Recommended. Strange. We, Europeans, don't think of ourselves as of even potential refugees. So the story, even though without violence, is disconcerting. Some elements, like fashion and music, hint at the times of WW2. But our contemporary time expressions are used and cars and uniforms look modern. Centuries seem to mix. Quite an intimate story, one of few movies which will benefit from watching on a small screen, when alone at home. In spite of pleasant, sunny pictures. A little psychology, e.g. that people don't like seeing others happy when they aren't happy themselves. The love story is intriguing but intellectually rather than emotionally. A number of scenes are protracted creating slow pace. The ending is shocking taken the context of the whole story. And ambiguous too since he's smiling. The song by Talking Heads over the end credits sounds cheerful. But the lyrics go: "We are on the road to nowhere."
MINUSCULE - LES MANDIBULES DU BOUT DU MONDE (MINUSCULE - MANDIBLES FROM FAR AWAY)
Watchable. Shot in Guadeloupe and in real life interiors, with real actors. Only bugs and some other animated elements are superimposed. No word is spoken but the story's clear enough and rich in events in temperate and tropical zone forests, a town and even underwater with a shark - which looks real but with smaller teeth and white eyes. A mid-credit implies a sequel to take place in China.
Now briefly about a Czech film. Once I took to the series and was looking forward to part three: "Zahradnictví: Nápadník" ("Garden Store: Suitor"), I heard there'd be no shows in Warsaw.
HELLBOY
Walked out. Severed body parts and slimy corpses every few minutes. It felt just sick. And the plot was rubbish too.
SHAZAM!
Watchable again. Much better, natural-sounding in the original language version i.e. English. The worst thing, one which makes it feel protracted in spite of lively action is the music - a slower rhythm than that of the plot. As for the plot, GoT, Superman and Batman mentions ground it strongly in contemporary teenage pop culture.
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