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It starts off pretty well: Problems with the Director offers us a good opening when three children venture into a house. Two of them force the third to descend the stairs of a dark cellar. But it's not real, it's an image on a screen. The beginning of a film within a film.

The murders, while not reaching the incredible aesthetic of those in Dario Argento's films, are quite spectacular.

The idea, the concept of a truly "Palmanien" film, is interesting, since the film the musician is working on seems to have a connection with the reality of what happens to the protagonists.

There are several murders that are not too badly filmed, several suspects, and a story that remains mysterious... We can undoubtedly appreciate the atmosphere that emanates from this house. The diegetic music written by the composer (it also serves as music for us, the audience), the setting in general-clearly, there wasn't the budget, but the bare interior is skillfully used.

Only the script doesn't hold up, the female characters who are killed by the box cutter or knife are particularly stupid (and they're not teenagers like in slashers). Aside from Sandra, the writer and director of the film for which the protagonist composes music, the only interesting, cynical, and more believable character. As for the hateful appearances of Julia, Bruno's girlfriend, they are the trump card of the final twist... I didn't see this twist coming, and so I was disconcerted by the ending. Disconcerted, but also angry as the revelation of the killer's identity and his motivations are ridiculous, without head nor tail, which drags down the whole film... With an explanation that the hero gives himself, with incredibly stupid reasoning delivered in one sentence to explain the behavior of the criminal and taking up, with less talent, the formula of "Psycho" or "Dress to kill"

It's certainly a recital of the same old stuff. Here we are, back on an island. But it's always the same old stuff, approaching the quality of the first two, Spielberg's.

Visually, Garreth Edwards delivers: the film is generous with new, successful monsters, quality animatronic and digital effects. It's also much better filmed than the previous ones; the camerawork here is virtuoso.

What I appreciated most was the choice to have each act dedicated to a new dinosaur, "drawing inspiration from seminal works: Jaws, King Kong, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and towards the end, a reinterpretation of the famous kitchen scene from Jurassic Park in a post-apocalyptic gas station and abandoned lab setting." Plus a scene with a t-Rex, dozing by a river that we're trying not to wake... Scarlett Johanson looks more lost than anything else. Jonathan Bailey is comfortable in his sympathetic character.

However, the story takes no risks; it's well-signposted, and we know from the start who's going to be killed and who's going to be the butt of the food... No surprises. Which means that despite all these qualities, the film lacks emotion and suspense.

A fun, watchable spectacle with some truly spectacular moments.

Well, first of all, I don't like these kinds of movie "universes" filled with superheroes. The more there are in the same film, the more it annoys me... While I do like the ones where there's only one!

So for this Superman, so much less poetic than Richard Donner's in '78 (I admit it's now almost unwatchable because the special effects are so outdated, but the film's effect on viewers at the time was magical), I'll admit I still had a good time.

It's fun, energetic, lively, and brimming with pop energy. The humor works well, as do the allusions to the current political context. In fact, it's practically a live-action comic book. What's different, and what I appreciated: Superman flying is well done.

But Superman fighting already had a CGI feel that's not very original anymore and I don't like it visually. And the film is completely lacking in poetry and fails to evoke any emotion.

In fact, it's almost a feel-good movie: fun but lacking any passion. Amusing, but completely lacking in epic meaning!

Given what I think of this kind of film, that's already pretty good.