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Knowing (2009)
predictable plot; casting failure
Not even N. Cage's charm can save a sinking ship as big as this, and Rose Byrne's contribution has turned it into a stellar failure - and that is not just the script writer's fault. It's a pity, actually, as the beginning was, if not original, at least promising some flavour to the pop-corn. The children did fine, in my opinion. The plot is remarkably boring; I spent the first 90 minutes trying to find the login in the muddled story-line, and the remainder looking for the polite exit. Yawn... Four more lines to write! Well, it is a challenge but here comes: 50 millions spent on a substandard film like this could have solved a lot of problems: publishing colouring books for art therapy; building some wells in the desert; funding some worthy projects on Kickstarter or Indiegogo; paying Rose Byrne to attend some acting classes; paying the kids university scholarships - and the list goes on.
Kratkiy kurs schastlivoy zhizni (2012)
Simply brilliantly toxic!
I loved this film! I am afraid lots will get lost in translation, and I don't mean the language only. Brutally honest comedy noir; you can laugh, rage or cry at the same time. Tongue-in-cheek humour occasionally splashes out as a devastating tsunami, sparing no illusions in its wake.
Love the actors' performance, the camera work, the trailers! I was not very fond of the director's previous film but this one made me a fan.I can hardly wait for her next film!
I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in contemporary Russian culture.
Rosemary's Baby (2014)
Zoe Saldana just ruins it!
Whoever did the casting, must have hated Roman Polanski, and must have been determined to ruin this movie. Well, they did a grand job, and Zoe was the right choice to make this movie a real pain to watch. She is just so counter-everything that might have made the otherwise interesting twists work and turn the new interpretation into a real 21st century makeover!! Come on, did it have to be politically correct and star a world-wide unknown non-white actress as its bargain chip?! She was horrible, really ruined it all for me. I am sorry to say, this is a flop. Just a big flop. I sincerely and wholeheartedly recommend you to give this one a miss. Hopefully, now the review has enough lines, so that I don't have to write more horrible (deservedly so!) things on Zoe's performance!
Diana (2013)
Pathetically bizarre
Naveen Andrews was good; all the rest is total crap. Maybe Diana was,indeed, the clingy, backbone-less creature with nothing to recommend her apart from the imprimatur of royal matrimony; but, oh, well, the real Diana was indeed a basically uneducated, low-achieving young lady bred to breed most profitably. However, I cannot imagine a woman would go as low as the protagonist in the movie - so subservient and dependent. A total waste of 2 hours. It is very unfortunate that the minimum length of review is 10 lines as I don't have anything good to write about this substandard PR drivel. Actually, Naomi Watts creates a much softer version of the Diana; the real Diana used to project an image of a basically disoriented, frigid, not particularly bright pawn, just good for, sort of, reproduction. Q.E.D.
Snowmageddon (2011)
Nice redneck American Xmas movie
Brilliant, really... All the ingredients are there: a nice nuclear family with the usual problems (including a moderately rebellious teenager), some foggy problem in the community always already confronted in the very beginning by the image of a fantastically harmonious family; some puppy love in the making - and breaking, inconclusively (not sure who the young lady fancied but someone died); then, there's the hero! He rushed boldly into the volcano - that had not shown any sign of existing prior to that - and bravely dumped the mysterious Xmas toy that had arrived at his doorstep out of nowhere. Oh come on... If you get a weird package on your doorstep, you'd call the police, no?
Dark Touch (2013)
Absolutely hopeless
Absolutely hopeless. The start would be OK if it hadn't been overexploited in similarly pedestrian movies of the same genre. Maybe it was unfair to put the whole load on the shoulders of a girl who not only cannot act (director's fault, too) but cannot even breathe properly - or is asking to keep her mouth shut asking too much? The dialogues are not only bland but dumbly so. The plot is predictable. I sincerely hope Missy Keating will think of another career - maybe stack shelves at Tesco, or become a carer, or a dentist clinic receptionist (once they solve the breathing problem). In a nutshell: give it a break - watch the news instead.