Mr. Freedom (link to amazon)
Directed by William Klein
Viewed 7-22-2014
I had no idea what to expect. A super hero satire? More like a political satire. It turned out to be a cold war battle between metaphorical empirical powers. The red white and blue dude. Maybe he's France, maybe he's America, who cares. The communist antagonists came as a Russian dude and a red China dragon inflatable.
Still with me? At times the genre flipped... it was horror, comedy, drama, on-stage musical, sexually presented, propaganda, mixed with some actual footage at regular intervals... I call it a time capsule of television of the late 60s. It could be a documentary, but it's not.
I enjoyed it, even though it is a little dated with its political messages. I'm sure I missed some of the content because, let's face it, this film was made before I was born. Barely.
For originality, the film's age and circumstance of being shot by an ex-patriot, big idea film, and because it was so many things all at the same time... I give it a range from B to C-. It is what it is.
Age: 60+ to get all the jokes. It's a little forced and in your face and without excessive confusion and explanation, maybe someone as young as 20 would enjoy it. For pure entertainment, 15+ seems adequate. If a teenager would even want to sit still long enough to watch it, I'd be shocked.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
10,000 BC (2008)
10,000 BC (link to Amazon)
Directed By Roland Emmerich
Viewed on 07-01-08
Set in the prehistoric era, 10,000 BC follows the transitional life of a tribe of mammoth hunters who become captive by a band of more highly evolved humans who set out to enslave them. The film was shot in mostly dark tones and the use of CGI was impressive in spurts, but the overall flow of the movie was hard to accept. It was set in the decline of the ice-age which unfortunately kept the female characters covered head to toe in animal pelts. The half feathered giant killer birds and elephant sized saber-toothed tigers were also incredibly unrealistic. The fluorescent war face paint and perfectly manicured counting crows hair that everyone adorned (although very cool looking) took away from the millennia it was trying to portray. Very little gore, sex and bad language bored our testosterone side, with occasional subtitles that took away from what little visual experience there was. There was an old shaman lady that just wouldn't die who was also confusing, and they wussed out on the romantic tragedy ending. The jungle music and various CGI scenes were occasionally stimulating but overall this movie came up very short to it's potential.
Overall we gave this movie a C+ and would advise that you see this film as a cheap rental on an above average television.
Directed By Roland Emmerich
Viewed on 07-01-08
Set in the prehistoric era, 10,000 BC follows the transitional life of a tribe of mammoth hunters who become captive by a band of more highly evolved humans who set out to enslave them. The film was shot in mostly dark tones and the use of CGI was impressive in spurts, but the overall flow of the movie was hard to accept. It was set in the decline of the ice-age which unfortunately kept the female characters covered head to toe in animal pelts. The half feathered giant killer birds and elephant sized saber-toothed tigers were also incredibly unrealistic. The fluorescent war face paint and perfectly manicured counting crows hair that everyone adorned (although very cool looking) took away from the millennia it was trying to portray. Very little gore, sex and bad language bored our testosterone side, with occasional subtitles that took away from what little visual experience there was. There was an old shaman lady that just wouldn't die who was also confusing, and they wussed out on the romantic tragedy ending. The jungle music and various CGI scenes were occasionally stimulating but overall this movie came up very short to it's potential.
Overall we gave this movie a C+ and would advise that you see this film as a cheap rental on an above average television.
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