This serie has an awful end like many said. But it has also a catastrophic beginning. While the first episode should serve to vind characters and audience, I was constantly thinking that the couple marrying wasn't meant to be and the whole wedding part seemed overdone and false. The relationship Amber/Prince never worked for me so when she decides to leave him during the last one serve just as an annoyance: all this for this... (globally I tend to think the actress impersonating Amber is a wrong cast),
what a waste of time and lives taken away...
If you succeed to get through this, the rest of the show has some good moments of action. But when you have 10 episodes, you should get more of your characters, this could be an average action film of 2hours....
Reviews
8 Reviews
Liaison
(2023)
I enjoyed watching this
30 May 2023
I'm not going to brag about the bad or good reviews. I've watched season 1 in a couple of days and I enjoyed watching it. It's not that I will recommend and praise it. But it's not bad at all!
I've seen much French people complaining about subs (or it's absence of it). I'm a French native and I don't need English subs only for the Arabic parts. I actually enjoyed the fact Cassel and Green switched languages depending on whom they're talking to. It gave it an extra real feeling. And that should be more often the case.
Regarding the story, I feel it could have gain more thickness if there was a few more episode to develop some of the characters, mostly the one of Albert.
On the tech bases, yes there are a few hick-ups but that's often the case in series... Liaison is far from perfect, but if Apple keeps on investing in European productions, their level will rise up! And definitely, that will change us to some us superprods which offer nothing...
And on a personal note: using teardrop by massive attack is spot on! 👍
I've seen much French people complaining about subs (or it's absence of it). I'm a French native and I don't need English subs only for the Arabic parts. I actually enjoyed the fact Cassel and Green switched languages depending on whom they're talking to. It gave it an extra real feeling. And that should be more often the case.
Regarding the story, I feel it could have gain more thickness if there was a few more episode to develop some of the characters, mostly the one of Albert.
On the tech bases, yes there are a few hick-ups but that's often the case in series... Liaison is far from perfect, but if Apple keeps on investing in European productions, their level will rise up! And definitely, that will change us to some us superprods which offer nothing...
And on a personal note: using teardrop by massive attack is spot on! 👍
The Ape Star
(2021)
Good moment shared with my daughter
21 October 2021
I spent a nice moment with my daughter (5). He also enjoyed the movie. There was no moment when I thought it could be too tense for her. The story isn't very original but nonetheless a few themes are reviewed which children may reflect on.
All in all no masterpiece, but this is something you can go watch with your kids (4 to 6-7ish) without a problem.
All in all no masterpiece, but this is something you can go watch with your kids (4 to 6-7ish) without a problem.
The Dark Tower
(2017)
Please Frank Darabont, you're my only hope!
3 October 2019
Man o man!
When it comes to Stephen King adaptation to the big screen, I can't recall any good film except those made by Frank Darabont (Shawshank..., Green Mile, the Mist). It's likely that if we would get to put this huge serie on the screen that he would succeed...
This is alas not his work and therefore it gets to the mediocrity of the too many adaptations which dont leave the groundlevel (It miniserie, Firestarter, Dreamcatcher...)
If you're home alone and bored to death... this will get you through the evening. But if you have enjoyed the books, lower your expectations to -20m under the ground... and that will still be a disappointment!
The worst part of this being the main character in this film is Jake Chambers... ok whatever...
Terminator Genisys
(2015)
Not even average
18 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
I will make no judgment on image & SFX quality as I've seen this moving from a cam capture. And God, I'm glad I haven't paid to watch this...
My first encounter with the Terminator world was when I was 11 and T2 was in theaters. Maybe that's the reason this film had a huge impact on me... But no, still to this day, I enjoy watching it as I enjoy watching the first film. T3 didn't bring much water to the mill, the typical chasing but still, it did let Judgment Day happens and that opened a lot of new doors to carry on further. Still it's nonetheless my least favorite of the Terminator films (Salvation had the merit to take a whole new perspective on the story line).
With this Genisys, what do we have? Gobbledygook!!! I wasn't very focused on the film cause it was not that entertaining from the beginning. But then you get caught into time-lines and questions rise... How did the Gardian become the Guardian? After all he was sent back to kill Sarah in 1979 but somehow got reprogrammed? How did the T1000 arrive in 1984? T3000? T5000?
