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
4.3/5 (2 votes)
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Deer Hunter, The (1978)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Déjà Vu (2006)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Delta Farce (2007)
2.0/5 (1 vote)
Departed, The (2006)
3.8/5 (3 votes)
Dirty Sanchez: The Movie (2006)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Donnie Darko (2001)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I stopped worrying and Love The Bomb (1964)
2.0/5 (1 vote)
Dudesons Movie, The (2006)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
El Laberinto del Fauno (2006)
4.4/5 (2 votes)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Fargo (1996)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Fight Club (1999)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Finding Neverland (2004)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Firm, The (1993)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Fountain, The (2006)
4.1/5 (2 votes)
Forrest Gump (1994)
5.0/5 (1 vote)
Gangs of New York (2002)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Gattaca (1997)
4.8/5 (2 votes)
Get Shorty (1995)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Gladiator (2000)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Godfather, The (1972)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Godfather: Part III, The (1990)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Golden Compass, The (2007)
3.3/5 (1 vote)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Goodfellas (1990)
4.0/5 (2 votes)
Hable con ella (2002)
2.0/5 (1 vote)
Haine, La (1995)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Heat (1995)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Holiday, The (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
I Am Legend (2007)
3.5/5 (3 votes)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
4.0/5 (2 votes)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
3.3/5 (2 votes)
Insider, The (1999)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Irréversible (2002)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Jackass Number Two (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Joe Dirt (2001)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Knocked Up (2007)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
La Vita è bella (1997)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
The Last Samurai (2003)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Legend of Zorro, The (2005)
2.5/5 (1 vote)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Léon (1994)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Life of Brian (1979)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Little Children (2006)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
3.3/5 (2 votes)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Love Actually (2003)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Magnolia (1999)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Man from Earth, The (2007)
4.3/5 (2 votes)
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Matrix, The (1999)
5.0/5 (1 vote)
Meaning of Life, The (1983)
2.5/5 (2 votes)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
3.3/5 (1 vote)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
4.5/5 (2 votes)
Munich (2005)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Notebook, The (2004)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
3.5/5 (3 votes)
Oldboy (2003)
4.1/5 (2 votes)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
3.2/5 (3 votes)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
3.2/5 (3 votes)
Prestige, The (2006)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Psycho (1960)
4.3/5 (1 vote)
Queen, The (2006)
2.5/5 (2 votes)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
4.4/5 (2 votes)
Rain Man (1988)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Running Scared (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Se7en (1995)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
3.5/5 (2 votes)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
5.0/5 (2 votes)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Simpsons Movie, The (2007)
4.4/5 (4 votes)
Sling Blade (1996)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Smokin' Aces (2006)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Spartacus (1960)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2.8/5 (2 votes)
Stardust (2007)
3.6/5 (3 votes)
Sting, The (1973)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Sunshine (2007)
3.8/5 (2 votes)
Superbad (2007)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004)
4.5/5 (2 votes)
Tante Pose (1940)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Taxi Driver (1976)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
4.0/5 (3 votes)
TMNT (2007)
3.3/5 (2 votes)
Transformers (2007)
3.3/5 (2 votes)
Truman Show, The (1998)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
4.1/5 (2 votes)
Underworld (2003)
1.8/5 (2 votes)
United 93 (2006)
3.5/5 (1 vote)
Untouchables, The (1987)
4.5/5 (2 votes)
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
V2 - Jäätynyt enkeli (2007)
2.5/5 (1 vote)
V for Vendetta (2005)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Vozvrashcheniye (2003)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Wo hu cang long (2000)
4.5/5 (1 vote)
Woodsman, The (2004)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
World Trade Center (2006)
2.3/5 (2 votes)
Zodiac (2007)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Zwartboek (2006)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
Xin jing cha gu shi (2004)
3.0/5 (1 vote)
Ying xiong (2002)
4.0/5 (1 vote)
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300
OMG IT ROXORZ!  Don't know why, but it's probably because of the mythologic
stuff in it. It's full of blood, pride and corruption. YEY!
Don't know how to review a movie, so....
9/10
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I could as well review 300 now as I saw it at the cinema like a week ago.
