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Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Small movie that is far for small
If I had to describe this movie in one word that would be: Colorful, joyful, warm, full of life (not one word exactly). I did not meet single person that hates this movie. You just have to love it. You have to love Amelie and her little quirky habits and everything about her. Audrey Tautou was just a perfect casting choice. She is Amelie without a moment of doubt. The rest of the cast is really great but she is divine. The story is simple and you can find yourself in it, but the way it's told makes it so special. Love and passion to make life better gives this movie a possibility to be watched over and over again as I did. If you feel down Amelie is always there to pick you up and help you cross the street.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
my favorite
To be honest, I'm a total Tolkien fan. Since forever. When I read Hobbit, I was in love. And it continued with more books. I adored the LOTR cartoon and was always sad it did not have the entire trilogy. But now it's here. The entire trilogy. The ending. And I'm thrilled. I loved first two parts, but the last film binds everything together. The basic difference from the other trilogies and what is usually the main problem is the fact that there is a literary original on which the story is based. Here the original is fabulous work of art so it helps a lot. Truth to be told, I always preferred Stryder to Aragorn, but
The Return of the King is not only a great story, but a great movie as well.
The Dark Knight (2008)
Back to basics
I always loved Batmen, especially for the fact that he is as human with no super power. The new Batmen movie really came as a improvement from Batmen and Robin. It's not so black and white anymore. The gray is getting stronger and Batman must rethink his basic beliefs because he faces total blackness Joker represents. On the other hand he wants to separate Bruce and Batmen. Bruce must decide to follow the code or do what has to be done without affecting his own morals. All things put together, I liked it. What I did not like is the excessive violence in the movie, especially the end is way to violent. And maybe I'm a bit under impression of his death but I believe this was Heath Ledger top performance.
The Pianist (2002)
divine
The Pianist is a story about the World War II, in particular about the pianist Wladislav Szpilman, based on his autobiography, and played by Adrien Brody. It's directed by Roman Polanski. After being separated from his family and everyone he know (almost everyone is taken away with trains for which we know now where they went), he is left to take care for himself in a Warsaw ghetto, to fight for food and cover. He is simply trying to get out of German sight.
The movie is often compared to a Schindler's list because it describes the oppression of Jews during WW2, but it has a completely different dimension. While in Schindlers List we have a very realistic image of situation Jewish people found themselves, in Pianist we follow and individual, and that gives a completely different perspective. We are in a way more involved, we are drawn deeper into the character.
Ti mene nosis (2015)
Art Pearl
I usually don't comment on other people reviews, because I believe everybody has a right to their opinion. Nevertheless, 2,5 hours worst movie agony" is kind of exaggeration. Ben Hur" last over 3,5 hours and you never hear people describing it as a long movie". Personally, I do not judge the movies by length, but by quality. Would you decide not to read a book only because it has 100+ pages? I suppose not. I wouldn't. Some stories take longer and some movies take longer. And I consider this one to be an art pearl. Not only within Croatian cinematography. As for the acting, although the main actor is actually not and actor, he portrayed the character very well. You might see in some scenes he is a bit stiff, but that can be attributed to the role he is playing. You don't expect a tattooed ex-criminal to go all mushy" (not that I have prejudices on tattooed people, more on criminals). He is a great cast for the role. Now that I think about it, I cannot think of some other Croatian actor I would choose for the role. I agreed that we have all seen similar stories, but the human relations is a topic you cannot surpass and in a hundred years you will still have similar topics, and the people will still want to see movies like that. I find the movie excellent, something quite new in our cinematography.