Sigoura aksizei KAI to eisithrio KAI thn wra pou pernas ston kinhmatografo. O Spielberg pali dieprepse, ebale olh tou thn texnh kai htan tuxeros sthn epilogh tou cast tou. Kataplhktikes ermhneies apo olous, mhdenos eksairoumenou, ws kai ta proswpa se tritous rolous dinoun pragmatikh parastash. H upo8esh einai sfixtodemenh kai egw toulaxiston den eida kanena senariako keno.
STA 8ETIKA- Oles oi ermhneies, idiws tou Hopkins pou tou aksizei Oscar, kai as mhn paizei gia wres. Sfixtodemeno senario kai kataplhktikh skhno8esia.
STA ARNHTIKA- allh mia "Xolugountianh tainia", katalabainete ti ennow xrhsimopoiwntas ta eisagwgika, uparxei mia entelws hli8ia skhnh kapou sthn mesh ths tainias, opou me tis gnwstes fanfares epixeiroun na mas sugkinhsoun, otan deite thn tainia 8a katalabete poia skhnh ennow kai tote 8a me 8umh8eite !
(stis 27-2-1998 to eide o E. Avgerinos [email protected])
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Amistad (1997)
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Poly kalh tainia (independent American) pou se krataei se endiaferon. O kyrios xarakthras played apo ton Aaron Eckhardt einai apolaystikos, an kai poly bitchy kai doloplokos. Ton paizei me thaymasth peistikothta kai sto telos den ksereis an prepei na gelaseis h na skefteis thn pikra pou tha eniwthes an hsoun ena apo ta thymata tou. Se kapoies stigmes to poly kalo senario limnazei kai yparxei mia ypopsia kourashs, alla amesws kati apo thn plokh tha se krathsei na mhn xasmourhtheis. H mousikh anamesa stis prakseis tou ergou (oxi akribws spondylwto, alla apoteleitai apo eksi enothtes) dynath kai aksiologh. Synistatai se feministries gia na mas thaboun aneta!
George Christopoulos 2/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to In the Company of Men (1997)
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Bgainontas apo to cinema den hksera gia ti na prwtolyphthw, gia tis wres apo th zwh mou pou exasa h to skhnotheth pou ekane tetoia patata! Enan skhnotheth pou ekane kai to oskariko Reversal of Fortune kai apespase kales ermhneies apo hthopoious opws h Glenn Close kai o Jeremy Irons. Se afth thn tainia tipote de leitourgei swsta. O Andy Garcia paizei gia xiliosth fora ton kalo astynomiko (an afto de legetai stylizarisma tote h ennoia den yfistatai!) kai O michael Keaton ton palabo egklhmatia. Ypotithetai oti sthn tainia yparxei kai story oti taxa o Garcia prospathei me ena transplant me doth ton Keaton tha swsei to gio tou apo th leyxaimia, alla ta erwthmatika pou afhnei afth h plokh einai terastia. Den exei oute miso twist ths plokhs, einai toso predictable. Akoma kai oi ekrhkseis kai to pistolidi moiazei toso ektos topou kai xronou pou den to eyxaristiesai. O Garcia kanei ena bhma pros ta pisw me thn ermhneia tou, o Keaton apla ypoferetai, h Marcia Gay Harden san giatros einai entelws adiaforh kai menei mono o mikros gios tou Garcia na swsei thn katastash. Dystyxws den th swzei kai h tainia einai ena must gia apofygh.
George Christopoulos 2/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Desperate Measures (1998)
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En oligois, polu kalh tainia, me polu saspens kai kales ermhneies. Aksizei kai thn timh tou eisithriou kai thn wra pou ths afierwneis. Apo thn allh meria, sigoura tetoia sxolia bazoun tous perissoterous se upopsies oti mallon den prokeitai kai gia aristourghma. Oxi, den prokeitai gia aristourghma, sigoura den einai oute to Silence of The Lamps oute to Se7en (gia na akolou8hsoume tous kritikous pou kanoun analoges sugkriseis). To senario den exei ta eurhmata pou exoun kanei tis duo proanafer8eises tainies shmeia anaforas. Par'ola auta, toso o Morgan Freeman, oso kai h kopela ston kurio rolo paizoun polu kala, uparxoun akoma merikes ekplhkseis (teleutaia sekans pou den 8a thn apokalupsw bebaia...), kai to senario den pasxei ka8olou. Ligo apogohteuthka proswpika apo to poso eukola briskontai sta ixnh tou serial killer, isws na prokeitai gia dianoies h' apla tuxerous 'kalous' !!!
