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3 Body Problem (2024)
Big crash after first couple of episodes
After two very interesting episodes, this series completely derailed imo. Too rushed, big holes in the script. This was a big letdown in the end. Examples of what annoyed me (spoilers here!):
- With such advanced technology, the San-Ti could've disrupted much more than they did;
- The Panama canal scene: they really thought shredding the whole ship was the best solution? The shredding should have caused explosions and they couldn't have known it would prevent destroying the harddiscs with information;
- How on earth could 300 nuclear bombs be put in space in 2024 the way they did? There was no explanation at all and that felt rushed and not credible since humanity only has a couple of worthy spacecrafts in 2024;
- The nuclear explosions were very close to the vessel and sail. Another thing that you should take for granted as a viewer, although it was again implausible.
I could go on and on. The acting was good, visually it was great, but what promised to be a fantastic tale, ended up being a bad representation of that tale.
Eo (2022)
Major disappointment
I had high hopes for Eo after reading a couple of enthusiastic reviews by critics, but this was actually my worst cinema experience in years. What a pretentious and depressing 'roadmovie'. I can understand the maker wants to have the audience to view the world through his eyes, but the message and especially the 'artistic touches' stand in the way of a coherent film. There is so much more negativity and disgust than love and kindness around Eo and I personally think the balance is completely off. Even considering that the movie - at least this is how I see it - is portraying the current state of the world. The colours and the sounds used throughout the scenes only distracted from the story for me and unfortunately added to the pretentiousness.
A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo (2013)
Fantastic for every fan and lover of alternative rock and metal
The captivating and hypnotizing A Perfect Circle lay down a great show. The sound is absolutely top-notch, the song choice interesting and fun (with a lot of covers) and the band plays brilliant. The camera switching is a bit too fast for my liking and I'm not a fan of post-production effects (split screens etc) but luckily this is kept to a minimum. Singer Maynard is filmed as a part of the band, not as a front-man. He also stands at the back of the stage with hardly any lights, exactly how he (I assume) would like it to be. That makes the viewing a bit strange compared to a regular band. But A Perfect Circle is no ordinary band and they definitely positively demonstrate this during this fantastic live performance.
Siberia (1998)
Intense, original and high above Dutch standards. A bit like Lola Rennt.
This is a surprisingly good movie from the people who brought us the Dutch movie Zusje. Although Zusje was a big hit (especially for a Dutch movie) in the Netherlands, this film has had a short cinema rotation due to lack of success. I wonder why. To me Siberia is as good as the first film by Westdijk. Reading the plot makes you wonder if there's any plot at all. The basic story of Siberia seems a bit simplistic at first: two guys (Hugo and Goof) get their kicks from sleeping with female tourists and robbing these girls from their money and passport the morning after. When they meet Lara from Siberia their lives change and their friendship is put to the test. This may seem quite a standard tale, but it's not because of the way the story is told. In it's dynamics and sound it's a bit similar to Lola Rennt: a lot of camera movement, thundering beats in the exiting soundtrack by Junkie XL and as a viewer you can feel the adrenaline as if you're in the movie too. There are blurry black & white shots to make several scenes even more intense. This is one of those movies that have a look and feel of a music video with the way it's directed, but it only accentuates the emotions and actions in Siberia. And although the idea is not knew, Siberia is intriguing and fresh. The acting is terrific and the dialogs are great and sometimes very funny (Hugo gets dressed in the morning after sleeping with a tourist girl, when the girl wakes up: "Hugo?..." "Yes, I Go", Hugo replies). Warning: the film has a very nice ending, after it seems to have ended...!!!
Definitely 9 out of 10 for me.