This movie is so predictable, so corny and so stereotypical, i had to play a game of cards along with it to watch it. It is of such unoriginality it's practically unbearable. I don't understand why they even bothered to make this movie. It's never really funny, clever or sexy. It was like a bad and bizarre mix-up of "friends", any shitty romcom, broke back mountain, 'as good as it gets' and i don't know what else. Just really really bad. Sorry guys, but this was such a disappointment. Why i did give it two stars was the only more or less credible acting job by David Loren, the only charming role in this movie. I'm sure Bruce Gray can do a better job, but not in this movie with this script, poor chap. Just to give you a clue, it's worse than ' The Ugly Truth' or 'little black book', yes!!, and maybe not as unbelievably bad as 'the hottie and the nottie', but..close.
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Of Gods and Men
(2010)
French monks in a catholic monastery Algeria have to decide whether to stay or go back to France.
10 September 2010
This film appealed to me in several ways. I liked the direct, intimate approach in the way it was filmed. It was very refreshing to see hymns used as a big part of the soundtrack, very different as to what you usually hear :)
In the cinema where i was watching the film, the average age must have been a lot higher than usual, and a few seats away, someone was even quietly singing along with some of the hymns, very bizarre feeling in a cinema!!
I liked the fact that they treated the subject of faith and the possibility of coexistence of Christianity and Islam, as well as the differences, in a very simple, every-day-life-way.
What was new to me was the visualization of fraternity. This aspect was a big thing throughout the whole movie. It is one of the things i least understood about priests and monks until now. It was amazing to see this feeling i have never personally experienced come alive on the screen and sort of being able to feel it myself.
I also liked that they used 'real' people and not pretty Hollywood types, but i suppose that is normal in a production like this.
I liked that a lot was left unspoken, unexplained and open for various interpretations.
The scenes i liked best was the one where: *the abbot was at a lake to find inspiration for his tough decision. *the 'last supper' with the close-ups of the monks' faces and the ballet music *the terrorist and the abbot talk about the birth of Jesus *the ending (usually i don't like abrupt and vague endings like these, but in this film it was bearable and befitting, because in real life it is also still unknown what exactly has happened).
In the cinema where i was watching the film, the average age must have been a lot higher than usual, and a few seats away, someone was even quietly singing along with some of the hymns, very bizarre feeling in a cinema!!
I liked the fact that they treated the subject of faith and the possibility of coexistence of Christianity and Islam, as well as the differences, in a very simple, every-day-life-way.
What was new to me was the visualization of fraternity. This aspect was a big thing throughout the whole movie. It is one of the things i least understood about priests and monks until now. It was amazing to see this feeling i have never personally experienced come alive on the screen and sort of being able to feel it myself.
I also liked that they used 'real' people and not pretty Hollywood types, but i suppose that is normal in a production like this.
I liked that a lot was left unspoken, unexplained and open for various interpretations.
The scenes i liked best was the one where: *the abbot was at a lake to find inspiration for his tough decision. *the 'last supper' with the close-ups of the monks' faces and the ballet music *the terrorist and the abbot talk about the birth of Jesus *the ending (usually i don't like abrupt and vague endings like these, but in this film it was bearable and befitting, because in real life it is also still unknown what exactly has happened).
Hufters & Hofdames
(1997)
Very simple and uninteresting movie
4 September 2009
This movie is a waste of time. It doesn't surpass the cliché. At no point it gets really interesting. The other person mentioned in his/her comment: "The film was made with an incredibly low budget and shot and cut in just a few weeks' time, but that doesn't show at all."
>Believe me, it shows.
"The acting is good and natural"
>True :) That is maybe one of the sole reasons to watch it.
"the story line doesn't feel artificial"
>no, only boring
"and the script has lots of very humorous twists."
>Not really, a faint smile might have been on my face at times but actual laughing..no.
>Believe me, it shows.
"The acting is good and natural"
>True :) That is maybe one of the sole reasons to watch it.
"the story line doesn't feel artificial"
>no, only boring
"and the script has lots of very humorous twists."
>Not really, a faint smile might have been on my face at times but actual laughing..no.
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