Aksizei parakolou8hsh sto sinema, sto video mallon 8a xasei.
YG. An o George Christopoulos sunexisei tis episthmonikes kai filmokritikes epidoseis, 8a arxisw kai egw na kanw research kai meta analush twn tainiwn !!!
(stis 7-3-1998 to eide o E. Avgerinos [email protected])
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Kiss the Girls (1997)
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Fainetai parakseno ena toso strwto ergo na exei prokypsei apo ena skhnotheth san ton Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, To Die For). Gemato anthrwpina synaisthimata einai isws h pio tryferh tou tainia. Opoioi sygkinountai kai eykola parte kalou, kakou kai kapoia xartomanthla mazi sas. To senario einai ena apo ta atou ths tainias. Kathimerinh istoria tha mou peite, alla dosmenh eksypna, xwris na kourazei kai me kales doseis sygkinhshs, geliou kai stigmwn pou sympasxeis me ton hrwa. Shmantikh einai kai h prosfora twn hthopoiwn se afth th strwth morfh ths tainias. O Matt Damon poly kalos ws Will Hunting (ektos isws ths skhnhs tou ksylodarmou sthn arxh pou einai trabhgmenh!), o Ben Affleck ws o kollhtos tou, o Robin Williams ws giatros (xwris ysterismous kai alles tetoies ahdies) kai o Stellan Skarsgard ws o kathigiths mathimatikwn. Apokalypsh kai h Minnie Driver ws to anapofeykto amore me thn yperoxh British accent. Dyskolo na pistepsei kaneis oti afth h tainia ksepernaei tis dyo wres, afou se trabaei oloklhrwtika kai h wra pernaei entelws abiasta. Sigoura h tainia exei tyxh kai sta Oscar kai an oxi stis dyo pio megales kathgories (tainia kai skhnotheth) stis alles paizei aneta. Kalh tyxh.
6/3/98 George Christopoulos
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Good Will Hunting (1997)
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Prin dw afthn thn tainia, polla mou fainontan ypopta kai amerikanoferta gia na peistw gia thn poiothta ths. Afou thn eida den exw kammia amfibolia, pws prokeitai gia mia kalogrammenh kwmwdia pou tha sas kanei na gelasete. H istoria typikh me ena misanthrwpo syggrafea, egwisth kai kretino mexri to epakro! Oloi gyrw tou, anthrwpoi kai zwa, pragmatika ypoferoun apo afton kai tha ton skotwnan eyxaristws. Ola allazoun apo ena skylaki kai h kardia tou misanthrwpou arxizei na malakwnei. Tha mou peite ma afth einai istoria palias ellhnikhs tainias me Bourtsh, Kourkoulo. Nai symfwnoi akougetai mpanal, alla mh sas proideazei arnhtika afth h pezothta ths plokhs. Oi hthopoioi einai oloi kataplhktikoi. O Nicholson bgazei ena dyskolo kai asteio rolo me ena monadiko tropo pou den ksereis an prepei na sympathiseis ton Melvin h na tou bareseis mpounia. An kai apomenoun kapoia Oscarika erga na dw, pisteyw oti paizei me megales pithanothtes sta Oscar. H Helen Hunt apo thleoptikh star sthn Amerikh mpainei sta bathia nera tou kinhmatografou kai epipleei xwris swsibio. Asteia, tryferh otan xreiazetai dinei thn entypwsh mias apsoghs gynaikas. O Greg Kinnear san gay geitonas einai aprosdokhta kalos. Meta apo mia seira metries kai anostes tainies (see Playing God!) kanei mia emfanish pou tou xarizei mia ypopshfiothta gia Oscar kai oxi adika. Xwris ysterismous paizei ena sympathitiko xarakthra pou xtypietai apo diafores atyxies. To skylaki einai apokalypsh sthn tainia kai tha sas kanei na to agaphsete. O skhnotheths James L. Brooks katafernei kataplhktikes ermhneies apo tous hthopoious tou kai kanei mia tainia me pezo periehomeno kai h opoia tha mporouse na perasei entelws adiafora mia megalh epityxia. Th systhnw anepifylakta.
