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evrana
Cinema Addict - 1162 Films Ranked
Member Since: Dec 23, 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
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Recent Rankings
61 T4 On the Way to School (2008) - May 19, 2013
"Dogma style suits this movie very well. I don't know if it would be easy to follow without knowing the context though. This is an ongoing problem in Turkey (not providing mother tongue courses for minorities) and it must be really hard for those kids mentally. The state expects these kids to integrate magically. It was hard for me even as an adult when I first came to France without knowing French, so I can empathize with them. It does what it set out to do very well as a semi-documentary. "
81 T8 Serial Experiments: Lain (1998) - Apr 27, 2013
"This series is the perfect example of the obscure psycho-thriller genre of the animes. I loved it when I watched it at those years, but looking back maybe it was too ambigious and revealed too little in the end for my satisfactions. But as an attempt to build an atmosphere about the fuzzy boundaries between virtual/real, it is still top-notch."
71 T6 The Duellists (1977) - Apr 21, 2013
"A story of irrational hatred and grudge with the rise and fall of the Empire of Napoleon as the background... a great literary setting. As a movie, it brought it on in cinematography and acting too. As a resident of Strasbourg I would have expected more descriptive shots of the city."
71 T6 The State of Things (1982) - Apr 13, 2013
"Well, when you are talented in something even when you try to do something intentionally bad, it turns out interesting. That's what I thought about the beginning of this movie. It has amazing cinematography and a brilliant original score. It was a bit incoherent, but it came together well in the end. As a scientist, I wish I could do experiments about doing experiments, but alas..."
88 T10 This Is England (2006) - Apr 01, 2013
"At a time when the frustrated nationalism is on the rise again, this movie is a good reminder of how it is actually fueled. Thomas Turgoose perfectly depicted a kid who was collateral damage in a "nation-building war" and how a tense environment created by a rotting economy can shape your actions. Remove the England part from the title and put your own country instead, and you will get a pretty similar, and equally sad and gut-wrenching story."
85 T9 Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - Mar 31, 2013
"Wes Anderson found the most suitable setting for his wacky style and everything worked perfectly in this movie. It is a very balanced melange of Blue Lagoon, Catcher in the Rye and Lord of Flies with the adults still around. Throw all this in a perfect storm and some brilliant imagery, it was an admirable piece of art. Neo-romantic fable, that was what this movie is. "
56 T3 The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) - Mar 29, 2013
"This movie has serious credibility issues. I have always thought that tailing stories to each other is a good method, but in cinema it is really hard to pull off. The fact that the first story is the best one didn't help the case for the movie either. Both Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are underutilized. 5 extra points for the awesome Star Wars reference, but overall it was rather flat. "
71 T6 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - Mar 23, 2013
"Well the images are fascinating, the style of narration is gripping, Brad Pitt is menacing, Nick Cave's music is harrowing and Casey Affleck still has the weirdest voice in Hollywood. But at the same time, there is something off about the story. It feels like it puts too much psychological burden to a situation which actually might have been much plainer. What will stay with me, is the reenactments of the shooting in theaters, the show business' nerve never ceases to amaze me."
81 T8 Gosford Park (2001) - Mar 10, 2013
"It is full of despicable characters, so it is a bit hard to watch in the beginning; but the fast-paced, constant movement between the "upstairs" and "below the stairs" is really interesting. It is an Agatha Christie mystery plus all the grisly, annoying details of the life of English High Class. Up until the end, I was so-so about it, but I really enjoyed the last twist and the reasoning behind it. "
84 T9 Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - Mar 03, 2013
"The portrayal of mental illness as "being only slightly less normal" than others is a clever and very right way of approaching such problems. Both Cooper and Lawrence bring excellent performances and the overall neurotic environment created was hilarious. I liked that they didn't turn it into a "success story" either, keeping it at a more personal level. Also, it provides a nice comparison of all the available pills, which might be useful for everybody sometime. "
 
 
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