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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
where is the music
I really looked forward to this movie but wow what a dissapointment. The trailer really doesn't reflect what the movie is. The trailer was so dynamic, exciting, the music so important. And exactly that is missing, music. Almost no music. And this movie needed music. Now it is become flat ok bit philosophical nice message but no feeling even with all the beautiful images. It could have been so wonderful. The acting was wonderful and yes it looked beautiful. But I want to be moved and music is a important tool for this. So this tool wasn't used I don't know why. It had deep layers but stayed in a way flat because the lack of music. So don't go if you are tempted by the trailer. Kagib.
Resident Evil (2022)
puzzled
I am puzzled about the low rating and the reviews. I found this story very good, wonderful acting, very interesting original story, wonderful visual effects, sometimes very shocking.
I also have all the resident evil films. These in a way for me are much less interesting. Here really slowly a story is build which is possible because it is not just one movie. It is daring in what is shown, the characters and hopefully hopefully there will come a next season, :)
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story (2022)
inspiring
I just saw this documentary with my girlfriend. I found it wonderful. Important that it is seen by everybody. Amazing that he stepped out of the competition, not going to the olympics.
She wanted to be a he, so simple. No matter what reason, he felt it in his bones in his being that he was not in the right body. Many people feel that way.
I don't feel that way I feel in the right body but we should not judge if somebody feels different. Finally deep inside we are all human beings with a heart and Leo has a beautiful heart. :) Kagib.
Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)
funny and with a heart
I mostly want to write something here because I am very suprised about the reviews and the rating. What is this, such a big contrast between the reviews in rating tens and ones nothing in between. What does this tell? Both saw a completely different movie.
For me, it is not a 10 but I loved it, I found Beth so funny and I trust that in real life Beth was, is, such a person. Why comment on this? She was a wonderful mirror for us stuck in convention, rules, the surface. She was very direct, nothing artificial about her. I am really happy I got this dvd so many years later. It gave a smile on my face and a warm feeling. There are many beautiful people in the world. :)
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
puzzled
I was puzzled when I saw the rating. What happened with this movie, is it really so bad?
Luckily for me, it was not. Yesterday I finally could see it and I loved it. A feast of recognition. Big smile all that was put into it. So much. First the comment in connection with the other movies amazing. And then the twist and yes for me it was not more of the same for me it was I don't want this to end and I really want more of this more movies. And yes I also saw the wink but I also saw a beautiful new story about the power of love. For me it is not only about the action for me it is for the wisdom that is put into it. Bu who can grasp it? That is the problem with. Lana and her sister they are too far in consciousness That is why many are left behind with the feeling what is this, I don't need this I want a straight action story plot.
So thank you for this movie it gave me al lot wonderful action beautiful story humor a wink about how manipulated we are. A film to watch time after time after time. Of course you need to know the other three otherwise you are lost in this movie. Kagib.
Van Helsing (2016)
give it time
Really, give it time. Yes the first episodes are not very interesting. The environment very boring. But I am happy I kept watching. I never could have imagined how rich the story would become and how beautiful it would look. Very well acted and so much change, it never got boring again. Now I am almost at the end of the fourth season. I must say it is sometimes too brutal and bloody for me what is shown. Ok in the walking they don't feel anything but here they do and even when you watch it feels very painful. But the story is very captavating so I keep on watching and look forward to the last season.
Kagib.
The Last Face (2016)
shocking
I am startled.about the reception of this movie.
I found it incredible, very moving, shocking. I could feel the dilemmas and once you have been there you can't come back to the western world. Then everything is empty here.
The violence which is shown is very confronting, realistic. Harsh harsh reality. And the love story so realistic incredible performances by. Charlize Theron.she should have had an oscar for this, and. Javier Bardem yes he was chained to Africa by all that he had seen all the violence, pain and suffering. Yes it has meaning to save lives in whatever way you can.
