Letterboxd — Your life in film

Very harsh going from one hour of goofy seals, wacky penguins and the n-word cat to the disaster of Scott's expedition and his heroic death for the glory of Great Britain.

Somewhere between Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Gummo

A manly movie for men, seeking out danger and unable to open up about their feelings. Love Howard Hawks, love Cary Grant, love the tense flying scenes, etc.

I loved how long the absurd misunderstanding kept on going. I wish it didn't deflate anticlimactically. The first dance number is pretty funny though on the whole they're gratuitous yet also fairly sparse. Moment-to-moment spectacle without a lot going on really; even the final song is just Italian-themed rather than about anything.

Much more serious than expected from its pun of a title and comedic opening scene. Rock solid late 20's filmmaking in any case, with some clever ideas.

Can't believe it's been over five years since I've seen an Ozu. I was definitely more receptive this time around, especially when the film is at its most poetic and wordless.

A procedural-ish with the classic pop psychology and cop intuition. Nothing extraordinary but it was fun seeing Michel Simon in a German-language movie (not enough of him unfortunately).

I like that moment when Heinz Rühmann stops by an inn with "Grisons" written on the wall, gets out of his car to look at a Grisons licence plate in closeup being like "yes it seems I am in the Grisons indeed", then gets back on the road.

A flatly delivered little moral tale to take your family to after mass or something. Great craftsmanship.

It just wouldn't be as fun if the stakes were higher than producing slop for the culture industry

I like how this is for the most part devoid of big dramatic moments, wide ups and downs. Not a film of lessons learned and comfortable resolution nor heightened tragedy. Something much more quotidian.

A little disjointed between the biographical throughline, pretty lava and misery voyeurism.