Movie buff, I am still
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chaniFilms I have seen in theatres in the past weeks
The Ides of March
Not as good as Clooney's debut movie, Goodnight and Good Luck, but quite watchable. The pace is good, the cast is fine and it is well filmed. That said, nothing very refreshing or surprising.
Tintin
Ok, it was not my idea to see it. The film we wanted to see was sold out so we ended up watching Tintin. Another example of a 3D thing that brings nothing to the experience. It has moments I enjoyed but the whole thing is kinda spiritless, or rather soulless.
Polisse.
Not a bad film at all, but not sure it deserves the prize it got in Cannes either. It is an interesting (and often funny)chronicle of La Brigade de Protection des Mineurs, but Maïwenn's way of mixing ficton and elements of her own personal life is a bit disturbing, and in this case, I don't think that the love story with Joey Starr's character and the family scene(Maïwenn casting her own father in it!) were necessary. Marina Fois is amazing in the film, though. It's worth watching if only for her part.
L'Exercice de l'Etat
Very good French movie! Better than Clooney's IMO (actually it's weird to compare the two films but they are both about politics). Olivier Gourmet was impressive (Michel Blanc also very good); the writing was clever and and the mise-en-scène was excellent with a few daring things here and there. Here's the trailer:
Contagion
Good opening, but unfortunately after the first 15 minutes it gets poorer and poorer. To be fair, I didn't expect a masterpiece and only went to see it because Bryan Cranston and John Hawkes had small parts in it!
Speaking of "tv actors" Veronica Mars' father and Jennifer Elhe from BBC Pride and Prejudice were also in the film.
On my To-see-before-Christmas list for the upcoming weeks:
Sleeping Beauty
Contracorriente
Shame
A Dangerous Method
The Ides of March
Not as good as Clooney's debut movie, Goodnight and Good Luck, but quite watchable. The pace is good, the cast is fine and it is well filmed. That said, nothing very refreshing or surprising.
Tintin
Ok, it was not my idea to see it. The film we wanted to see was sold out so we ended up watching Tintin. Another example of a 3D thing that brings nothing to the experience. It has moments I enjoyed but the whole thing is kinda spiritless, or rather soulless.
Polisse.
Not a bad film at all, but not sure it deserves the prize it got in Cannes either. It is an interesting (and often funny)chronicle of La Brigade de Protection des Mineurs, but Maïwenn's way of mixing ficton and elements of her own personal life is a bit disturbing, and in this case, I don't think that the love story with Joey Starr's character and the family scene(Maïwenn casting her own father in it!) were necessary. Marina Fois is amazing in the film, though. It's worth watching if only for her part.
L'Exercice de l'Etat
Very good French movie! Better than Clooney's IMO (actually it's weird to compare the two films but they are both about politics). Olivier Gourmet was impressive (Michel Blanc also very good); the writing was clever and and the mise-en-scène was excellent with a few daring things here and there. Here's the trailer:
Contagion
Good opening, but unfortunately after the first 15 minutes it gets poorer and poorer. To be fair, I didn't expect a masterpiece and only went to see it because Bryan Cranston and John Hawkes had small parts in it!
Speaking of "tv actors" Veronica Mars' father and Jennifer Elhe from BBC Pride and Prejudice were also in the film.
On my To-see-before-Christmas list for the upcoming weeks:
Sleeping Beauty
Contracorriente
Shame
A Dangerous Method