This film touched my heart. Thank you Sean Pen to dare to make a film like this. You know the song. And half the world hates the other half, half the world has the food, there is not enough love to make the world go round. This says it all for me.
Kagib.
Strip Down, Rise Up (2021)
MOVING
I just watched this with my girlfriend. And to be honest, first when I read what it was about I was hesitant, I had my superstitions. Poledancing, what is this.... But now, I saw it and I was very moved, my girlfriend too. The women touched my heart telling their story and I felt ashamed to be a man. So so much abuse, there really must come balance, the female part in women and in man too must be opened up give credit too, the sensitivity, vulnerability, dare to be open, to cry to feel pain, anger, sadness. Everything is a gateway to healing. Thank you for this beautiful documentary. Thank you all the women portrayed for telling your story.
Glitch (2015)
brave
I noticed that many people weren't that happy about the last season. I am not one of them. I found it brave how this series was concluded, I found it a wonderful ending. It isn't easy to let go of personal identifications, of characters you like. You saw it coming but how it was done was beautiful and very satisfying. :)
Antebellum (2020)
what a twist
First of all really unfortunate that this film will not be in the theaters of the USA This in connection with the movement of black lives matter.
I did see it, in a theatre in my country Holland, and was moved shocked and the twist was very suprising. It gives a strong message about rascism long time ago and in present time. Also really empowering the black community. A must see for the people in the US and all over the world
Gat in die Muur (2017)
beautiful
I just saw this movie on netflix. I found it a beautiful movie. First very strange to hear Afrikaans and nothing about the issue of apartheid. But halfway the movie this was balanced out. Not all whites are rascists. I am from Holland and to be honest I am not so happy that my language is almost the same as Afrikaans. But this movie wasn't about rasicism it was about humanism, very intense sometimes the disease but also a beautiful statement about to really stay alive not die before you die. :)
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020)
inspiring
I really wonder what is going on here, I saw all these very low ratings and hesitated to watch. Happily I did watch this movie and I found it wonderful beautiful inspiring, very good acting.
Why this response? I am from Holland and I couldn't find anything that was bad. Beautiful filmed, acted, beautiful story. Every change has a beginning and this woman brought this change. Thank you Gunjan and thank you father of Gunjan. and thank you for the director who made this beautiful inspiring film. Kagib
The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
people are strange
Yes that comes up with me, people are strange. Because of the incredible bad reviews I hesitated long time to watch this movie. Till tonight, and I found it wonderful, yes very violent, but intense characters, very entertaining, incredible action supercool soundtrack. This movie is not for deep thinking, reflection about life such movies I like to, this movie is for entertainment and I loved it from beginning to end.
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
humor with a heart
I just saw this movie again on netflix. Really do'nt understand why this film was a flop. It had the same heart as the first one the beautiful heart of Babe. Yes the circumstances were a bit different citylife but Babe won everybody over as it should. I enjoyed it a lot and wauw so beautiful made all those animals incredible. :)
Altered Carbon (2018)
season 2 give it time
About season 2 i read the reviews and i saw the first few episodes and I totally agreed. It looked so much worse, the acting was'nt that good and the story confusing, I couldn't grasp it, follow the line.
But I write this review because it changed. Still okee it lookes not that good as the first season, but the story enfolded and became fascinating, interesting, you started to feel for the characters. In this I want to mention Poe, he was the only reason that I kept watching, so warm so funny so original, you felt for him and his glitches. Thank you Poe. Now I really want more. Looking forward to the next season.
So fans give it time, struggle through the first episodes but then it becomes really wonderful. :)
Messiah (2020)
chained
I saw Messiah, I was chained to the screen, i loved it. Sometimes not easy to watch, my god but so original, and yes it really has something to say about life, about living your life, choices you make, a true spiritual message. I look forward to the next season, my god what a cliffhanger. :)
Cats (2019)
it is a musical
Yes I did see it and I liked it. And I am even not that a fan of musicals. But this is a musical, singing and dancing. The rest is extra. I found it beautifully sung and danced. And yes the setting was theatre, it is not a film. So why putting this musical down? What were the expectations? I never saw the theatre musical Cats but again this version I really liked. :)
Kagib
The I-Land (2019)
why low rating?
