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Dogville (2003)
It's Lars...
I must say I like the pure audacity to present thing in the way without scenery. Yet, it catches the attention just in first few minutes of the film, and all other time it is sheer distraction. How come director did not see it? I am troubling myself with that question now, I still did not find an answer. Actors are good, very good. Acting is almost perfect, or should I say, their acting could be seen almost perfectly on the screen. The whole arrangement provoked me to write something of it. Some parts are true perfection, yet on some parts it seems as it was overlooked, as if somebody did not pay much attention to it, as for example, lights are not directed to actors, you can not really see what is going on, etc... It does not make sense that it looks more real, because when there is not scenery, it does not look more like reality, just like plain theater on the screen. Was it on purpose? I know Lars's films as a type when you go to the cinema, people leave early, before ending, or start coughing, or grouching, or just take their balance on other side of the body, making noises with the chair, unintentionally. Overall rate is OK, I think viewers estimated this one well. A little distant from perfection, yet it had a promising beginning.
John Carter (2012)
Fine action moovie
This movie resembles to both Star Wars and Sam Peckinpah western movie editing.
Quite a mixture. Nice to watch, really.
I tried to go to the cinema, yet they closed it after only one week of distribution in only one cinema in Serbia. It had worst time to go to movies 18.10h, so I had to make preparations to go to watch it, and, finally, when I was ready, they stopped presenting it, maybe scared by America's box results.
Then, I was forced to to over net to see if there is some good copy to watch it.
All my companions have been astonished dearly with it, yet I was really doubtful, before watching, because I read E.R.B. original novel, and I was not that astonished.
What to say? I do not like to praise much action movies, because I do not think they are true art, yet this one could be the exception, and I recommend it to be watched.
Yet, the bitter taste remains with the fact that I could not watch it on the big screen where it could make its true shine.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
The Mirror Idea of/in BORДТ
Yes, laugh can change, more efficient than any violence!
Some said that true art could save the world, and when I think of this saying, I can not imagine more appropriate work of art to show this motto in the better way.
This is a film against adopted conformism in the society. It is film about world changing with fresh and new Ideas that crave to break through.
This film could actually change the mentality. Nothing is more powerful than good humor.
The story is reality show with a guy that is comic book character. The masquerade trick succeeds because everybody wants to know a guy who does not know how to speak English well, and whose background is poor and uneducated. The character is actually Satiric mirror, a Procrustes bed, that no one could escape the fatal judgment. Now, everybody thinks as he's less then modest appearance that he would look good in the mirror. Actually, every real life character is doing what he/she is trained by the society to do. He went to all classes, races and ages, and picture them in all of their sincerity. He pictures both 3rd world reality with parallel picturing, though well encrypted, of the 1st world reality. Reality of the 3rd world is economic crises and 1st world reality is hypocrisies. He attacks them both with one hand. His manifest, blunt and indecent, as the whole film is indecent, is marked with his pronunciation of United States of America, as leading country of today's modern world, which he maybe hold responsible for both world economic crises and domestic hypocrisies. Do not hold just to this meaning, as all sequences has so many different layers, nifty put. First layer is comical. Second is social engagement. Third is political rebellion. It has so many great and noble ideas put into it, and film itself is though saying bad and vulgar things, fighting for true virtue, as if you are seeing objects in the mirror, what is left is right, and what is right is left. Moreover, his character is total negative by which he wants to inspire something positive.
Both mirror like and comical/social/rebellious like declaration and light motive of his film is, like typo, like non-intentional error, when pronouncing "US and A". You may imagine what he meant with "US", but "A",is pronounced funny. There should be put "I" instead of "A" to catch its meaning. "I" means The Mirror. The Artist.
True genius could think of that trick to fool all of the world, even "US and A" movie censorship.
Sasha is one of a kind. What he did with his performance art is like what Whitman did with his poetry.
Both arts could be considered as "Barbaric Yawp"s of their time against silly conformism of their environment.
CSI: NY (2004)
Refreshing episode role
I really did not like much this CSI NY and Miami thing, as I considered it big "de ja vu" in every take. There were lots of seen things, as these were already told stories more or less... yet episode role of French music student in Unfriendly chat is quite refreshing, and kept me stuck in front of the TV. I liked the "sayonara" thing...
I was little disappointed for this was too short of a sequence.
I first thought it is a young Mexican actress, as dark hair and a bit slower accent could make it, then I saw who played, and surprise was a maximal because there are few good actors in the South-East Europe region (if you exclude Bella Lugosi).
Yet, I think this could be very good show, as this is excellent idea, to introduce models in every episode. Of-course model who can really act, as this one. Really amazing. Refreshing.