300 (2006)
aka Frank Miller's 300
So I didn't expect so much about this movie. I saw the trailer yonks before it came to the cinemas and I must say that it didn't impress me so much. I
just didn't like the idea of heavy metal -music playing in the background in a epic movie. But I had to see it as it had so good reviews.
Well, I went to see it and I must way I was impressed. At IMDB it has a rating of 8.0/10, but I wouldn't say it deserves such a good rating. Well, the
movie is one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen and the fight scenes are one of the best I've ever seen, but does that actually make it a
good movie? No, it doesn't.
I hadn't seen so much slow motion effects since The Matrix which made it a bit cliché as well. Don't get me wrong, those effects are always
cool but the fact that there were slow motion effects like every 2 seconds just made it more cliché like I mentioned before.
I've read about Thermophylai's fight and I've also made a writing of it and presented it at school. It was a bit dissapointing to see that the movie
didn't follow the fact how the things really went and they just Hollywoodised so much of it. It really didn't went like you see it in the
movie.
The role peformances were a bit irrelevant in the movie, as it was just an action movie - Though one of the best action movies I've ever seen. The
plot was what it was, it was like everytime something else was shown after the fighting scenes I just had the feeling of rewinding them.
As an entertainment movie, it's perfect. But as a movie, it's not so great. I still recommend the movie to everyone out there, as it won't be
dissapointing when you want to see blood and body parts falling around. I'd give this movie maximum of 6.5/10.
"Perfect as entertainment, lacking as a movie"
Aku's rating: 3/5 stars
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Henri's rating: 4.5/5 stars
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Kristian's rating: 4/5 stars
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Dan's rating: 4/5 stars
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Lewis's rating: 4.5/5 stars
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The Queen (2006)
Just finished watching this movie and I must say that it was pretty much what I expected it to be; Overrated in its wholeness because of Helen
Mirren's astonishing role performance. So, the only reason which makes this movie watchable is Helen Mirren's work in it. You can definitely see how
much she has put time and effort on building up the character and that I must say is amazing to watch. Without seeing all the other 4 movies which
were nominated for the oscar of best performance by an actress in a leading role, I still can believe that Helen Mirren deserved the oscar, as the
role performance that she does is just simply candy to your eyes and ears.
Although, the movie is after all rather dissapointing. There's a good use of old tapes of Princess Diana and other footage from the year 1997 and
those are used very well in the movie. That still doesn't make the movie a recommendation in my mind. If you're looking after a movie with a great
role performance, then this is a movie for that hunger. I'd still rather watch something else with mediocre role performances but which would be
better as a movie. One person can't carry the whole movie on his/her shoulders to make the movie itself great, that's just a fact. If you're not
interested in Princess Diana's death, the year 1997 and all that media fuzz, then this movie will most likely be unbearable for you, as it doesn't
really deal with anything else than that and the grief of people and the queen's acts because of it.
I have to be rather judgemental on this, so here we go:
"Helen Mirren's astonishing role performance against a very dissapointing movie"
Aku's rating: 2/5 stars
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Henri's rating: 3/5 stars
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I found The Queen rather interesting, cos there's so much about the English Royal family I didn't know about before I saw the movie. Never really
cared about them before to know that really...
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Now I thought that I could always add someone else's rating to a movie which is already reviewed before, so now I'm going to add yours to 300
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YEY ^^
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300
- I'm a sucker for special effects and beautiful scenery. I loved how everything looked slightly surreal. I had watched the latest south park episode
which had a parody of 300 in its story, which made the movie experience funny too. Even though it could have been even more epic n stuff, I agree with
the 8/10 rating it has on imdb.
And then there's forrest gump, the shawshank redemption and the green mile, which are close to perfection. 9.5/10.
Another really good movie I just watched was "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi". This is the best animated movie I have ever seen. The animation is
beautiful, the story is interesting and the japanese voice actors are great. 9/10.
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Nice one Kris So, what's your rating for 300 then? We can add to that to the
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World Trade Center (2006)
Rented it this evening and just finished watching it. I must say that I didn't have any high expectations on this movie either. It doesn't even have
such a high rating at IMDB, which is mostly the place that I trust when it comes to ratings and reviews. The movie turned out to be much better than I
expected.
