Movie reviews

BANK LADY

Watchable. Involving and psychologically credible, with good suspense but it lacked something - I think the acting was too mundane, with little showmanship.

MISS KICKI

Watchable. I was curious of Taiwan and the ambiguous relationship of the two boys. The character of the mother didn't keep me glued to the screen. The pace of the film was too slow for me as well.

LE GRAND BLEU (THE BIG BLUE) - DIRECTOR'S CUT

Recommended. Probably the same version I saw in childhood as the ending and music score were changed for the US market only. A cult movie whose love of depths brought on a whole generation of divers. The film is perfect in all ways.

SABOTAGE

Watchable. Beautiful views of a bridge with forested isles in the background. Elderly Arnold Schwarzenegger and fat Sam Worthington. Standard action plot, low-end humour.

BOBRY

Watchable. Wooden acting. Good script. Crime in the afterlife is the best description. It's also the best idea in the plot. Humour exists but, due to poor acting, is not as prominent as it should. My fave bits were: "Myślelismy, ze wino mu nie wszedło" ("We thought the wine didn't went down with him"), "Gwiazdy tańczą po lodzie" (a pun meaning either: "Celebrity Dancing On Ice" or "Celebrity Dancing After A Blow Job"), "Szalet damsko-męski U Damiana" ("Male-female Toilet At Damian's") and on a store: "Artykuły monopolowe, budowlane, AGD i inne" ("Off-licence, building, household and other products"), the hanging and the final scene.

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

Watchable if you want to compare the versions. Trashy though a bit less trashy than the new one. A cross between "The Exorcist" and "Psycho" - demons run with daggers.

Screening open-air leads to funny effects, e.g. the protagonists hear a noise from the cellar. One of them dismisses it as "It must be some animal.". They go into the cellar, search it in silence for a few minutes and then... a dog in the audience barks.