hypermodernsarego Reviews

The Imitation Game (2014)

worst film in history

[1/10 · 18 February 2021]

If you label a film a 'biopic', it should contain something that actually happened. WWII, Turing, enigma were real. Bletchley, and so on, real. The accounts and stories in this movie were all made up. A great man, great story, were defecated upon from a great height. Utter garbage and shame on all of you. This should receive negative stars.

FX 18 (1964)

Above average for low budget genre...

[7/10 · 27 May 2014]

If you are reading this, you love low budget spy films. This has less of the silly late sixties quality, and more of the fifties noir elements, specifically as to cinematography. Which is quite good, excellent shots and pacing. So the film is not great, so what. The woman are actually interesting to look at. Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but the reviews I read, criticize this film for being exactly what it is. No, the women are not in Bond films. No, it does not have an Ortolani score. The jazz score is actually not bad, and you can hear where the Flint movies lifted a motif if you listen not very hard. Yes, it is dubbed and dialogue is not great all the time. It is a low budget effort. Compare this to an O77 film, (or an Stephen Boyd effort) and you start to realize that some people do know how to put a film together. Relative to other grade B, (or D or Z) films, it stands up quite well. This is only, however, if you are a fan of cheap (okay, bad) films. Put it this way, compared to 'Assalto Al Tesoro Di Stato', or 'Persuccion A Un Espia' it's pretty good stuff, and I love all these titles. I love any bad spy movie, but, reviewers should be fair. And stop using Mystery Science experience as your template for how to assess a film.

Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)

An addendum to the above reviews..

[7/10 · 4 February 2014]

..left out of the above is the equal condemnation of the left. No side is unscathed, I think the overall thrust of the film is that the victims are the innocent believers in justice. A very complex portrayal of the chaos and selfishness which imbue (Italian) politics. And, of course, each individuals complicity in the whole stewpot. I would add that the montage sequences date this film. Overall the cinematography is outstanding, performances excellent. The score and pacing satisfy. Not a traditional police procedural, but more of a character study. It is definitely a deft delivery of a construction that relies more on your faith in the film maker, rather than the presentation of a protagonist. I hate giving films stars, but how about 7.