Favorite films

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  Change of Address 2006

  ★★★½ Rewatched 30 Dec 2020

  The art of love: the cinema of Emmanuel Mouret

  Since I couldn't come up with something, I'll quote Frenchfilms.org :

  "A fresh, funny, unpretentious and true to humans french comedy with a terrific ensemble" (especially the fantastic Frédéric Bel, if I may add)."

  
  Score: 7/10
  Enjoyment: 5/5
  My first Mouret and my favourite one, love at first sight.

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  Wall Engravings 1967

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 12 Feb 2021 3

  There's nothing to say, but a lot to show.

  
  A medium-length film following a young woman (played by Macha Méril) while she's reliving her memories of a love lost in an insatiable bid for freedom.

  Love, "pretty" dialogues voiced in a certain way, B&W / colours alternance to great effect (although this is not an uncommon technique), the Sixties, Nouvelle Vague...

  The cutting, shots, colours, the terribly photogenic actors : EVERYTHING is made to make you drool over so much…

Recent reviews

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  Theatre of Violence 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 29 Nov 2023

  A few memorable testimonies and a necessary contextualisation (for foreigners) serve this interesting but long documentary that uses its court case merely as spinal column.

  Score: 7/10
  Interest: 4/5

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  Dikkenek 2006

  ★★ Watched 28 Nov 2023

  A mishmash of jokes (from sex jokes to racism ones, everything is covered including September 11, 2001 and running gags), stringed around loud and stupid characters (the highlight of this comedy) the film bounces from and to randomly.
  Not only are the jokes never slightly funny, but the lack of any structure makes the film more of a chore to watch than it should be, given all the fine performances (by a cast of various big belgian and french actors…

Popular reviews

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  Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Aug 2021 13

  (NOT) A REVIEW, NOT A FILM.

  Well, this was great despite how the film is hardly built like one (the first and third ones are the only good ones on that basis), and is more of a series of "moments".

  
  Score: 9/10 (nearer to 9/10 on itself)
  Enjoyment: +∞ /5
  Everything Evangelion in a single work (just like the series).

  
  
  

  Notes:
  - great (maybe even better),
  - ugly CGI although the ugliest moment, 13vs01 with a horrible toys city, felt…

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  Tenet 2020

  ★★½ Watched 05 Sep 2020 2

  Don't try to understand it. Feel it.

  Nothing more than a Brosnan Bond with M:I level action relying on a nice little idea. But this scifi concept is only an excuse to serve "great" action scenes revolving around it when, as and how it suits the director...
  Unlike some rumours have it, there is no difficulty to understand what is a basic action film. It prevents any real suspense, especially when most suspense elements are highlighted. You can even understand…