Well, first of all, it's a very emotional movie and I like emotional movies very much indeed. If a movie makes me cry, that usually lifts up the final
rating I'm going to give. Yes, I did cry in this movie many times as well and I do that when movies are emotional. There's nothing wrong with that if
you ask me. Oliver Stone is the director in this one and he still doesn't let you down when it comes to directing.
Nicholas Cage does a great work in his role of John McLoughlin and Michael Peña does his best role performance yet to date. Still, the role
performances aren't so significant, nothing near academy award nominated, but they still are good and gives the movie that extra something.
The soundtrack simply blows you away, you can't go wrong with Craig Armstrong, now can you? The maintheme is just simply beautiful and the music is
used very emotionally in just the right places. Still, the use of music and the style of the cinematography makes the movie a bit clichéish, but not
too much. You can like cliché in certain levels, but if the "cliché-meter" goes over the bearable, then it just gets messy and boring. This movie has
the right amount of that, so it doesn't cross the line.
The movie isn't perfect, but it is still indeed a great drama. I don't know if I'm rushing into this rating, but I'll just give it now before I change
my mind.
"An emotional and a touching film experience, a surprisingly good movie"
Aku's Rating: 3.5/5 stars
Just did change my mind on the original 4 stars. I'd say it's more near the 4 stars than it does with 3 stars
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I thought 300 was great. Loved the special effects like Kris although in places I thought it looked a bit too computerised. All the Greek history and
stuff was pretty cool as well. I'd give it 8/10
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I agree with the 8/10 rating it has on imdb.
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World trade Center sucked imho. Seriously, why do we need to make movies about real tragedies? To honour the heroes that we lost, or to make easy
money? Grrrrr.... 1/5! I watched 30mins of it, then turned it off.
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World trade Center sucked imho. Seriously, why do we need to make movies about real tragedies? To honour the heroes that we lost, or to make easy
money? Grrrrr.... 1/5! I watched 30mins of it, then turned it off.
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Well that's too bad  I thought it was much better than that
Btw, I'm not sure if I'd count your vote as you only watched 30 minutes of the movie. I did count it, but should I? I like to think that a person
can't review a movie if he hasn't seen it all the way through.
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don't count it. it sucks so bad that it shouldn't even be rated 
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don't count it. it sucks so bad that it shouldn't even be rated
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Blah!
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United 93 (2006)
Ok, finally I'm commenting a movie I had expectations on. This movie has had great reviews and it has a rating of 7.9/10 at IMDB.
This movie was great. The acting from every actor/actress is superb, all their emotions are so realistic that the movie just simply feels real. You
can really feel the emotions of the characters through the screen, the sadness and the feel of being in panic. The screenplay is fantastic, the plot
evolves from this calm enviroment to a total chaos and does it almost perfectly.
The cinematography is free-hand in almost every part of the movie and it does fit very well. It gives that extra something to make the movie more
realistic and feel of chaos all around. Despite all the complimenting, this movie has its faults, but it's really hard to describe were it goes wrong.
Maybe it's the fact that it has too many things related to piloting and every possible real thing from air traffic control that it's just too much, so
it gets a bit boring at parts. I don't mean boring like there isn't anything happening, I mean boring in the way the movie could have been much more
simplified than it is. The movie itself just lacks something and it pisses me off that I don't know what. Despite all the information it has in it, it
could have something more.
Although, this movie is pretty exciting from the beginning till the end, but it's just isn't that good as a movie. Don't get me wrong, it's
great, but it isn't as good as you could think I would think it is because all of my complimenting in this stage. I warmly recommend this movie to
everyone, as you won't be dissapointed. It gives different perspectives of different people and you can see how they all react in the same things,
which is very well made by the way. Maybe this movie deserves 4 stars, but I'm still going to give it 3.5, which is still a very good rating. See this
movie yourself and you may be surprised.
