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Walk the Line (2005)
walk the line - not
i just had a 3 hour movie inflicted on me - called "walk the line" .. a johnny cash biopic ..
while really well photographed, well acted and competently sung, after three hours you get up and leave the cinema, thinking: "there IS something missing here"
this movie leaves you without ANY emotional involvement - NONE whatsoever ... thats what is missing here ...
even if had just filmed the encyclopedia entry on johnny cash this would have had more emotional impact
so - unless your a die-hard, dyed in the wool, 100% hardcore johnny cash fan - don t walk the line
this is a showcase for the fact that it is not enough to have good actors - you also need a good story ..
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
typical french political / agent thriller
very different from typical Hollywood fare as there is no happy end - the "hero" is killed in the end.
Lino Ventura, playing a retired agent (or is he sleeper?) with a stony face is being reactivated by mysterious parties to take part - unwillingly - in a game played by the soviet, the french and perhaps even by the swiss secret service ... trying to find out what it is all about, he has no chance as lots of his friends and acquaintances die around him, even his lover
special highlight - musical score by Ennio Morricone, having a very nice marching theme .. highlighting the relentless advance of events
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
the main reason ....
i will not go and gush excitedly as some of the other reviewers have done ... i will not point out specific episodes or scenes .. although there are enough to write on for pages simply put - this series (and what i had heard about it at the time) was THE reason for me, to buy a region-code free DVD player (horrendously expensive at the time, but the only way for somebody in Austria to watch this series - it still has not been shown on TV "over here") ... and i have never regretted this decision (even though viewing the series umpteen times... the series has only two faults:
1. IT IS TOO SHORT ... (no joke)
2. Where are the follow on episodes about Skylab, ASTP (Apollo-Soyus), the Shuttle? Oh yes - while you are are working at it - how about a companion series about the Soviet space program?