Ha come on!! I hate it when you have the feeling the movie writer is sort of having to explain things... Give me a break... I would have gone watch one of those Hobbit film if I wanted to watch such things...
So no Terminator Genisys is NOT the so-called "3rd film in the franchise" Mr. Cameron... It's just a film that allow Hollywood to reboot this franchise... With probably worse to come. But that said, it's not worth just 1 star... But it's below the average action movie.
My first encounter with the Terminator world was when I was 11 and T2 was in theaters. Maybe that's the reason this film had a huge impact on me... But no, still to this day, I enjoy watching it as I enjoy watching the first film. T3 didn't bring much water to the mill, the typical chasing but still, it did let Judgment Day happens and that opened a lot of new doors to carry on further. Still it's nonetheless my least favorite of the Terminator films (Salvation had the merit to take a whole new perspective on the story line).
With this Genisys, what do we have? Gobbledygook!!! I wasn't very focused on the film cause it was not that entertaining from the beginning. But then you get caught into time-lines and questions rise... How did the Gardian become the Guardian? After all he was sent back to kill Sarah in 1979 but somehow got reprogrammed? How did the T1000 arrive in 1984? T3000? T5000?
Ha come on!! I hate it when you have the feeling the movie writer is sort of having to explain things... Give me a break... I would have gone watch one of those Hobbit film if I wanted to watch such things...
So no Terminator Genisys is NOT the so-called "3rd film in the franchise" Mr. Cameron... It's just a film that allow Hollywood to reboot this franchise... With probably worse to come. But that said, it's not worth just 1 star... But it's below the average action movie.
Borgman
(2013)
Very dark but you will laugh!!
29 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I went to see the film without knowing anything about it. I had seen the trailer a couple of times and the images were intriguing, sometimes very strong in what the depicted. But I couldn't make out any sort of plot. The beginning of the movie is totally surreal... a trio of men lead by a priest are going hunting for Borgman, an homeless guy leaving in a self-made underground cave in the woods... Being chased, he escapes and at some point rings a doorbell to ask if he can take a bath. The man who answers gets into an argument with Borgman after he mentioned the man's wife... Borgman got beaten.. seems to disappear but actually remains around the house. The man's wife accepts (out of guilt maybe) to secretly host Bergman for a couple of days so he can heal from the contusions he received... I wont say more about the whole story... What you need to know is that this is a dark thriller which is disguised in a sort of humour noir drama. Borgman is a cold human being who only wants to serve himself. And yet, you'll be laughing or smiling quite often while watching. In a sense the atmosphere of the film reminded me a lot of cult Belgian film "C'est Arrivé Près de Chez Vous" (Man Bites Dog in English) which is a movie I cherished in my teen years. While watching Borgman, you'll keep wondering what will happen next, and when getting out of the cinema, you'll find out that you still have many questions unanswered... without feeling any frustration about it! Great film! I hope that it's native language won't prevent it to be successful worldwide!
Firestarter
(1984)
Go watch something else even if you liked the book!
25 August 2013
Warning: Spoilers
After reading a few reviews on this same page, I went to watch the movie, just after finishing reading the book for a second time. Don't do the same mistake!
Everything in this film is just set wrong... What lacks this movie above all is actors direction! It really feels during the whole film that the actors are left on their own and are trying to save themselves from this mess... David Keith (Andy) looks more like a pedophile than a father in some of the scenes when he must comfort Charlie. Drew Barrymore (Charlie) is far from the depiction of the lovely, courageous girl we have in the book... Instead I got irritating by her constant whining in the film... George C. Scott doesn't convince me at all in his play of Rainbird.
ABout the adaptation now, not only the main characters are way less deep, the necessary cuts in the book to adapt the story to the big screen are far from flawless... Exit the massive disaster at the Manders farm, exit Pinchot's death, exit the fact that Andy pushes himself... Lots of important details are omitted which makes the story totally unbalanced and not credible at all...