I don't place reviews very often but looking at the low ratings here I really want to share another view. I found it a very special 'show'. It had something to say about crime, reasons why people commit crimes, the background, no judgment about this. It was well acted, interesting to follow, exciting, good music. Psychological it was sound, worked out well.
Really why this respons in general? Till the end I was waiting for a twist which was strange but it didn't come. It makes you think about life, and yes it makes me also think about people, what do we expect what do we see, how do we see life?
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
stumbling in the dark
I just saw this movie in 3D at home again. My main problem with this film is, that it is too dark. Not the story, no that is rather cool, a very cool personation of the young Han Solo, good acting, nice story, not bad at all. But the lighting is almost the whole film so dark, you almost can't see anything, so grey everything and that becomes dull to watch for me. I just saw the extras, there was told that it was a conscious choice. For me, a wrong choice. I wonder what the response would have been by the audience if this choice was not made?
Kagib
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
no expectations
I have read many reviews of films. I notice in this that many times people are caught in expectations. They don't see the film anymore because they have their own idea how the story should enfold. For this reason many beautiful films are neglected, beautiful visions, ideas not seen.
When I look at the reviews here I have the idea the same thing happened. No open mindedness open heart for the story for the flow of the film so the film is not enjoyed anymore for what it is.
I just saw it, and I just say wauw what a film. What a story, how the story enfoldes so unexpected. It is made with pure joy, and it really has something to say about life, it has humour, drama, everything. The visual effects are amazing.
So ok a new direction for Star Wars, but I dare you, dare to follow the flow, dare to be open to that what the film is, just as it enfolds then it can open for you the treasure it holds inside. Not just for this film but for any film you watch. You will be pleasantly suprised.
Kagib
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
bad visual effects
This is my second review on IMDb. I am a huge science fiction fan, I love the reboot of star trek, the first two films so I watched all of them in a marathon, as the final the newest Star Trek Beyond. Immediately at the beginning I saw the difference. The first two so crystal clear the visual effects so stunning, beautiful. But here, it seems a layer was taken off, it lacked detail. While the film progresses it only gets worse, so dark everything, vague, I almost couldn't follow the action. Scenes which could have been so spectacular were now a great disappointment. For example the attack of these pieces of metal, it was a blur. For me something terribly went wrong with the visual effects. So I write this review because it seems almost nobody has noticed this. Exactly in a science fiction film the visual effects are very important because almost nothing is real. Also the scenes on the planet looked so not real, artificial, the rocks. The story was OK, nice story but for me, because of the visual effects much of the pleasure, the joy was taken away. I liked the Fast and the Furious a lot, but really Justin Lin, don't do this anymore.
Karel
The BFG (2016)
so beautiful so gentle
This is my first review on IMDb. Why? Because I am surprised, better said shocked about the response to this movie. Such a beautiful film, so subtle so warm, humorous, what a wonderful world created. So much heart. It is not about spectacle, action and it is not specifically for children, it is for everybody with a young heart. Who still has a child inside full of wonder and gratitude of being alive. The characters are so beautiful, humorous, the gentle gentle giant. The girl, strong, direct but touched inside by this gentle giant. The visual effects wow so much to see, experience, the scene with chasing the dreams, beautiful beautiful. And can't say enough about this film, how wonderful wonderful this film was for me. Yes me, a man of 53 years old. And my girlfriend about the same age as me shares my opinion. Are we crazy, or is there something wrong with this world? Thank you Steven Spielberg for daring to create such a beautiful fairy tale, true magic of the heart. If you open yourself for it maybe it can touch you, you may feel it.
Karel