Reviews

I wasn't familiar with the story behind Nordwand which is absolutely essential to get the most out of this masterpiece. I also watched, like I always do, the movie in it's original language, German, with English subtitles. Even though I don't speak German I could tell the cast was absolutely stunning in their performance, perfectly casted and directed.

Due to the Swedish distributor Atlantic Films commercial need to picture Nordwand (a.k.a North Face) as a WWII-movie the Blu-ray cover is covered in Nazi-symbols and references to Der Führer. I thankfully found very little of this in the movie. Instead the director choose to invest the first third of the movie into the characters which he did great. Then the story moved to the Eiger and the Nordwand.

Watching Andi and Toni climb in their 1936-gear is breathtaking. I was totally on the edge of my seat most of the time, and remember, I didn't know how the story would end. The experience was amazing and I really connected with the actors and their story.

It's now been 12 hours since I finished watching Nordwand and I have been thinking about it ever since. Nordwand is a heartwarming story unlike everything that could ever come out of Hollywood. It's up there with another German masterpiece; Das Boot. A perfect 10 and a Must See!

The original Last House on the Left was a remake of Ingmar Bergmans Jungfrukällan and it shocked audiences worldwide with it's raw and brutal violence. It wasn't, however, a pretty good movie. The Last House on the Left 2009, the remake of the remake, is even worse. It's actually one of the worst remakes ever made. The original story and villains have all been replaced by a new bunch without any depth of character at all. Also, the violence has been Hollywood-stylized and is not the least bit shocking or, in fact, even disturbing. Where the "original remake" shocked, the "remake of the remake" fails (and I watched the UNRATED Blu-ray edition). The violence in The Last House on the Left 2009 is just pale, boring and stylized. Simply put, guns ain't scary in films so why use them in a horror movie at all? Hollywood has lost it's grip on the horror genre and been surpassed by Europe, and then especially the French. If you want a good horror movie check out the original versions (NOT dubbed versions!) of À l'intérieur and Haute tension - that's horror that'll shock! Also, check out British The Descent which scares like few other movies out there. As far as The Last House on the Left 2009 goes, it's a waste of time to even watch this piece of crap. Last thing; why, why, why can't Hollywood a) skip the "super-kids" and b) let dead people stay dead in horror movies? Horror? Nah! This is a TV-movie, nothing else. Avoid along with Halloween Remake, Friday 13th Remake etc etc.

The screenwriters, the director and the producers - they've all taken a huge chance with Casino Royale. Leaving the comedy-style James Bond we've grown accustomed to and gone darker, grittier and most definitely bloodier than ever before. Daniel Craig is the new James Bond, and he is James Bond like no one before. James Bond in Casino Royale is impulsive and sometimes makes the wrong decisions. When he gets beaten he gets bloody and it hurts. Badly. He's simply more human and I love it! As far as the dark side of James Bond goes I simply say, stay dark James. Stay dark. With Daniel Craig, and the new dark setting, a new James Bond has been born. Casino Royale is not only the best James Bond movie ever. It's most definitely one of the best action movies ever! To sum it up; Casino Royale is James Bond joining Vic Mackey on his Strike Team and going after the bad guys no holds barred!

I have never before pointed my finger at a specific movie and called it the worst film ever made. Until now that is. There are some pretty bad films around, then there are the really bad and awful ones. Cube 2: Hypercube, however, plays in it's own league. It's even worse than Surf Nazis Must Die, which is about as bad as it gets. When looking at Cube 2: Hypercube some things are pretty obvious. The first is the total lack of a production budget. The scenery is one single white room for most of the whole movie. The original Cube had a low budget, Cube 2: Hypercube doesn't even seem to have a low budget. More like no budget at all. The actors are so bad they can't possibly be anything more than Hollywood-wannabees who work for free with hopes of being famous. The actors quite possibly act in their own clothes as well. It sure looks that way. Then we have the death scenes, or the lack of death scenes. Cube had death scenes, Cube 2: Hypercube doesn't. The special effects are few and poorly made. Anyone with basic 3d-knowledge, a computer and a 3d-rendering tool can outperform the special effects in Cube 2: Hypercube without taking a sweat. Cube 2: Hypercube sole purpose is to steal money from whoever pays to view this. Quite possibly the worst film even made. Beware and avoid at all cost. You will lose 90 minutes of your life, never to be returned and forever gone, if you watch this film.

I'm an old fan of the Daredevil franchise, the comic that is, and have been secretly in love with Elektra since childhood. A couple of years ago came Daredevil the movie, with ...eeehhh, Ben Affleck as Daredevil and Jennifer Garner as Elektra. They both sucked. Thankfully Colin Farrel managed to picture Bullseye in a somewhat decent way. Then came The Punisher, the next anti-superhero of the Daredevil-franchise. The Punisher outperformed Daredevil in every category. Hey, even the old Dolph Lundgren-Punisher-movie outperformed Ben Affleck do-ooh-dude-Daredevil. And now we have Elektra as well in her own movie. In the cartoon Elektra is a deadly assassin without any remorse. In the motion picture Jennifer Garner is Elektra; crybaby with lots of makeup, red panties and a romance(!) waiting around around the corner. Where did Elektra the ASSASSIN go? Elektra is one fine example of how a good comic book-franchise hits rock bottom when transfered to the big screen. Stay away! Star far far away!!