At far as I'm concerned, a very poor adaptation of King's best-seller. Someone ought to give this great story a strong screen play for a remake! I find it a good challenge for Frank Darabont who gave us 3 great adaptations of S. King's novels: The Shawshank Redemption , the Green Mile, The Mist
Everything in this film is just set wrong... What lacks this movie above all is actors direction! It really feels during the whole film that the actors are left on their own and are trying to save themselves from this mess... David Keith (Andy) looks more like a pedophile than a father in some of the scenes when he must comfort Charlie. Drew Barrymore (Charlie) is far from the depiction of the lovely, courageous girl we have in the book... Instead I got irritating by her constant whining in the film... George C. Scott doesn't convince me at all in his play of Rainbird.
ABout the adaptation now, not only the main characters are way less deep, the necessary cuts in the book to adapt the story to the big screen are far from flawless... Exit the massive disaster at the Manders farm, exit Pinchot's death, exit the fact that Andy pushes himself... Lots of important details are omitted which makes the story totally unbalanced and not credible at all...
At far as I'm concerned, a very poor adaptation of King's best-seller. Someone ought to give this great story a strong screen play for a remake! I find it a good challenge for Frank Darabont who gave us 3 great adaptations of S. King's novels: The Shawshank Redemption , the Green Mile, The Mist
Disappointing...
28 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
In its essence Thrive is not a film which promotes bad ideas... That we would live in a better world with its wealth equally spread around people and with humanity leave a lesser environmental print...
However, from the first minutes a big Propaganda/sect alarm rang in my head. The first animation made me think of the creation of the world and all.. matter being formed, life starting in the ocean and then the dolphin evolves in a reptile... Yes you read me! That's how I interpreted these first shots... From that moment I was watching being very caution!!
Then just after that the statement that life is made to thrive and why then we as human beings, for a majority of us it's more about survival? Come on! The life a of cheetah is not about thriving, it's about being fast enough to get a meal... Life is always (whether human or other) about competition... Like eat or be eaten. Of course, due to our intellect, we humans may be able to solve one another's problem so we as a specie can get closer to that thrive ideal...
But what really irritated me in Thrive is the tone or some aspect of the form. If the first part which is more science isn't to bad, I really hated the world domination conspiracy theory where Gamble sitting in his nice arm chair is almost always sitting as God in space or above Earth or some earth features... Did we really need that? Did we need the cheap animation which sometimes made me think more of a Goa fest than a pretending serious documentary?
There are many many many examples in this film of things which could be interesting but are treated lightly. Also I had the feeling sometimes really was getting twisted to fit the purpose... The crop circles and UFO bits are a good example of this. It's rather strange to have those things next to Nicola Tesla's findings. More science and less theoretical blah blah would have surely done a better job in convincing me!
I really hooked off after 90 minutes and by the time the film became an advertising for the website (where you are kindly ask to make a donation for I don't know what's purpose) I was really absent minded...
You should watch the film as it will make you think on things you may not think about in your every day life. But don't expect to get excited...
However, from the first minutes a big Propaganda/sect alarm rang in my head. The first animation made me think of the creation of the world and all.. matter being formed, life starting in the ocean and then the dolphin evolves in a reptile... Yes you read me! That's how I interpreted these first shots... From that moment I was watching being very caution!!
Then just after that the statement that life is made to thrive and why then we as human beings, for a majority of us it's more about survival? Come on! The life a of cheetah is not about thriving, it's about being fast enough to get a meal... Life is always (whether human or other) about competition... Like eat or be eaten. Of course, due to our intellect, we humans may be able to solve one another's problem so we as a specie can get closer to that thrive ideal...
But what really irritated me in Thrive is the tone or some aspect of the form. If the first part which is more science isn't to bad, I really hated the world domination conspiracy theory where Gamble sitting in his nice arm chair is almost always sitting as God in space or above Earth or some earth features... Did we really need that? Did we need the cheap animation which sometimes made me think more of a Goa fest than a pretending serious documentary?
There are many many many examples in this film of things which could be interesting but are treated lightly. Also I had the feeling sometimes really was getting twisted to fit the purpose... The crop circles and UFO bits are a good example of this. It's rather strange to have those things next to Nicola Tesla's findings. More science and less theoretical blah blah would have surely done a better job in convincing me!
I really hooked off after 90 minutes and by the time the film became an advertising for the website (where you are kindly ask to make a donation for I don't know what's purpose) I was really absent minded...
You should watch the film as it will make you think on things you may not think about in your every day life. But don't expect to get excited...
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