SauturNuss Reviews

The Midnight Club (2022)

Great acting, flat script

[6/10 · 18 November 2023]

I am a big fan of Flanagan's work and I loved the asethetics anf premise of the series.

I love the actors and their deliverance throughout the series, which actually was the only reason I finished.

However, for me it lacks clear orientation and/or commitment towards the message(s) of the series. Either you end the series with the real horror of the story being teens, who will face death and can't be cured by some miracle magic, which I believe would have been the stronger message, rather than having the series end on an ominous hint at paranormal powers being real and cure possible. If the ending had not been, the entire: finding a magic cure plot, could have shown the real stages of dealing with such situations, be it denial, hope, rage or acceptance. It would have given the stories of those sufferers a more believable backdrop, which now almost fades into a comedic handling of terminal illness since neither the Julia arc nor the Dr arcs are concluded.

Colonia (2015)

Not a mere thriller, but a movie with contents

[9/10 · 28 September 2015]

I've been to the premiere at the Film Festival in Zurich and I was moved by the movie, not because of the love story, but because of the irrefutable truth. The movie left me thinking and researching about its topic: Colognia Dignidad, a cult in Santiago de Chile. It conjures many ethical questions and portrays what humanity is capable of. The movie grips and doesn't let go of you till the end. The contents is real, except for the love story that forms the golden thread. One has to imagine that the movie portrays the life and the ways of Colognia Dignidad almost like a documentary without felt exaggeration, but it is still a movie with a story. Superb acting by Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl made the movie an even more intense experience. The only criticism I can make is that the love story is average in comparison to the rest. I believe that the characters actions don't always make much sense. All in all, it's one of the best movies I've seen this year and cannot be compared with the commercial films normally shown in cinemas.

Mirror Mirror (I) (2012)

A good movie with little depth but a good laugh

[6/10 · 10 April 2013]

It is a great family movie for an evening spending together on the couch and have a good laugh. Not every movie must have a deep meaning or a moving punch line. This one is great for its actors, weird plot and funny costumes. Everything might seem exaggerated but that is the point. For example, everything is covered in snow. Really everything. Some dialogues are very funny as are some characters. Especially Julia Roberts as the "wicked" queen. Don't think too much while you watch. Just enjoy! I think the movie lacks a bit of seriousness, but I really asked myself if it is necessary. There are good ideas (new ideas, not form the original tale) but also old elements. They make it a "snow white" movie. A good enough movie to watch once but maybe not twice.