hahnerpeter Reviews

Moscow Laughs (1934)

Have we seen a different movie?

[3/10 · 12 January 2018]

I don"t understand the users who have written these reviews. This film is idiotic, amateurish and mendacious. Look at that those first ten minutes! Those rich and happy peasants! It was made in the years after the time when the entire country was hit by epidemics and famine. Millions died and suffered.from mass repression. According to this film this was the time of happy peasants and funny musicals. So the word "lovely" sounds a bit weird.

The Adventures of Picasso (1978)

One of the most clever and funniest movies of the 20th century

[10/10 · 17 June 2010]

How can it be that people haven't discovered yet that this is one of the most clever and funniest movies of the last century? I can not tell you how many times I have seen it but I find some new jokes every time. Those cities: Madrid, Paris, London, New York -- always the same and always different and funny! The characters! The great duo of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas! Try to count how many famous personalities of the 20th century will you recognize? Burlesque, parody, circus, puns, play of words with a lot of languages and -- how strange! -- you will understand all! I have to admit that somehow this movie is moving too -- especially at the end. Unforgettable.

The Annunciation (1984)

Clever version of a Hungarian classic

[10/10 · 20 January 2010]

I am afraid that nobody will understand this movie unless he or she doesn't know one of the greatest Hungarian dramatic play of the XIXth century: The Tragedy of Man, written by Imre Madách. The plot: after the loss of the garden of Eden, Lucifer, the demon of Denial shows to Adam and Eve the different ages of mankind, to prove them that there is no reason for them to live. In their dream they live for a while in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, in medieval Byzantium, in the revolutionary Paris, etc. This is a romantic and pessimistic vision -- with a strange, optimistic ending. The director of this movie had a great idea: he has chosen not grown up actors and actresses, but little boys and girls, so the plot is even more complex, more poetic and more visionary. A beautiful movie to watch -- but if you don't know the drama of Madách, perhaps you won't understand everything. Anyway, it is worth the time!

Sárkány és papucs (1990)

Talkative animation -- sometimes funny, sometimes not

[23 August 2006]

Queen Guinevra orders a love potion from Merlin for his husband, King Arthur. Unfortunately the young Lancelot eats the pie with the potion, he fells in love, and make the life of the queen miserably, so they sent him to fight with an old, innocent dragon. The heroes of this movie talk to much and most of them are pretty passive. Attila Dargay and József Nepp are much better when they make short animation movies -- their longer ones are sometimes boring. The best parts are the short, little scenes: King Arthur's stupid story about his heroic deeds in the past with the comments of the jester, and the special version of the fairy tale of Snow White, seen through the eyes of the witch. These small parts are extremely funny -- the more important parts of the story are not. But this animation is absolutely devoid of violence, so those parents will like it who would like to show something nice and peaceful story for their children.