If you're gonna do a Capra-esq fable about an Eritrean refugee accidently been mistaken for a football star, make it fun.
Telling a story about an Eritrean refugee who is mistaken for a football player and he makes the losing team start winning because hea so fast should be clever, funny and witty.
Instead its obvious, dull and the hero doesn't even run that much.
There is a tendency of appreciating film makers when they are young. When a director comes into his own and creates a film on his first or second try that really connects with the public, the audience always seems to think the peak of artistry has been reached. It took Tarantino 20 years to finally not have his recent work be compared to Pulp Fiction. I would guess some still argue Rian Johnson made no better film than “Brick” and…
This is the second time seeing the mind-heist masterpeice.
First time I saw the film was when it came out in a theatre.
Inception is a film designed for the big screen. Nolan has been the first to fight for films to be stay on the big scree, believing this is the ultimate place where films need to be. With his success with the Batman films, Warner Bros gave him the freedom to bring to life his vision of a…
One of the things that makes "A Fish Called Wanda" stand the test of time, 33 years after its release, is its tight script combined with performances that feel so free you think it was all improve.
The plot is like clockwork. A mcguffin that all the characters want, every scene builds perfectly to the next, amplifying the stakes and the humor. Ending in a big finale that is able to be both a funny mad-cap, a romantic rush-to-the-airport scene…
