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• Waterworld: an amazing journey — for Waterworld
  Written by Kopainkopine on 20.06.2010

  I really don't understand why people dislike Waterworld. Great actors (Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper), an endless landscape of water, a good music... and of course an interesting story.

  The story might be our future. Imagine a huge meltdown. The water will cover the Earth. No shelter, no law. A bloody mess in fact! Ryan Reynold proposes his own vision of what we can become. In Waterworld, people can evolve (like a fish, breathe underwater), gather as an army or as a communauty. Because of the human madness, some humans want to keep the power (the oil and the weapons) to scare and to rob the others.

  In this way, people hope to find Dryland, the only livable place (with forests, animals...). Where can we find the map? On the back of a children, the metaphor of innocence.

  I really enjoy this movie because I found this vision very realistic. I admit that the characters are a little "cliché", the good mutant, the kind little girl versus the bad bald boy, but it shows what humans are capable to do in critical situations. It is a message of hope: we must believe in myths and never give up.

• Steampunk Power! — for Wild Wild West
  Written by Kopainkopine on 05.07.2010

  I wanted to see a funny action movie ... I have chosen this one. Even if i hate Will Smith, I really enjoy this movie. I'll explain myself.

  The storyline: Basic. Mad scientist who wants to control the world against an impulsive black cowboy who loves his guns and fists & an inventor marshall who creates some strange stuff to solve problems without violence. Of course they are helped by a kind of "sexy girl" in order to satisfy the audience.

  The characters: Originals (except Salma Hayek).The couple Will Smith/ Kevin Kline (bad boy vs gentleman) is great! It works and it's not boring. They are totally opposed so good rythm and fun... The bad scientist (awesome Kenneth Branagh) is hilarous (ass bowl, strange beard, crazy look). You can find him too exuberant but this is the character! Fight scenes are composed by interesting ideas (disguises, ropes, train with gizmos...). The dialogs are quick and sharp. Never the time to breathe in fact.

  The landscape: An unique environnement. The scene takes place in an unexpected Wild West. Endless deserts, dilligences, horses ... and steampunk machines! It gives a Sci Fi feeling. The mechanical spider is a sucess! However sometimes the insertion of the characters is awful (bad special effects and chroma key).

  To sum up, good movie. No master piece but not bad at all. If you want to have fun during 1h40 and not thinking too much, watch it!

• Oh my god! — for Clash of the Titans
  Written by Kopainkopine on 11.07.2010

  Storyline: It is based on an epic adventure of Greek mythology. Rather interesting I will tell you... In fact it is a complete failure. We are bored a lot but we laugh too. The journey is not very interesting. It goes from one point to another with a battle each time (scorpions, horses, witches ...). The dialogues are funny because of their stupidity, the appearances of Hades are hilarious instead of being frightening and the hero barely speaks. Nothing is developed (neither the kraken, nor Medusa, nor the relations between the gods and a lot of other things) and fortunately the love story is not developed! Still waiting. Some companions of Perseus die and we do not even know who they are. The final battle gives the feeling to end in 10 seconds. Surprising!

  Characters: First Perseus is played by Sam Worthington,. This actor has the charisma of an oyster and gives the impression of being a GI during Antiquity (jarhead hairdress, no facial expression...). The secondary characters are useless because their personalities are not developed. They simply say a few jokes and use a sword. When I saw the cast and readed "Ralph and Liam", I thought "Woah! Great actors! I love them!!!". But in the end they look ridiculous and underexploited. Instead of being impressive Gods, they seem ill-at-ease in this role. They were a better couple in "Schindler's List"!

  Costumes: Some dresses and shinny armors that are more reminiscent of the disco years. For the background, it seems that the director has made the task easier (desert, forest, mountains). However the city is well built.

  Special Effects: To sum up they do not help the film. One exception: The introduction of the film (with the stars) is beautiful. The giant scorpions and other creatures are a half success (Pegasus gives the impression of a movie for young children). The appearance of the title "Clash of the Titans" is composed of an effect "After Effects" with a thunderbolt very basic and ugly. Avoid it! We see however that the French director had a very important budget. But he should have more detail the story instead of getting lost in there.

