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Titane x Black Swan x The Piano Teacher x Murmur of the heart.
Aber gleichzeitig auch wahnsinnig eigen und unglaublich feinfühliger und schöner Film. Die zentrale Beziehung wird nie stigmatisiert, moralisiert, in Frage gestellt oder bewertet, sondern einfach dargestellt, gezeigt. Der Film geht bewusst jeder Problematisierung des Themas aus dem Weg und erlaubt das Betrachten der Beziehung als ein Symptom der Liebe und nicht des Tabus oder gestörten Geistes. Der Inzest ist hier nebensächlich, nicht hauptsächlich. Sie lieben sich, dass sie ihn geboren hat spielt da wenig Rolle.
Noch dazu handwerklich außergewöhnlich (für deutsche Verhältnisse), ganz ganz toll.

strikingly artful (and gorgeously shot) for a film that features a mother saying "can I touch it" to her naked son and him answering with "go ahead" -- and that's only at the half hour mark, rest assured it takes its provocations and runs with them; make incest cinema great again

Früher fand ich den Streifen dufte, heute fallen die zu häufige Nutzung von Wirework und CGIs bei den Fightszenen doch merklich negativ ins Gewicht. Die Frage nach dem „warum“ drängt sich im Anbetracht von Li’s Martial-Arts-Skills durchaus auf. KISS OF THE DRAGON und UNLEASHED bleiben die undisputed champs bei den ausserhalb von Asien produzierten Werken mit Jet Li als lead actor.

Really didn't mind this one, fam. Jet Li does his thing, Aaliyah is charming as fuck, Anthony Anderson gets a few laughs. The ridiculously stylized aesthetics though are almost hilariously dated. I love that early 00's shit. I feel like I never really got to embrace it as a kid, so I'm making up for lost time now.

Worth watching just for the zip-tie fight. Enjoyable nonsense, easy to watch. Never too stupid, never dull, full of fun fight scenes. What ain't this movie doing for you?

over long by about 1/4 of its runtime and needlessly self serious but it's hard to not long for a time when studios had no problem dropping 25 mil on what is basically a glossed up Don Wilson or Mark Dacascos DTV pitch with a (then) hot soundtrack and some above average fight scenes (for Hollywood, anyway)

Jet Li is a better Romeo than Leo

”Sorry Romeo, but you gotta die.”

The tone and pacing of this film is all over the place with a plot that’s generically silly, but Jet Li’s likable and there’s a few solid moments like the prison break, football game and Li’s fights.

BONUS POINTS to Delroy Lindo who’s the very definition of cool and deserves to be in a million more movies.

”There’ll be ample time for you to express your regrets, Mr. Ch’u of that I am certain.”

Cinematic Time Capsule - 2000 Ranked

This should have been a 4 star movie. Came out of the oven early methinks

That was the most A24 film I've ever seen.

Intruging that is the right word for this movie. Not everything worked for me, but I admire the big swings and the cinematography is gorgeous and Jessie Buckley really is great.

The ending is weird and confusing but something you never forget. Reminded me a bit of a very scene from the Scandinavian movie Gräns (Border) as how weird and confusing it is. You know if you know.

Watched at Cinerama Rotterdam

It's the perfect movie to watch alone at night in an empty theater before you return to your big old house in the countryside that you've rented all for yourself for a vacation.