13 December 2024.
Perhaps as a result of Christmas rush – with little time to take a look at movies – these releases are fairly mediocre. Wait until subsequent week or see the nice ones you’ve missed – CONCLAVE, EMILIA PEREZ, ANORA, JUROR #2, FLOW. Or simply take a break from all of the hullabaloo…
KRAVEN THE HUNTER ***
This one is sweet – for its style – good, thrilling and satisfying. I don’t usually comply with Marvel characters as they’re just too unbelievable, usually foolish and deal solely in motion, mayhem and violence.
However this one has Kraven, a hero (performed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) who has a reputable raison d’être, makes use of the weather of nature for the pressure which he has been given, and he’s beautiful. Keep in mind younger Taylor-Johnson from the 2009 “Nowhere Boy” as John Lennon, as Vronsky within the 2012 “Anna Karenina”, and in “Bullet Practice” with Brad Pitt? In truth he’s being touted because the attainable subsequent James Bond.
After which there’s the Oscar-winning star, Russell Crowe, who has advanced into a personality actor. Right here he performs Kraven’s father, a ruthless, overbearing Russian drug lord primarily based in London, with a convincing Russky accent. It may be considerably demeaning for his once-tremendous expertise, but it surely works.
This motion thriller between the wilds of Russia and London is directed with aptitude and gusto by J.C. Chandor, who additionally makes critical movies such because the 2011 “Margin Name”, in regards to the deceit and corruption within the monetary markets, and “All is Misplaced”, the solo crusing movie with Robert Redford. This time Chandor has determined to go for a daring blockbuster, and it really works! We’ll be seeing extra of this vigilante hunter.
SEPTEMBRE SANS ATTENDRE ** (vo Spanish)
Right here’s a Spanish movie a couple of couple who’re going about their divorce in a unusually amicable method, as if it had been essentially the most optimistic, regular consequence of a once-romance. In truth, they’ll throw a celebration to rejoice their dis-union.
It’s an attention-grabbing thought and a loving one, however the Spanish director Jonas Trueba stretches the purpose too far, nearly into boredom. It’s a pleasing proposal, however not far more…
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SAINT-EX *1/2 (vo French)
Now this can be a actual disappointment, for it misrepresents the lifetime of certainly one of France’s most beloved writers. It’s presupposed to be about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the aviator, author and poet who’s internationally referred to as the writer of “Le Petit Prince”, that unforgettable basic for youths from 4 to 94. He wrote different books reminiscent of “Night time Flight” and his memoir, “Wind, Sand and Stars”, and labored as a industrial pilot throughout the Twenties, flying airmail routes throughout Africa and South America. He additionally lived in Argentina and later spent just a few years within the U.S. together with his Salvadoran spouse, then joined the Free French Air Drive, when his aircraft crashed over the Mediterranean in 1944 and its stays weren’t discovered till the yr 2000. Having led a wealthy, adventurous life, he was solely 44, and he grew to become a nationwide legend. None of that’s within the movie.
It’s only a phase of 1 wintery week within the Andes in 1930 that Pablo Agüero makes use of to supposedly render homage to Saint-Exupéry’s life. He creates a too stylised, daredevil episode which is extra the muddled invention of the director than a portrait of the nice writer. And he has purposely picked three prime stars to help his microscopic imaginative and prescient – Diane Kruger, Vincent Cassel and Louis Garrel as Saint-Exupéry, who under no circumstances resembles him. The movie is definitely a pretentious travesty so far as I’m involved. And a disappointment.
Excellent **** Very Good *** Good ** Mediocre * Depressing – no stars
By Neptune
Neptune Ravar Ingwersen opinions movie extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to eight movies every week and her goal is to type the wheat from the chaff for readers.
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