motion pictures safari: 2011

29.11.11

THE GREEN HORNET

Des trucs pas mal, mais ça ne décolle pas et c'est dommage.

R: Michel Gondry

DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW

I had read good things about it, but I didn't like it at all.

R: Frank De Felitta

BREAKING BAD - SEASON 2

Toujours aussi excellent.

C: Vince Gilligan

11.11.11

TRUE BLOOD - SEASON 1

You may think it's a vampire story, but in fact it is really more like "heroes". But better.

C: Alan Ball

GOING THE DISTANCE

It's alittle US comedy, not too bad.

R: Nanette Burstein

REAL STEEL

A piece of shit. The robots are cool, though

R: Shawn Levy

The first episode is not that easy to digest, but I think that was overall a very good series. Too bad they stopped it so soon.
And really some awesome piece of dialogue in there! "- They're whores" "- I'm in"

R: Joss Whedon

DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME

Same remark as for the first part. In general they have to squeeze the whole anime in two films, so they go a bit too fast sometimes. Good point though for changing a bit the story and finding a new convincing end.

R: Shûsuke Kaneko

DEATH NOTE

J'aime bien le personnage de L, le reste n'est pas terrible.

R: Shûsuke Kaneko

DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME

I was expecting more from Tsui Hark...

R: Tsui Hark

COLD FISH

Disappointed by this film. It seems that apart from Love Exposure, I'm always disappointed by Sono's films... I think I'll stop watching.

R: Shion Sono

FINAL DESTINATION

Mouais bof, un peu naze en fait.

R: James Wong

DEATH NOTE

C'est un peu long à la fin, mais sinon c'est pas mal.

R: Tetsuro Araki

MELANCHOLIA

The first part is pretty great cinema by Lars. But the other half is pointless...

R: Lars von Trier

BREAKING BAD - SEASON 1

That's one of the best TV series I've seen.

C: Vince Gilligan

24.10.11

DRIVE ANGRY 3D

What I like is that this film is not trying to bullshit you. It's only cars, hot chicks, shoot'em up, and a bit of super powers from hell. Take it or leave it.

R: Patrick Lussier

EPITAFIOS - SEASON 2

The first season was OK, but this one is actually pretty bad...

R: Daniel Barone / Alberto Lecchi

18.10.11

FRINGE - SEASON 1

Conspiracy, paranormal pseudo-science, and stuff like that. I watched it because I wanted to check out their parallel universes, but it seems it only really comes in season 2. Pfff... I have not decided yet.

C: J.J. Abrams / Alex Kurzman / Roberto Orci

LE HAVRE

A minor Kaurismäki, but it's nice to be back in his universum.

R: Aki Kaurismäki

MAD MEN - SEASON 1

It's nice. A lot of drinking and smoking! Not the masterpiece it was supposed to be, though. But I'll probably watch more of it.

C: Matthew Weiner

PIRANHA 3D

On rigole bien, c'est assez rock & roll, mais au final on ne sait pas trop où Aja voulait en venir et c'est un peu dommage.

R: Alexandre Aja

ÜBER UNS DAS ALL

Young german cinema is very fit. And this is another good example of it.

R: Jan Schomburg

SCHICKSALSTAG 11. SEPTEMBER

This is incredible... mostly made of amateur footage edited together in real time, this is very powerful. The only thing I did not like is they added just a little bit of music/sound in the background, probably to glue the footage together, but really that was not necessary...

17.10.11

DEXTER - SEASON 1

I liked it a lot. I'll definitely go for more Dexter!

HEROES - SEASON 1

I start a TV series marathon. Heroes is OK at the beginning, but then it gets a bit boring with the usual endless conspiracy bullcrap. I'll probably stop here.

C: Tim Kring

WELCOME TO THE NHK

Not the best anime ever, but quite good fun.

R: Yusuke Yamamoto

BERLIN CALLING

It's quite nice. First time I "buy" a VOD!

R: Hannes Stöhr

2.9.11

ACHILLES AND THE TORTOISE

Voilà un bon Kitano!

R: Takeshi Kitano

1.9.11

MON ONCLE D'AMÉRIQUE

Alain Resnais is a genius!

R: Alain Resnais

THE PROPOSITION

It's quite OK, but nothing very special.

R: John Hillcoat

26.8.11

THE CRAZIES

This is a mix between an action film and a zombie film. And it's totally awesome.

R: Breck Eisner

22.8.11

NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE

I liked it at the beginning, but then it's really too much and it does not make any sense any more. Too bad...

R: Shion Sono

PIRANHA

I was disappointed by this one.

R: Joe Dante

RUBBER

Ça ne fonctionne qu'à moitié. Why? No reason.

R: Quentin Dupieux

LA BM DU SEIGNEUR

Bien excellent.

R: Jean-Charles Hue

ERGO PROXY

I just watched the whole serie. It is OK, but it's too centered on the main characters, and they forgot that some people are supposed to be living in a city. You never see anyone, no city life whatsoever - except in a single scene (in 20x episodes) in a shopping mall...

R: Shuko Murase