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Grégory (2019)
Sad documentation about humanity
As I've just finished this series in one sitting, I feel nothing but anger and disgust. But I can not imagine what anger the parents must feel. This documentary shows how greedy human beings are in terms of fame and money. So greedy, that they are willing to use the case of a murdered child for their own advantage.
Of course I'm speaking about judge Jean-Michel Lambert, who's goal was clearly not solving the case, but to gain reputation and money from it. Not only was he very easy influenced by fortune tellers and other weird people from outside, who had NOTHING to do with the case, but he was the one turning the focus to an innocent person, Grégory's mother, making her life even more a living hell.
He is in many terms responsible for the case failing.
On the other side are the paparrazi and reporter. Never will I forget the picture of them standing on grave stones, just to get the perfect picture of the funeral. Even more disgusting was the portraiting of Christine, the child's mother, who was demonstrated as the witch who killed her own child. This, and the people's wrong opinion resulting from that, shows how stupidly easy it is to influence society.
This case could have been solved in my opinion, if professionals had been on this job and if the media hadn't lead the father to kill the child's uncle and possible murder.
Netflix shows again that they can transform storys like this into crime documentaries perfectly. The whole series never gets boring at any point and the music and pictures are beautiful dark and fitting.
Joker (2019)
Overrated but still fantastic!
This movie can be classified as a masterpeace, but most movies these days set the bar extremly low. In todays cinema, where there is not a single day without a repetative MARVEL movie playing, this movie really stands out. And yes: it's dark, it's brave, it's real and Phoenix delivered an Oscar worthy performance.
But in my opinion, it's not darker than THE DARK KNIGHT, as many people claim. And by saying this, I'm not stating that Ledgers Joker was better. I hate this debate. These two are hard to compare, because the aim of Ledger's Joker is to break Batman, while this movie portraits a society that breaks a man into becoming the Joker.
Considering this, both actors gave an unique version and performed brilliantly.
But I honestly can't see why people are so shocked because of this film. It isn't nearly as dramatic as THE DARK KNIGHT for example, most of the plot is very predictable. And the violence isn't nearly as horrific as claimed by many vewiers. I honestly expected much more. Whit this movie being a standalone, many opportunities where thrown away.
Maybe most people are too accustomised by the typical MARVEL kind of movie, that this one left them surprised and shocked.
All in all it's an outstanding movie that doesn't get boring at any point, but many missed opportunities lead to a very predictable plot.
The pictures are breathtaking, the music fits perfectly and the acting is fantastic.
But is it something completley new? No.
Does it take serious risks? Not enough.
Therefore, is it shocking? A little bit.
So, is it overrated? Absolutely.
But as already said, today's bar hangs extremly low.
So is it refreshing? Definitely!