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Fallen (2022)
Meandering and confusing
It felt like a good movie but the poor dialogue and acting and Incomprehensible story line leave one finally shortchanged and disappointed
It livened up periodically with the appearance of some zombie like skeletons skirting the landscape- is this a film about family/ religion/ escape/ the dark side? Poor choice of actors and director lead this film into a miasma of images with no tension, no cohesion, no nothing.
Retfærdighedens ryttere (2020)
Brilliantly dark and wickedly funny
Mads as you've never seen him before. After a dark and serious start, the film opens up into a wickedly dark black comedy populated by oddballs and preposterous sequences of events that add to the humour and tension. Spliced with deeply moving commentaries on relationships and on what we deem as unacceptable, the film propels us along a storyline of revenge and coming to terms with.our own issues and hang ups. Mathematical probability and chance happenings. There is a lot of pent up violence but having just read King Lear, the combination of humour and tragedy makes for a relief of tension as we are confronted with the terrible events that unfold. Gradually the comedy dissipates as the film moves to its final "Straw Dogs" reckoning. The story allows us to reflect on our own responsibilities. The film starts and ends with different renditions of The Little Drummer Boy and the images of a bicycle, bringing it to a fitting circular conclusion.
Anthony (2020)
We don't need the back story at the beginning
A great British multicultural film, depicting Manchester as it really is, (or should be / have been). Fine acting from the ensemble. All life is here: alcoholism, mixed marriages, marital problems, giving birth ( on a train..), the Queen's favourite quiz show, a slushy proposal, total integration.. until you take stock of the optimistic dreaming of Jimmy McGovern, whose brief is to tell us how it could possibly be, if this nation were not still polarised. Sadly, the premise of the film is what could be, or rather, what could have been. United we stand, divided we still fall
Dolittle (2020)
Robert J Downey's accent
A fun- filled and entertaining romp but who is Dolittle and where does he come from? Anthony Hopkins meets Pirates of the Caribbean meets Cornwall meets Ireland?
Sixty Six (2006)
Is this a remake of Das Mirakel von Bern?
I saw this film last night and really enjoyed it but was struck by the mixture of hilarious comedy and deep pathos. Sometimes it is too painfully sad to be funny- maybe that's how comedy works! The last twenty minutes set me thinking how derivative the film is. Has anyone noticed a similarity between Das Mirakel von Bern and this film ? Both are about the troubled relationship between father and son; both centre on a world cup final; both feature a desperate race at the end to get to the final and both sets of parent/child jump over the ticket barrier to get to the game! I enjoyed both films in spite of their similarities; I think the writers could have injected even more humour into 66, even if there are some genuinely side-splitting moments