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Reloaded (2021)
Very intersting Indy film
Tounas' Reloaded has heart and soul. A lot of movies have tried to do that premise, but they failed. Miserably. This is a modern day action film of the action genre.
The writing is also very good. Co-writer Arfanis, with Tounas as the head writer, with their editor Welch wrote some great dialogues. I see Arfanis has some experience on screenwriting, so maybe this is why. Tounas also has some other movies as well, but their dialogues are inferior compared to Reloaded. I watched his movies on YouTube, and I watched Reloaded on Amazon DE.
Despite the great writing, the acting and direction is average. The direction could be better. The actors are skilled, but they appear lazy and bored. I blame the lazy direction. It feels like a movie shot in a day.
Even though the lazy and sleepy actors, I love everyone in here, all the characters and the lead character. I love that the lead character chose to be alone and without help.
Don't stick to the preview, watch the movie. Reloaded is not an Oscar bait, but for sure it is a Decent Indy film.
Amour (2012)
hmmm.
What introduction could this film possibly require? Any film enthusiast recognises the name of Haneke instantly, whatever their opinion of him. His latest film, Amour, finally arrives in the UK this week, having won the Palme D'Or at Cannes (Haneke's second in a row) and the appraisal of most of the cinematic world. Horrible feelings accompanied me into the Friday screening of Amour - would the film live up to the hype, could Haneke really better his recent works, Hidden and The White Ribbon?
Breaking the Waves (1996)
interesting
Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves is the kind of film that makes me proud to be a film-goer and exceeds anything I could have possibly expected from the man who made Element of Crime. That film had some clever experimentation (and so does this one) but this film is the kind that's beauty and power echoes in your mind hours after you've watched it.
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
a great experience
After seeing Melancholia and Antichrist, and after reading lots of stuff about Lars von Trier and his movies, I thought I understood what kind of director he is. When I started watching his filmography, I was expecting everything, really, because I know people who've seen a lot of his movies and they were always telling me that his films are good, but extremely tough to watch. Especially Dancer in the Dark, a friend of mine said. So when I started watching it, I found out I was unprepared.
Grave (2016)
top!
Walk outs in film are a dime a dozen, Bad acting , Terrible script or maybe the vibe is all off, it's all part of the Hollywood game. When 20 people walked out of RAW in Paris last year at it's first screening it was for none of these reasons. The reason 20 people walked out and two fainted is because RAW is one of the most intense films to come out of the European state in quite awhile,
The Florida Project (2017)
must watch
This is my first Sean Baker film and I was impressed with the realism that he projects. I live in the Orlando area and easily recognize a lot of the buildings. So many before me posted a synopsis of the movie, so I won't bore you with that - just a few thoughts from an area local. If you have Amazon Prime you can watch this for free and I highly recommend that you set aside a couple of hours to do that.
Irréversible (2002)
wow!!!
Watching 'Irreversible' makes you question why you watch movies. If you just want movies to be entertainment and nothing more then obviously this is not something you will EVER want to see in your life. But if you think that film, like literature, is capable of many things, including looking at horrible and disturbing subject matter that you would prefer not to deal with, then 'Irreversible' is highly recommended. But beware, I feel I have the ability to stand all kinds of extreme material, but even I found it extremely difficult to watch. Writer/director Gaspar Noe previously made the brilliant and confrontational 'I Stand Alone', a movie that unfortunately never reached a wide audience. He manages to top himself with this one. Both movies make a mockery of supposedly "difficult" Hollywood fare like 'American Psycho', 'Fight Club', 'Boys Don't Cry' and 'Requiem For A Dream', which are pure Disney compared to Noe's work! 'Irreversible' has a similar structure popularized (but not originated) in Christopher Nolan's 'Memento'. The plot is told in reverse chronological order.