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Ben-Hur (1959)
I saw this movie a long time ago, but I've completely forgotten it. It's a long, epic, and well-made film. By today's standards, the actors' performances are a bit theatrical, but you quickly stop paying attention to that: the action is captivating.
9/10

Yes, the 1959 film was more enjoyable than the modern version.

The Shape of Water (2017) RUSSIANS! It's all the Russians! They snuck into the film studio and ruined this movie!! Anyway, I don't know. It's banal, vulgar, and unsettling. There was one cool character who carried the film, and they stupidly killed him off. 4/10 Tales from Earthsea (Japan, 2006) I wanted to watch a Miyazaki film, but it turned out to be a lesser Miyazaki! I didn't even know there was a Goro Miyazaki. I realized it when some weird stuff started happening on the screen. No, actually, I even liked it; it's much more interesting than the movie "The Wizard of Earthsea" (I definitely saw it, but for some reason, I can't find any mention of it online; maybe it was just that bad...). It's just that the directing was clearly lacking. The plot is excellent (the dialogue is not quite as excellent), the animation is excellent (well, as always, these guys are great), but the presentation is disjointed and nothing is clear. Still, it's a good fairy tale; let's say I understood what they were trying to tell us. 7/10 Rain Man (USA, 1988). I'm continuing to watch masterpieces that I missed. Well, what more can I say about this film? 9/10, a touching, family-oriented American classic. Doctor Strange (USA, 2016) Well, it's not bad. Although the reviews I heard were much more laudatory than what I saw. Probably because I'm generally not very fond of all sorts of mysticism and esotericism. Overrated. 6/10

The best movie of 2017, and perhaps the best movie of the decade. I don't even have anything to add. Towards the end, though, things didn't go so well.
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Film adaptations of "A Wizard of Earthsea"

I haven't watched the anime, I think I watched the movie, but I only remember a completely butchered and ruined plot, so the book is better.

Although the reviews I heard were much more positive than what I saw. Probably because I'm generally not a fan of mysticism and esotericism.

You just need to evaluate it by comparing it to generic Marvel movies, and then you'll see that it's a great film.

Isn't the bar set a bit low?

Movies from the same franchise and the same studio, so the quality is consistent.

You just need to evaluate it by comparing it to generic Marvel movies, and then you'll see that the film is great.

Hmm... Surprisingly, even that's not true. I would say that the most generic Marvel movie has exactly the same level of depth and well-developed plot as this film, only the former will also contain spectacular action and a couple of relatively funny jokes. Ta-ra-pa-pam.

Commissars

...It is both beautiful and terrifying. It is a ballad about people who believe in the revolution to the point of fanaticism. It is a film-fresco. This is how revolutionary saints should have looked, and it is an accurate confirmation of the truth that the Revolution, like a snake, devours its own children. The form of the film is both concise and poetic at the same time. The faces of the characters are precisely the faces of people who believe in their cause, but these faces exude coldness and cruelty...

Hmm, that's exactly how it seemed to me.

Nightcrawler



Well, the GIF that led me to find this movie is much better than the movie itself, but it's not that bad if you think about it.

Geostorm
It would seem that to please an average person like me with a good action movie, all that’s needed is decent special effects, zero (or at least not negative) acting, and some kind of understandable plot. But surprisingly, even by these simple parameters, the movie managed to fail. Throughout the entire viewing, there were only two good scenes, one successful joke, and one quality action sequence. That’s not nearly enough, even for the disaster movie genre, of which I’ve probably seen almost everything. I’ll add a few subjective points for the good idea; I’ve always liked satellite weapons.
3/10

The Turin Horse



Now this is what I call auteur cinema. It feels like my life, even more boring. No, I'm not complaining, it's supposed to be like that. I thought that nothing would happen throughout the film, but there are actually three events. But they are well integrated, even though one of them seems strange. Overall, it's a great film. I took a couple of screenshots for the thread about mood.

Please don't ask any questions. I watched 12 episodes (there are 13 in total, but one episode was missing on the site where I was watching; fortunately, the plot is still understandable without it). I don't know if there will be more, I'm not in the mood to search for it right now.
+ Obviously weaker than Sailor Moon, but much stronger than W.I.T.C.H. and Monster High. The characters are good, although not all of them are fully developed. The idea is good. The plot is interesting, although it's as cliché as can be. The girls are cute, cheerful, and memorable (especially Snezka and Alyona; Masha and Varya are also good, but I keep confusing them). The visual style is bold, using elements of comics and anime; overall, it's quite pleasant and not overly generic. Koschei is great, a real villain, he reminds me of Master Delgado.
- Not bold enough. Too childish, too refined. Maybe I'm just comparing it too much to Sailor Moon and setting the bar too high, but I want a little more depth, a way to stretch out the action (an episode is 10 minutes long, while Sailor Moon episodes are 20 minutes, and the plot developed more slowly - maybe that's the reason, or maybe they shouldn't have chosen such a short runtime). Again, it wouldn't hurt to develop the characters more, add more details - the plot revolves around Alyona, while the other girls are just doing magic from the first episode, and it's taken for granted; I would like to see more of their backstories (maybe this will be explored later, there are hints). There are questions about the fairytale setting - it's based on Russian folk tales, but there are also gingerbread men and Malvinas; there's also Western culture that doesn't fit and is out of place in everyday life. I would like to refine it a bit and adapt it to our realities. The graphics could also be a little more serious, it's too bright and deliberately cartoonish now (although I like bright colors).
= 7/10, the series is frankly childish, underdeveloped, a bit awkward, and raises many questions, but I think it's a good step in the right direction. I've been waiting for a series like this for two years. I have my own ideas about a "Cranberry Edition" of magical girls, and what is shown here is very different from my version (I abandoned the obvious division by elements, and focused more on cultural diversity), but it also has its merits. I really enjoyed watching this cartoon, and I slightly inflated the rating out of pure viewer sympathy. I think I'll keep an eye on it, but not obsessively, because there's a very interesting plot brewing. We're on the right track, comrades.

Satanic Tango



This is great. Yes, really great. I wanted to watch it in one sitting yesterday, but I didn't get enough sleep and had to finish it today. It's a pity, almost 7 and a half hours of watching a movie is an interesting experience. Maybe I'll watch it again sometime, in a better life.

Just a couple of quotes taken out of context, nothing special.

I'll go south, the winters are shorter there. I'll rent a farm. Near a thriving city. I'll spend days soaking my feet in a basin of hot water. Or... I'll get a job as a security guard at a chocolate factory. Or as a gatekeeper at a boarding school for girls. And I'll try to forget everything. A basin of hot water, and nothing more. Just watching this damn life pass by.

You wander among these signs of decay, far from everything that reminds you of life. Your plans turn to dust, your dreams, before they even take shape, shatter into pieces. You wait for a miracle that will never happen. But what is this mysterious fate that hangs over you? Isn't it this crumbling plaster... the roof without tiles, the peeling walls, the musty taste that our friend Futaki speaks of? Aren't these the broken illusions, the crushed hopes that bend our knees and plunge us into numbness?