Music is very catchy too...
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Very mooving
How I was surprised! I started to watch this film, with so many bad notes made upon it. Like witch hunt. I am Serb, and I had problems when go outside of my country why being a Serb. They said in the media that it is both "a bad film" and "Serbs are again presented bad", so I did not go to see the premiere, which I now really regret. Film is excellent, it is mine opinion.
Thank you Angelina, because you did more for this region with this film, then all the politicians and movie makers from region did.
Politicians never started to talk about this "hot potato" subject, really, truthfully, yet it is of extreme importance to be talked about. Artists from all kinds waived that subject, fearing this kind of criticism that Angelina suffers. She has suffered true media mobbing, totally out of any reason and/or real arguments.
Why? Because it is love story, and story about man's essence in the war. It can be watched more times then one (already did second view) because it has many layers in it. Everybody expected I do no know what. Classical war action, maybe? War atrocities? Nothing of this is brutally depicted in the film, because the film paid maximum attention to the viewer. It is gentle speaking of real truth about war in Bosnia.
Not all Serbs are criminals. Who watched this film carefully, COULD HAVE seen it. Film was not about taking sides on who is guilty for war in Bosnia. It is almost Orwellian love story between two young Romeo and Juliet, who could not resist so much hate around them to develop their love.
Film has a strong message: Give chance to love! Now about some solutions of Angelina: I really liked the beginning, because nothing was said about the bomb. It is really unimportant for the story. Scenario was sharp, not neglected.Lights were kept natural, because of documentary style, to tight viewer to his seat, like he is there, like the story is live and ongoing. All characters were like shaken, like half-developed, because they are half-developed, they can not show their true faces, because only war and hate are aloud to show their face. All characters are in the middle, having nowhere to go, just to obey, or to be killed, like puppets. Yet, if you look the film twice, or more carefully first time, you will see the characters.
Going from America, it is as original, and as good, as no film I watched in ten years. It really moved me. Not only me, but my friends too. Yet, when film is great, and radically about something, even love, it always picks up bad critics, or suffer to be ridiculed.
I hope, when time passes, and much more people watch this film carefully, people from all 3 sides will thank you.
Until then, I must say my thanks first. Thank you Angelina, for this excellent film, as a man whose country was part of the conflict, and as big movie fan. I did not like much new American films, as for watching them you do not need no brains, just eyes. Your movie gives me hope for American film. There are some true artists in America, after all...
Crna Zorica (2012)
Good film for filmfans
What is obvious for this film is that it is not a comedy, although it has some elements of it. It is not a horror, though you may find some elements of it. It is not NOIR, though some would find it's elements in first part of the film. Yet high quality picture, well organized intro, and transitions of sequences tell us, that such impression of imperfection on all segments was done on purpose to disturb the viewer. Why so? Because it is not a classic film you may see every day. It is quite obvious anti-film, which goes away from every direction you may want to put it. Just when you think you know the stream it is going on, it surprises you, like it was accidental. My favorite scene is when it is chase situation, and somewhere up hills, in the middle of nowhere, runners run on a tractor (aprox 20 miles per an hour speed) and chasers are catching up with small motor-bike which goes 30 miles per an hour most. Yet, the scene pretend to be serious. It was hilarious. I could not stop laughing. Really rare film that could pull it out of me. Yet, the scene was made to be anti-humorous. This was additional pressure to laugh. Well, if you are film fan, you may catch the meaning of sequences, what the director want to tell, and if you are an average consumer, film would not make a single trill. That was and idea of making it, I think, and they did it. It was critics of every action movie that was ever produced, in subtext.
Guys, if you are watching this, I think you did remarkable thing. Thank you. I was the only one in the cinema that understood the point, yet I know how it is hard to make a good art these days when all around you can see only commercial this, best-selling that... Narrow people expect industrial film with no brain activity when watch, except the light motive WHO'S KILLER NOW? This film is about films, no doubt.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1943)
Fine film-editing
What I have noticed, which I think greatly glues this film to the viewers impression after so many lapsed years, is solid non-ambitious scenario, it is an easy story, really, yet some tricks of great master of film making are: 1. joining 3 totals, from 3 different angles, with no loss of trill in action, each total represented new information about the horse chase. 2. transition in memory sequences of protagonist, with water-surface blur transitions,which is rarely used, do not know why, because it is well crafted thing. 3. Using comedy actor which has comedy charisma to play one of major side rolls. Just his appearance provokes humor, which is essential for benevolent character of this like fairy tale story. 4. Ambient of orient, carefully picked scenery for scenes made near water manifest longings and cravings for love, freedom, better life, and emphasize the strong inner romantic feelings of protagonists...