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The Card Counter (2021)
Beyond expectations
This was one of the movies I expected to see in 2021.
Unfortunately the scenario - especially the scenario - was way beyond my expectations. The movie didn't manage to create any tension, no dramatic moments at all (in my opinion).
The only thing that kept me from abandoning the movie was Oscar Isaac performance. He is a great actor and can play different roles equally successfully. Apart from that, nothing much. A pity.
I give it 5 stars only because of Isaac's performance.
Old (2021)
Great idea, poorly presented.
Watching the trailer of the movie, I had a great anticipation for the release. Whoever made the trailer, a great bravo! What is amazing with this movie is that the director managed to really destroy a good scenario, with real potentials.
The movie could have been far more interesting. The plot was oversimplified, there were many gaps in the scenario, which again I could bypass to a certain extent, but the real pity is that the movie never really produced any agony for the viewer.
The Coldest Game (2019)
Interesting story
Interesting story, easy to watch, mediocre production and plotting. Good one overall. Hope NETFLIX gives us more historical movies.
Adults in the Room (2019)
Terrible acting, bad scenario based on a poor, one-sided script.
This is one of the worst movies of Mr. Gavras. In my opinion, this one along with "Le capital" are very bad movies.
"Adults in the Room" is based on a really poor script. The story is of course one sided, it is fictional rather than political (which is bad for the movie as it strives to be political), in several occasions the script becomes hilarious, while the acting could only be characterized as ridiculous.
The problem with Mr. Gavras is that in both this movie and the Capital, he is dealing with subjects and issues he is completely unaware of. Instead of asking for some help, even for the sake of making the point as he would like to, he believes he can present to the audience financial, macroeconomic, legal or international relations issues in a childish, non-scientific way, ending up making a poor movie.
Greece is now borrowing from the markets with interest rates lower than the US, unemployment is falling, banks are open, many of the taxes imposed during crisis, are gradually being cancelled. Greece was saved by the Europeans, not by charlatans, which makes this movie even more irrelevant to reality, no to say anything worse.