rommelsen
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For the first time in a long time, at the end of a movie, I thought: "Wow, i've finally seen some art!!"
Eastern Promises is a perfect movie. His script is terrific, and it is NEVER boring, Never. The whole cast does a great job (I've particularly appreciated Armin Mueller Stahl...his character was so true). Atmospheres are wonderfully mysterious, and violent scenes were absolutely entertaining (to those who can easily watch them, obviously).
I felt surprised too: I expected something different from Cronenberg. It was the same kind of surprise that I felt after having seen "A History of Violence". This is not the usual Cronenberg, who became famous with monstrous transformations, exploding heads and absurd situations (similar to Beckett's theater).
Cronenberg is never the same. He is changing his themes. He's more interested in men's INTERNAL transformations, in the vision of Violence as an human necessity, in the values of "respect" and "honour", in the division between "evil" and "good" people (if there's one), in the thousands of illusions that we have about a better world and a better future. As Eastern Promises are.
Eastern Promises is a perfect movie. His script is terrific, and it is NEVER boring, Never. The whole cast does a great job (I've particularly appreciated Armin Mueller Stahl...his character was so true). Atmospheres are wonderfully mysterious, and violent scenes were absolutely entertaining (to those who can easily watch them, obviously).
I felt surprised too: I expected something different from Cronenberg. It was the same kind of surprise that I felt after having seen "A History of Violence". This is not the usual Cronenberg, who became famous with monstrous transformations, exploding heads and absurd situations (similar to Beckett's theater).
Cronenberg is never the same. He is changing his themes. He's more interested in men's INTERNAL transformations, in the vision of Violence as an human necessity, in the values of "respect" and "honour", in the division between "evil" and "good" people (if there's one), in the thousands of illusions that we have about a better world and a better future. As Eastern Promises are.
This is one of the most heart-warming movies that I've ever seen.
This is a real story that everyone should know.
By watching this movie, you get the feeling that you're INSIDE it. The wide shots and the beautiful score make you feel that you're doing that trip together with Alvin Straight.
Richard Farnsworth is just amazing. He didn't put in his interpretation just his hearth...he put his whole life. Every word, every expression is so incredibly moving...even if he didn't win Oscar, we will remember him forever.
As we will remember the courage and the determination of Alvin Straight.
Nowadays we need stories (and movies) like this.
This is a real story that everyone should know.
By watching this movie, you get the feeling that you're INSIDE it. The wide shots and the beautiful score make you feel that you're doing that trip together with Alvin Straight.
Richard Farnsworth is just amazing. He didn't put in his interpretation just his hearth...he put his whole life. Every word, every expression is so incredibly moving...even if he didn't win Oscar, we will remember him forever.
As we will remember the courage and the determination of Alvin Straight.
Nowadays we need stories (and movies) like this.
I gave him 10/10, even if the screenplay isn't so strong, because this is a movie perfect in his genre:
I'm not a moralist, and I don't become upset if I see a comic film that uses vulgarities with the aim to make me laugh; if the movie is funny, I think it reached his goal, and it has my applause.
But this one, that hasn't vulgarities at all, made me laugh even much. In years in which seems that vulgarity is the better way to make laugh, this is a masterpiece.
A masterpiece to show everyone to spend 2 enjoyable hours together.
Talking about his weaknesses, I thought that last scenes could be directed in a better way, but the excellent Auteil's performance and the funnies gags, according to my tastes, fulfill everything.
I'm not a moralist, and I don't become upset if I see a comic film that uses vulgarities with the aim to make me laugh; if the movie is funny, I think it reached his goal, and it has my applause.
But this one, that hasn't vulgarities at all, made me laugh even much. In years in which seems that vulgarity is the better way to make laugh, this is a masterpiece.
A masterpiece to show everyone to spend 2 enjoyable hours together.
Talking about his weaknesses, I thought that last scenes could be directed in a better way, but the excellent Auteil's performance and the funnies gags, according to my tastes, fulfill everything.