Now that was unique and entertaining! I really like the movies that fall into the intersection of these two lists: "500 Essential Cult Movies" and "366 Weird Movies". Is there a search function, where you can search for movies that are on two specific lists at the same time?
I'd say most of us probably have dopamine receptors that are too overstimulated and fried up to get in the same frequency as this film - but if you manage that, it will be mesmerising.
Nothing to be learned and very little to enjoy. It was groundbreaking at its time but there are much better alternatives in 2017.
The moral questions are on a level of a children's storybook and the main culprits are one dimensional caricatures. This was the pioneering movie to say "War is hell, and many of the men involved in making war are immoral and commit evil acts for selfish reasons; these men appear particularly awful when compared with those courageous men who behave nobly in the face of war" Too bad that over 50 years later that's nothing groundbreaking and the message has been delivered with much more brilliance, for example in "The Thin Red line (1998)".
The acting by the prisoners, which was crucial for any emotional connection to the story was jaw-droppingly bad.
The cinematography is nice, the trench scene for example was excellent. But lets be completely honest: the black&white and messed up audio takes a lot away from it, unless you have a nostalgic connection to such things. It can even be charming in some classics, but in action sequences, it's just... aged like milk, like it's message.
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Amazing movie about the need to be accepted, therefore loved.Movie comment on The Swimmer
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Now that was unique and entertaining! I really like the movies that fall into the intersection of these two lists: "500 Essential Cult Movies" and "366 Weird Movies". Is there a search function, where you can search for movies that are on two specific lists at the same time?Movie comment on Stalker
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I'd say most of us probably have dopamine receptors that are too overstimulated and fried up to get in the same frequency as this film - but if you manage that, it will be mesmerising.Movie comment on The Third Man
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Am I supposed to take this "thriller" seriously with that ridiculous circus soundtrack?Movie comment on Paths of Glory
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Nothing to be learned and very little to enjoy. It was groundbreaking at its time but there are much better alternatives in 2017.The moral questions are on a level of a children's storybook and the main culprits are one dimensional caricatures. This was the pioneering movie to say "War is hell, and many of the men involved in making war are immoral and commit evil acts for selfish reasons; these men appear particularly awful when compared with those courageous men who behave nobly in the face of war" Too bad that over 50 years later that's nothing groundbreaking and the message has been delivered with much more brilliance, for example in "The Thin Red line (1998)".
The acting by the prisoners, which was crucial for any emotional connection to the story was jaw-droppingly bad.
The cinematography is nice, the trench scene for example was excellent. But lets be completely honest: the black&white and messed up audio takes a lot away from it, unless you have a nostalgic connection to such things. It can even be charming in some classics, but in action sequences, it's just... aged like milk, like it's message.