blanki-22363 Reviews

Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines sti steria (2011)

Matina Katsiri, a poor middle-aged woman from a suburb of Athens with stinky feet in it

[1/10 · 4 December 2017]

that pretty much sums up the aesthetic of the film its poorly made and was poorly accepted with really poor acting and it stinks like the ugly stinky feet of an old hag Unfortunately, political parties have favored human trash and trashy aesthetics, Stamatina Katsiri and this particular film included, leading to the economic and intellectual bankruptcy of Greece. I hope Stamatina Katsiri reads this review although she hardly comprehends English or any other foreign language for that matter and stops making a fool of herself on national television. Another bizarre trait of this film, a self-proclaimed satire of sorts, is the fact that it addresses obligatory (for men only, a sexist discrimination) military service very lightly and positively although Greece is the only country of the European Union that hasn't put an end to it yet, a subject which creates suspicions as to who benefits from this flawed system in combination to the great economic scandals and corruption that surround the Ministry of Defense.

Get Out (I) (2017)

walk don't run!

[10/10 · 2 December 2017]

this is a small masterpiece, very well crafted the aesthetic and the mood starts out as a typical comedy with black actors and some elements of horror i watched the movie on DVD and didn't know anything about it really judging from the cover i thought i would watch a "so bad its actually good" flick with overacting and familiar toilet humor i got a lot more than what i has bargained for all the clichés in movies especially comedies with black actors are here, the scared black man, the white man trying to act politically correct, the obese funny but silly best friend and an antagonist, the mother, portrayed by an actress more often playing a mature but sexually charged leading lady with a slightly brown skin tone than a villain all the clichés are here only to be reversed during the second half of the movie we don't have a dark or ambiguous ending but a very cathartic one justifyingly following the disturbing sci-fi climax as a Greek citizen who has lived among foreigners in another European country for several months in the past, its funny but i could actually relate to both white and black characters i have been both racist and a victim of racism on several occasions so that at least to a small extent i know how it feels both when you look down upon someone and when you are looked down upon as a mostly Caucasian male with dark hair and a not so light complexion, coming from a small Balkan country i am entertained at how the movie has obviously irritated some people which validates its intended polarizing power and i also liked the fact that the writer didn't jump on the anti-trump train but instead subtly satirized Obama's politics which becomes more on-point as the original premise of the film is that classic 60s movie with Sidney Poitier aka the first on screen Obama offered to the audiences worldwide there is a truth that resonates in this seemingly otherworldly entertaining movie and i was more that happy to listen to it and reflect on it PS i haven't seen anyone referencing rosemary's baby one of the many nods to challenging horror movies of the past within the film interestingly enough, Polanski has depicted paranoia in another film of his in a similar to Get Out racially charged manner in The Tenant as a Polish (aka white but Slavic) man portrayed by Polansky himself located in an unfriendly towards emigrants Paris in the 1970s and accompanied by an indifferent and emotionally cold french girlfriend 10/10

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

AVOID AT ALL COST (if you are anything like me)

[10/10 · 8 November 2017]

This is not a typical art-house movie. It is not a typical Oscar nominated film either. It looks like it, but it isn't. Just judging by the cover, you do have a general idea of what you are about to see . Slow pace, artistic cinematography and soundtrack, every-man characters living in small houses, Michelle Williams reprising yet another time her role, as a femme fatale with a flair for drama and a feminist twist, in Blue Valentine, the other, shorter, less muscular and low-profile Affleck brother, not The Ben Affleck, his not-so-talented at least as an actor but considerably wealthier and more famous brother, also a screenwriter and director but mostly a big name, a contemporary Hollywood star, known basically to the masses because he was engaged to JLo, he looks good on the red carpet and is currently BATMAN, and finally a polished production since Matt Damon, Ben's multimillionaire buddy and Amazon are behind it. You also know the location of the film. It's the title itself. :p So you are prepared to have a nice nap somewhere in the first half of the film. But you are not going to. The script is overly dramatic and so are the performances but they are also naturalistic. If you have panic attacks, suppressed anger or mild depression-who doesn't these days?- the films really gets to you and not in a good way as it progresses tapping on issues of death, Christianity, alcoholism, loss, phobia, depression, isolation and so forth. Is it a good film? Definitely yes, not as generic as one would judge by the cover. Strong performances and a story that feels real. Comparing it to LaLaland, feminist comedy, 2016 anti-tramp propaganda and product placement disguised as movies, and action films with super-powered comic book characters in it, you have to give it a 10. Did I have a good time watching it? No. Do I feel relaxed now after having watching it? No, I feel anxious. Can a fictional story influence your mood? Can you watch it from an emotional distance and appreciate it? You decide.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

a gem

[10/10 · 30 October 2017]

11-12 years old November 1989 saw a young and charming Michael Keaton as batman in a theater he was crazed, he was vulnerable, he had a trauma, he had sad eyes he was quiet short but somehow it didn't matter although everyone thought it would he truly was the late 80s batman, an antihero popping from the pages of the killing joke and a death in the family in a Gothic depressing setting i felt something tonight i watched homecoming on my iPad noticed the scene taken str8 from the classic ditko issue when an insecure teenage Spiderman lifts a very large and heavy piece of metal and cement he was buried under, beyond his power limitations using sheer will and thus, surpassing them enjoyed every minute of an older Michael Keaton on screen playing an ambiguous humane opponent, similar in some ways to the teenage antihero it was spider-man str8 from the pages of the Steve ditko original run in the sixties yes supporting characters were changed from Caucasian to colored and several original multiracial characters were added in the mix as well just for the shake of it, there was also here and there a not so subtle liberal critique of the American politics (dare i say the Trump election itself?) i thought it would matter but somehow it didn't for a couple of hours it felt like 1989