"An exciting film experience with a fantastic screenplay"
Aku's rating: 3.5/5 stars
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bleh, another movie about 9/11 It sounds better than World Trade Center though
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| Quote: | Alkuperäinen postittaja tgl
bleh, another movie about 9/11 It sounds better than World Trade Center though
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Yeah well it is actually better, though I gave them both the same rating. It's just that they're still so different from each other so it's really
hard to compare those two movies together.
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Oldboy (2003)
This movie is one of the most disturbing movies I've seen in a while and it's an amazing film experience as well. It's a South Korean film and if you
haven't seen it, I warmly suggest that you do.
It's really hard to review anything from this movie, as I don't want give you any spoilers. This movie is just intelligent; I don't know if I'm
rushing into this next opinion, but it may be that this movie is the most intelligent movie I've seen since The Matrix. I don't remember all the
movies I've seen after The Matrix, so I may be rushing into this.
The role performance by the lead actor, Min-sik Choi, is just superb. In one word; Excellent. The pain he suffers inside is seen from the screen like
he would really suffer and one of the last scenes (again, won't give you any spoilers) is one of the best scenes I've seen in a movie in a while,
brilliant acting from both Min-Sik and another actor Ji-tae Yu.
Like I said in the beginning, this movie is very, very disturbing and I won't be recommending this to the weak-minded. It catches your attention right
from the beginning and really makes you draw your own conclusions about the things happening in the movie and it's just exciting. The movie has a
couple of fighting scenes too, but it's still not an action movie, though the fighting scenes are brilliant as well. What I can read from IMDB, its
age limit in Norway is for example 18 years, so it does get a bit violent at parts.
"A very disturbing, yet an intelligent and a strong movie"
Aku's rating: 4/5 stars
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Kristian's rating: 4.25/5 stars
[Muokattu 20-4-2007 Lähettäjä: Valandir]
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I just figured out that I haven't told anything about the plot in the movies I've reviewed this far, but that doesn't really matter, as you can always
just click the title and read the plot from IMDB. Problem solved
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003)
aka Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Just finished watching this movie and it is just an absolutely beautiful film in every aspect. This movie follows the old saying 'A picture tells more
than a thousand words' (or however it's said). What I mean is that there aren't many words spoken in this film, you can just see the beauty of the
cinematography, how the director has captured the stunning images and landscapes throughout the film.
The movie is very simple, but it's that Asian simplicity which makes it so astonishing. I guess some might think that this movie is boring, but in my
opinion it isn't. The story is told very well with almost only images and these silent parts where you can see the different actions and reactions of
the characters. I've never seen anything like this on the screen, because actually you don't even think about the silence when you're watching the
movie, it's just so intelligent.
Throughout the movie you can see different things changing every season and when the years pass by and the amazing part is that it isn't told with any
kind of dialogue or narration, it's just there for you to notice and for you to think the things yourself. It needs you to concentrate, which also
makes the movie very interesting. I could imagine the screenplay to be very, very short, although the movie lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Originality, that's one word among others which pop into your head when you're watching the movie. The movie is also very instructive and makes you
think of your own life, what have you done right and what have you done wrong. Peacuful, calm, almost perfection. I recommend this movie to everyone,
but I'd suggest you watch it when you have the time for it, without any pauses, by watching it straight through. Despite from all of this admiring and
complimenting, I'm not going to give it 5 stars, though some may say it deserves it. It's hard to explain, as there isn't actually anything wrong in
the movie; It's just a very good movie.
"Beautiful simplicity followed by a peacuful heart-warming story"
Aku's rating: 4/5 stars
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Kristian's rating: 4/5 stars
[Muokattu 28-4-2007 Lähettäjä: Valandir]
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Just *ahem* acquired Oldboy. I'll see when I can be bothered to watch it ;D
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| Quote: | Alkuperäinen postittaja Kristian
Just *ahem* acquired Oldboy. I'll see when I can be bothered to watch it ;D |
Yay! I am waiting for your reply on what you thought about it then I warn you
though, it is as disturbing as I've explained, hehe..
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I almost watched an entire episode of Gilmore Girls once, so I know the meaning of the word disturbed.
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havent been to the cinema in ages <_<
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