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andre-brouwers
Reviews
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
10 academy award nominations?
Sorry to say, but truly I can not think of the other 9. Best Costumes, a sure winner, but even in that department LotRIII would give it a run for its money.
Furthermore, I just found it plain boring. In the end it got exciting for a brief moment, but when they discovered the subterfuge, the movie was over, and that could have been the cherry on top of a rather dull cake.
The acting was not even what I hoped for, the humor was nice, but when you expect to see action, and only hear a few jokes during the first 1,5 hours, they sound rather out of place.
A mere 6 on a scale of 10.
Petite chérie (2000)
Shy woman, who lives with her domestic parents, meets charlatan and falls in love..
It started out interesting. Shy woman meets strange guy on a train. He reads her thoughts like from a novel she read and still is reading. She falls in love, her parents adore him and take him in as their long last son-in-law. He treats her badly, wraps her parents around his finger and freeloads all day. It finally got to a point where I started to hate this guy and wanted to smack him in the face, you say good, the director found a convincing actor, to me, I got annoyed with him too much, it was dragging too long, I switched it off. I caught the end, it wasn't hopeful.