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From the Past (1947)
Good. A classic of the genre. The first two-thirds, without the detective's tediousness, are much better than the ending.
9/10

"Space Jam"

I rewatched it yesterday. I had seen it before, but I had forgotten almost everything. Michael Jordan is already quite old. I especially found it amusing how, at the beginning of the film, a little boy makes three-pointers without missing. Where did they find such a boy? By the way, Jordan writes in his autobiography that he is 1 meter 98 tall, but in the film, he doesn't look taller than 190 cm at all.

What I found particularly amusing was how, at the beginning of the film, the little boy makes three-pointers without missing a single one. Where did they find such a boy?

It was Michael himself, digitally altered with computer graphics.

In the Wild

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He wandered and didn't come home... The main character is generally understandable to me, although I wouldn't want to do everything he does. The ending is heartbreaking. Back then, there were no cell phones, and even if there were, cell service probably wouldn't have worked there. But winter comes quickly in Alaska. By October, that river would have frozen over again.
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Well, before that, it was better to starve a little until he met an animal than to eat various plants. Especially since, for example, a bear showed up soon. Maybe it's not very tasty, but it would be enough to keep him from starving until other game appeared.

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And here's another thing, after watching the movie, when I was thinking about it, I remembered the movie "Greek Figs." For some reason, it seems to me that there is something in common between the main character of this movie and the heroine of that one, although they are completely different people, but there is some similarity, there is...

Comparing cheap erotica to this film is the last thing I expected to see when I woke up this morning.

Sanya a little kid is making three-pointers, and he doesn't even miss.

For Conscience' Sake



A good movie, I enjoyed it.

I rewatched it the other day out of boredom and realized that it's not something you'd want to watch again. Besides, I realized two more things: if it weren't for the vividly filmed firefights, it would be much more depressing, losing a few points. And that the main actor is a complete nobody, a loser, who walks around with the same detached, idiotic expression on his face throughout the film, including the moments where he's supposed to be experiencing some kind of emotional turmoil, which can't even be excused by his plot-justified spirituality. And the fact that he runs around the battlefield for three days, crawls in the mud, puts on and takes off his helmet, and still manages to keep his hair perfectly styled with gel is just embarrassing. Perhaps the Japanese were the only well-portrayed element, and the episodic appearances of the father and the bride were also decent.

Aladdin (film, 2019, USA)

I can't quite recall the full-length animated film now, but overall, I found the movie to be better. I liked Jasmine, and Will Smith as the genie was also good. But I think Shaq would have looked better, although he would be too tall for Aladdin, who is 170 cm. Will performed the song "Arabian Nights" brilliantly; it was touching. 9/10.

Honey, I won't call again

There is no peace for those who have done evil. These people are so unlucky. There is no peace for those who indulged, for those who knew and still remained silent.
A mother's love, a grandmother's love for her grandson, is shown realistically. Although everything is probably not as shown in this film, but maybe someone will think about how they live and what they do, and not only because of public opinion, and earlier, while it may not be too late... The phrase from the boss at the end of the film is similar to a phrase from "The Master and Margarita." And the fact that a mother of Anya actually lives at that address (she believed him!), proves to the main hero that he really was there, just like Vasily Terkin. But did he really like that girl, who ultimately turned out to be the airport boss? Even his Katya, who is with Slavik, is better, in my opinion.

Sword of Destiny 1966
Another black and white samurai film about a strong and ruthless warrior who... is just strong and ruthless. Beautiful, concise, constantly killing someone, just the way I like it.
I would have liked to see more about the Shinsengumi; there were some cool moments + Serizawa acted well.
Still, it's a solid film.
8/10

Nosferatu (2024)
Didn't like it. Although the male characters are well-developed, and you want to empathize with their fate, it feels very mixed and unnecessarily drawn out. It gave the impression that it's some kind of unfinished arthouse film hastily reworked for a wider audience. (And there's too much necrophilia, as if the creators were poorly hiding their fetishes).

Dracula (2014)
I liked it, although it's simple and a bit silly. It's just unclear why they stole a scene from Spider-Man. And it's a pity that they didn't reveal enough vampire abilities.

Nobody (2021)
I accidentally saw a trailer on YouTube and decided to watch it. The first 30 minutes are quite good, especially the scenes with the slave life and the Mexican family. The first fight is also good, the second one is so-so. It's also worth noting that for once, the evil Russian mafia actually has mostly Russian-speaking actors.
The rest of the hour is a dull action film, not quite an action movie, not quite a comedy, and I barely made it to the end.

Subarashiki Nichiyobi (1947)
Despite its title ("Wonderful Sunday") and positive ending, the film is quite depressing.
The life of an ordinary young man:
- He doesn't have his own place to live and lives in a room.
- He has no money.
- He works six days a week at a job he hates.
- On his only day off, he doesn't have much to do because everything costs money, and there are pitfalls everywhere.
The only solace is that he has a girlfriend who he can have fun with and dream with.
It's a good thing that video games, anime, and the internet were invented.

They will soon ban the internet. There will only be WORK 24/7 and no women.

You'll have to visit Revan's secret base to see something from his vast collection of forbidden anime in his secure bunker.

And to play the expansion as well.

I'll have to go to Revan's secret base to see if there's anything interesting in his secure bunker from his huge collection of forbidden anime.

And to play the expansion as well.

Such an existence would be a very good option.