I don’t dislike it, it’s an impressive effort, but I must say that I find it hard to really like, let alone love the movie. Yes, I like some of the other ultra-long movies better
1900 is not very good, actually it is quite disappointing compared to what it could have been. A total waste of potential. But then, most Bertolucci films are less good than they could be for me.
But hey, the cover looks great …
- De Martino: OK Connery 5/10
- Margheriti: Seven Deaths in Cat’s Eyes 7/10
- von Stroheim: The Greed 7/10
- Santini: The Skin Under the Claws 5/10
- Ramsay: You Were Never Really Here 7/10
- Saks: Barefoot in the Park 7/10
- Truffaut: Stolen Kisses 8/10
- Nichols: Carnal Knowledge 6/10
- Fulci: Lizard in Woman’s Skin 7/10
- Hardy: Wickerman 10/10
1 Like
Interesting mix.
Bad Boys for Life (2020). This was better than i expected, really fun watch, but i still like the first one the best. 
1/2
Color of Night (1994). The only reason to watch this is for Jane March’s sexual scenes, other than that the movie fails as a Mystery thriller. 1/2
Underwater (2020). Kirsten Stewart was a bad choice for the lead, she cannot act and always has the same look and facial expressions.
Ip Man 4-The Finale (2019). Good thing it’s the final one in the series, cause it sucked. 1/2
Watching
‘[V For] [Vendetta]’ (2005 dystopian political thriller)
British film (or feels like it) and has a solid cast. John Hurt, Natalie Portman etc.
Political and entertaining, a rare mix.
Read the comic by Alan Moore, it is a masterpiece, and much, much better than the ok movie.
LOST COMMAND (Les Centurions - 1966, Mark Robson)
An American-French co-production, shot in Spain, with a mixed cast. It tells the story of four French paratroopers who became friends in Indochine. Shortly after their homecoming, they are recruited to crush a rebellion in what is then called ‘French Algeria’, but one of the four – he is an Arab born in Algeria – chooses to side with the rebels …
A decent war movie that even sheds some light on how the conflict could turn into a ‘dirty war’, but it compares unfavourably to Gillo Pontecorvo’s classic La Battaglia di Algeri, released the same year. Anthony Quinn and Alain Delon are fine as, respectively, the commander of the garrison and his assistant, a military historian who serves as his conscience, but George Seagal can hardly be called believable as an Arab, in spite of all the tons of make-up used. Delon and Claudia Cardinale have a quite spectacular ‘wrestling scene’ near the end of the movie.
(I watched the movie in French - the French language track sounds far more natural than the horrendous Enlish track, but it lacks Anthony Quinn’s characteristic voice)
1 Like
Francis Ford Copola -The Conversation (1974)
One of Copola’s most forgotten films, turns out to be a true gem, no wonder this as Hackman favorite film he was in, the man gives a great performance as Harry Caul, the lonely surveillance expert.
The film may seem to be slow with dull characters, but that’s the brilliance of the thing, it means to be that way, the main character is dull, and the story is slow paced, not easy to create such suspense and character study in those terms, the sound edition, the eye for the small detail and perfectionism of the director.
I really appreciated, the story and how it slowly develops the characters, the great acting (with a small part from a young Harrison Ford).
Great film I’ve seen a few times before, I sure will keep on watching it in the future
4,5 out of 5
1 Like
I’m with you, stanton. Moore wasn’t too thrilled about it either. Allegedly, he never saw the movie, only its shooting script, which he said “was imbecilic; it had plot holes you couldn’t have got away with in Whizzer and Chips in the nineteen-sixties. Plot holes no one had noticed.”
Watched some movies lately:
American
- Wrestler: the Wizard
- Toy story 2
- Asterix: The secret of the Magic Potion
- Now add Honey
- Ace Ventura: Pet detective
Just to pass some Corona time.
Well to be fair you can’t really judge movies based on Moore’s writing by comparison, or by Moore’s opinion. Moore will never be happy with anything based on his work, and he’s well justified in his stance. Likewise, nothing based on his work has ever held a candle to the original writing. But they are still good movies on their own, IMO
Tonight I watched Corona Zombies, which is Full Moon taking Bruno Mattei’s Hell of the Living Dead and just redubbing it 
Yes, I agree with you. And Moore definitely had an axe to grind with the so-called entertainment industry, in particular with DC Comics (Warner Bros.) and Hollywood.
Hmm … I saw The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at the cinema when it came out in 2003 and thought it was an embarrassment. I tried to watch From Hell (2001) and Watchmen (2009) but gave up after half an hour or so, I found both awful. When I caught V for Vendetta (2005) on TV maybe ten years ago, I was almost pleasantly surprised. Probably the best of the lot.
Yes, I agree, but still … The problem for me lies in the discrepancy between what I expect and what I get. If I go to the movies to see, let’s say, an Aquaman film adaptation, my expectations are certainly lower than for a Watchmen film and hence the possibility of being disappointed. And the problem with Alan Moore film adaptations in particular is that Moore took the despised and ridiculed comic book to hitherto unimagined, let’s call it: intellectual heights, but the film adaptations bring his comics back to a very basic level. And that makes the disappointment even bigger, I think.
I think Watchmen movie is amazing. I don’t like every aspect in it but considering the magnitude of a source material they did great adaptation.
From Hell was a big disappointment. They should have made it as a tv-series instead.
V for Vendetta is a good one too but has a potential to be better.
Haven’t read or seen League of…
I should have been more specific when I said “they are good movies” - I generally don’t like superhero movies, especially all the modern big Hollywood stuff. I think most of it is garbage.
I like V for V, Watchmen (although it goes downhill on the 2nd half), and I’ve always loved From Hell probably because I just really love the atmosphere and the way its shot.
In all my years reading and seeing movies based on written works, I’ve only seen a few movies that actually stood up to the original work. Its extremely rare.
I’d like to see a competent director take a shot at Moore’s Providence
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood If you like movies in which nothing happens, this is for you. Incredibly boring and self indulgent film by Tarantino, whose last decent movie was Jacky Brown. At a certain point we hear 3 different songs in a single minute. I get it, you like sixties’ music. And for some reason, I think he likes westerns as well. Di Caprio and Pitt did a good job though. 4/10
I agree with everything you’ve said, but I still loved it. It is a very self indulgent film, and I can imagine a lot of people being fed up with it. I do enjoy movies where nothing is happening tho, so long as its not boring, and for me this film was very enjoyable.
2 Likes
Yes, that could actually work out well. And the missing parts 3 to 12 of Big Numbers as a TV series.
If Moore had made films instead of comics, he would be now as famous as Kubrick.