  What good do a sequel with this? Nothing ... 3/10

• Better than death! — for Braindead
  Written by Kopainkopine on 17.07.2010

  *SPOILERS*

  This film is the proof that a silly story can be an excellent movie.
  It is called "the most gory movie of all time". Deserves his name? Course!
  Some websites say that it's a Z movie. Is this true? Yes it is.

  The plot is really simple. A monkey-rat is captured on Skull Island. He was transferred to a zoo. In this same zoo we found the hero (Lionel), under the influence of his mother, who has his first date with a young lady. His mother spying her son is bitten by this strange animal cursed. She begins to turn into a strange creature. The trouble starts. Hell yeah!

  Then the story accelerates. The secondary characters are hilarious (the priest who kicks ass, the mother covered with pus, the greedy uncle, the vet Nazi...). Humans become sort of zombies with sexual feelings and food need. Lionel keeps his creatures in his house using tranquilizer. In fact the real zoo is in his cellar! Peter Jackson takes the opportunity to make fun of the actual society. And if humans were more monstrous than the monsters? That's the developped idea! For exemple the fat uncle wants absolutely to steal Lionel's house, the mother of the hero is a murderer and the other boyfriend of Paquita is egocentric. The monsters are funnier and seem to enjoy catching these stupid humans! They have no problems like love, money or sadness. In fact this is the real life, isn't it?

  Peter Jackson has excellent ideas. One monster stuck in the toilet and cut in two, a hybrid and vicious baby, a lawnmower very effective, an ear in the soup, the undead's lunch with the spoon on the brain... just to name a few! Sometimes we have the feeling to watch a comedy! This movie has never pretended to be clever. Each scene makes you laugh even if certain passages are overplayed (like the lovesick and very clumsy hero). We can think that the film is frightening with all these monsters, the blood, the horror, but not at all! Indeed, the director has exaggerated every scene.That's why pints of blood are spread everywhere, heads roll, hands are cut for our delight! Gore does not mean fear, but a bloody side, and some etymologies explain that by something gross. Even if the special effects are old, it doens't matter because it gives a tasty vintage look!

  To sum up: gore & humor = Braindead. Don't wait, watch it dead or alive!

• Who are you? Whou-ou whou-ou — for Face/Off
  Written by Kopainkopine on 13.08.2010

  A terrorist, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) tries to kill the cop Sean Archer (John Travolta). But unfortunately he kills the son of the latter. Then Sean continues to pursue the murderer to avenge his son. Finally he achieves to arrest him and his bro. Nothing exceptional film banal action and revenge with a happy end. But the villain has hidden a huge bomb in LA. Sean must find it and that's why his boss proposes him to graft the face of Castor Troy, then to enter the prison and ask Troy's brother where is the chemical bomb. What was not anticipated was that Castor Troy managed to escape from the hospital, forces the doctor to graft him the face of Sean Archer and removed all evidences. Thus one takes the place of another. Troy sleeps with the wife of Archer, Archer is in prison, talks to Troy's friends dealers... It creates a lot of complicated situations. A real game of mirrors and a search for identity begin! Just for the really good storyline I wanted to give a 10/10 BUT...

  The movie's goal is to entertain. That's why we can see car chases, shootings, deaths, blood, explosions (the list is long). The fight scenes are horribly exaggerated (noise, roll on the side, jump...). The director abuses of "slow motions", this is ridiculous. Some scenes between Troy and Archer are very interesting in the way they are filmed (shadows, mirrors, double face) but the editing suffers from serious problems of rhythm. John Travolta is better in the bad guy part and not very credible in the role of Inspector protector. The characters are stereotyped. The good cop who loves his family, who don't smoke against the villain who takes drugs, who is hysterical and depraved. Ahh american morality... Moreover, some roles are not enough developed or totally useless (the daughter of the cop and the friends of Troy for example).

  To sum up (and if you don't want to read my review :p) Face/Off is interesting and very entertaining. But we must not dig deep and think too much in order to appreciate this movie!