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Rejs (1970)
One hour of my life wasted...
First off, let me say that i love absurdist comedies (Monty Python and the Holy Grail is my favorite comedy at the time of this review), old films (Modern Times and City Lights are the best films of the silent era in my opinion) and foreign films (just the day before i wrote this review i gave Ali: Fear Eats the Soul a 10/10).
But, this movie can't even be compared to the aforementioned masterpieces. It is one of the most boring movies i have ever seen.
The plot revolves around the passengers of a ship that go on a cruise down the Vistula river in Poland and a guy (ostensibly played by the only professional actor in this picture, Stanislaw Tym) that sneaks on the ship (in probably the only remotely-entertaining scene in the film). He eventually takes control of the boat pretending to be an entertainment-coordinator and entices the the other passengers into weird "activities".
I understand this movie is based all-around anti-totalitarian/communism beliefs and is supposed to reflect that throughout it but I barely got the message and, in the end, it was butchered by the horrendous English subtitles which sometimes make no sense whatsoever.
This films drags for an hour and it's filled with dialogue, which probably gets this film so much praise from mostly polish viewers. If I ever get the chance to watch this with a polish speaker (like one other reviewer mentioned here) I might change my mind about this movie but, for now, this remains the most uninteresting film i have seen to date.
I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone that doesn't speak polish or has a polish-speaking friend that's willing to explain it to him.
Django Unchained (2012)
Tarantino still has it !
This is an extremely amazing and enjoyable movie, if you don't mind some violence.
The plot is pretty interesting throughout although i'd say it's inferior to about everything Quentin Tarantino has done(excluding Death Proof). The characters on the other hand are very well thought-of and make it a lot more interesting as it progresses. I gotta confess, the first part of the movie (with the bounty-hunter theme) was more enjoyable to me than the latter (with the whole "save Broomhilda" theme). I was also pretty disappointed with the dull way Dr. Schultz and Calvin died, i was expecting something more epic since they were the best characters in the film.
At first i thought Tarantino made a weird choice with the cast(especially with Jamie Foxx as Django) but i was proved wrong, the acting is just superb. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx both put on spectacular performances but by far the best actor which outdid himself, just as in Basterds, was Christoph Waltz. I'd say he's one of the best at the moment.
The production value is top-notch just as in every Tarantino film. The soundtrack is also very good, but probably my least favorite of all of Tarantino's films. The last song of the film before the credits, Trinity by Franco Micalizzi, really killed me since that's probably my favorite movie theme ever.
Going into this i expected something VERY different but overall i highly enjoyed this, i think just as every Tarantino fan would.