The Forgotten starts way below average but manages to haul itself up to average, and beyond, by the middle of the film. When the story accelerates I remember saying to myself "they won't be able to sum this up in a good way". Then the fall from grace begins. On the box cover Bill Bregoli of Westwood One compares The Forgotten with The Sixth Sense. I wonder if Bill Bregoli might be the brother of The Forgotten's writer Gerald Di Pego, or perhaps the best friend of director Joseph Ruben? Or maybe he just got paid to say such a foolish thing. There simply is no way someone can compare The forgotten with The Sixth Sense and be serious about it. Or get away with it! The Forgotten is the worst kind of psychological thriller. The one which doesn't sum up in the end. There are so many loose ends, so many things that doesn't fit into the storyline and such terrible directing that this should have been a straight to TV-flick. And I'm NOT talking pay-TV!

Ooouch!!! Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 can't possibly help the current Cheney/Bush administration in the upcoming election. The USA being a 50/50/50 country when it comes to voting, i.e. republican/democrats/non voters I'd love to see the last third, the MTV Jackass-generation take this movie to their hearts and minds and use their right to elect in the upcoming election. You can make a difference and we all know the whole world is at stake! Maybe then we could all have a safer world without oilthristy warmongers like Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld/Rice/Wolfowitz/Powell acting Police of the World. Moore is heads on, again, when he shows the world why the US of A is in no current fit to Police the World. Maybe the costs of Iraq could have been better spent? Like into research for alternative fuels and a revoke of the SUV-tax/ban? Maybe the administration should start caring about the truth and not only about making themselves and their partners, like the Bin Laden family, richer and richer from oil and weapons? I applaud Michael Moore for his efforts and wish he'd put Ficus into the coming election. A+

Rollerball quite easily qualifies as one of the worst films of all time (among the likes of Rambo III and Surf Nazis Must Die). It's not even funny to watch it, only a waste of time. How is it possible to make a remake of an already bad film and even manage to make it even worse? And who funded this? Beware!

stupidity... spielberg gets of to a good start but halfway through the movie the whole cabang turns hollywood and american patrionism. great start, sucker standard-a-ending. stay away if you're not into tissue-hollywood-standard-stuff. peter stormare is the only thing that stands out as good in an, at best, average movie.

If there ever was a stinker this sure fits the description. The most pathetic dialogue mixed with real bad performances from Roberts and Pitt in worst written and directed story this millenium. I hate this movie and I don't encourage anyone to see it. Stay as far away as you possibly could.

After Pi I was confused, was the movie good or bad? Couldn't really tell so I had to watch it again, again and again. Finally I decided that Pi was, and is, an epic masterpiece.

Therefor I looked forward to Requiem For A Dream and the wait was well worth it. Requiem is nothing short of a masterpiece if there ever was one. The atmosphere is extremely dark and your gut twitches through the whole extravaganza. Just when you think it can't possible get any crueler/darker it sure does, and then again and again until the movie ends.

After watching, sorry, living, Requiem For A Dream you're left with a strange feeling in your gut. Is this possible? Problem is, it probably is!

Be happy for your own life and everytime you feel depressed make sure to load your DVD-player with Requiem For A Dream. It will make you feel a lot easier...

Requiem For A Dream is up there with The Godfather Saga, Naked, Samurai Trilogy, Das Boot, Stalingrad, Seven Samurai, English Patient, Le Grand Bleu etc.

I'm MAD! What could have been a great comedy is totally spoiled by the boring love story. Why?!? WHY?!? Why can't Hollywood (and Americans) make real comedies? Why do you guys always have to ruin the fun with including somewhere around 30-40 minutes of totally uninspiring side twists that's not even funny? I'm talking Sleepless In Seattle, You've Got Mail and now What Women Want. I know what I want when I go see a comedy and that's a GOOD LAUGH! Understand that one? Capice? What Women Want is nothing but a (mostly) boring American/Hollywood love story with the standard A *Happy Ending*. I hate wasting my time AND money on crap like this. Mel, you should stick to films like Braveheart, Payback and Lethal Weapon OR choose better among all the film offers you get. This one simply STINKS! (and that for two full hours).

Do not misunderstand me - I really did love this film. The problem is the singing every five minutes. If I wanted to see a musical I would have seen "Annie", NOT Southpark. Matt Stone and Trey Parker has performed well in creating a humoristic movie and some of the songs are ok too, but there are far too many of them. You'll start pressing fast forward sooner or later, probably sooner. Too bad folks. What could have been a truly fantastic movie is messed up by too much singing.

This film is a controversial one. Sadly it feels like the producers didn't dare to take it all the way, with ONE exception. The scene by the river will definitely make your conscience feel bad, your gutter twist and you won't be able to speak for minutes! Watch this film just for the atrocities shown in the river scene and remember that this is exactly what has been happening every day in Yugoslavia for the past ten years...

Can't help but notice the sad fact that none of the suspense from the book has survived the translation to the screen. The movie is pretty basic and I ask myself if Bryan Singer had a "one-hit-wonder" with the excellent "Usual Suspects" a couple of years ago. Not even the original ending is left in the movie, instead we get the regular "happy-Hollywood-ending". Basically this movie is one bad translation of a superb book, therefore read the book instead!

This has to be the "most value" dvd so far. With over 140 minutes of glorious picture and sound Metallica sets a new standard for future dvd's. Crammed into two dvd's with both Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1 Metallica delivers THE ultimate ride! If you got a dvd-player this is definitely a "reference-must-have-disk!". Sweden, 4th jan 1999.

Whoaaaaa! What a twisted story (+ the fact that I'm in love with Denise Richards AND Neve Campbell), this one rocks you off the chair! ...and do NOT miss the extra scenes after the film.

...or when I play the piano. This is one true masterpiece!

This film is an epic masterpiece! Turn off the telephones, lock the door, turn out the light and watch this with someone you love - it's so beautiful...

This movie grabbed me by the throat and invited me for a ride I will never ever forget. Akira's materpiece IS one of the best ever made films in the history of film-making. And for fans, check out the Criterion DVD-version, amazingly superb with remastered picture and sound. Totally awesome!