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Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
hhmmmmmmm
Well yes this is a bad movie, there is nothing I can do or say that can change that. Its story is unbelievable and impractical, why would a group of soliders go all the way over to france with no possible way back!!! almost facing death ( pre June 44` that is ). Bridges gives a strange performance as the troubled leader of this rough bunch of men, ready to do all for England. He constantly seems troubled in what he is actually doing.
Iron Coast follows a whole host of war movies that tries to follow that boys adventure story routine. It also tries to relate also to the Nazi situation by familiarising you with its officers. Some cast performances are worth memorising however, particularly private Pringle ( Dick Haydon ) but he is my uncle so I am a little predudice. Overall this movie is a flop, shame but the truth.
La cité des enfants perdus (1995)
Amazing and complex
This film really is beautiful, its well set and has such an amazing back drop of a dark and sureal city. I have seen this movie 100`s of times and it just gets better all the time!. Ron Perlmans performance as the dumb circus performer searching for his adopted brother is so watchable amongst a whole host of crazy characters.
However what the script may lack in dialog it certainly makes up for in its environment and in a way could be seen as a flawed masterpeice, so decodent and at times scary, especially as the evil clone proffessor dresses as santa, uuuurrrrrhhh. Watch this film if you liked Delicatesen and Amelie as it was produced and directed by the same genius.