christopherleebrick

One of the most profound and beautiful films I have ever seen. Period. I have a personal collection with 1,400 titles of mostly good to great movies. "The Cruise" resides at the top of the treasure chest. With all that is going on (3/29/20) with the China flu and NYC being ground zero in America, this film is more relevant than ever. And the fact that this footage was shot before the towers came down only adds to it's profundity.

Though I constantly watch films at home, I rarely venture out to the actual cinema anymore; but today I was strangely --and suddenly--inspired to go see the new "Gretel and Hansel" at a noon matinee. I loved it. It was dark, scary, magical, funny, and constantly surprising. The acting, cinematography, production design, original music, and direction were all excellent. (Plus, all of the cool outside locales are shot in Ireland). Even though they take some liberties with the plot, I did not feel like they violated the spirit of the Brothers Grimm powerful fairy-tale. For those who like good storytelling and the old stories freshly told, I definitely recommend.

Too long and . . . why?