George Christopoulos. 9/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to As Good As It Gets (1997)
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Perimena, opws pisteyw kai arketoi alloi cinefil thn kainourgia tainia twn Koen brothers meta thn terastia epityxia tous me to Fargo. xwris na eimai apogohteymenos den mporw na pw oti to The Big Lebowski me afhse apolytws ikanopoihmeno. To story plot gnwsto opws se oles tis tainies twn Koen. Exoume to bowling sa syndetiko kriko kai treis kyrious xarakthres ek twn opoiwn o enas (Jeff Bridges) mpleketai athela tou se anekselegktes katastaseis. O filos tou John Goodman einai enas loser me kales protheseis pou ta kanei salata me otidhpote katapiastei plhn tou bowling. O Steve Buscemi einai o allos loser pou trwei th sfaliara otan petaei kotsanes (styl Tzanetakou se palies ellhnikes kwmwdies). Mexri thn prwth wra to story se krataei sfikta sta plokamia tou kai se taksideyei ston kosmo twn triwn loser filwn. Kapou ekei omws h plokh xanetai. Oi anoixtoi logariasmoi pairnoun allh troph, h Julianne Moore to gyrnaei kai pali sto soft porno kai oi xarakthres xanontai se ena daidalo sub-plot pou den odhgei pouthena. Sigoura kai to deytero afto kommati exei plaka kai oloi deixnoun na diaskedasan afantasta me thn tainia. O theaths omws mallon menei paraponemenos kai me to erwthmatiko mhpws kapou ton phre o ypnos kai exase epeisodia. Den ennow oti h tainia de blepetai! Tounantion einai kalh kai tha gelasete, alla sthn plokh mhn perimenete kai polla. O Goodman einai kataplhktikos kai krima na mh bgei h tainia nwritera sthn Amerikh, isws epairne mia ypopshfiothta gia Oscar se supporting actor. O Buscemi apolaystikos kai o Bridges kalos san DUDE. Ekplhksh h parousia tou JohnTurturro san ton paranoiko Jesus kai tou Sam Elliott (me th moustaka!) san Stranger! H Julianne Moore kalh, alla as krathsei ta rouxa ths kai se kammia tainia. Eidame arketa! Genika mia tainia aksiologh, alla poy tha aresei perissotero stous taktikous Koen viewers, para ston eykairiako cinefil.
George Christopoulos 11/3/98.
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Big Lebowski, The (1998)
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Afto to ergo me afhse me poly paraksena kai antikrouomena synaisthimata. Na ksekatharisw ex arxhs oti latreyw to mytho twn Triwn Swmatofylakwn, genika olh thn trilogia. Afto to ergo basizetai se dyo stoixeia gia na poulhsei. To prwto einai oi poly kales ermhneies twn tessarwn (swmatofylakes kai D'Artagnan) kai thn agorastikh aksia tou Leonardo DiCaprio sta koritsakia pantos hlikias (kyriws pantws mikrhs!). Parousiazei omws xtyphtes adynamies. To senario einai apla afhmeno na sernetai panw sto biblio tou Douma kai oi dialogoi einai apo metrioi mexri asteioi. Par' ola afta to ergo epipleei eykola. O Irons idanikos Aramis, o Malkovich moody Athos, o Depardieu poly asteios kai atsoumpalos Porthos kai telos o Gabriel Byrne se ena athorybo alla leitourgiko D'Artagnan. Bghka apo to cinema me mia paraksenh plhrothta mesa mou, alla meta apo pio wrimh skepsh bghkan sthn epifaneia kai oi ateleies tou ergou. O Randall Wallace anti na grafei kai na skhnothetei kalytera na sygkentrwnotan sto grapsimo me to opoio diakrithike (blepe Braveheart). Deite to kai apolayste tis aretes tou. Mhn to pyrobolhsete omws para poly gia ta lathi tou, h istoria einai kai tha parameinei aiwnia!
G. Christopoulos 15/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Man in the Iron Mask, The (1998/I)
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Loipon hthela na dw to diafhmismeno afto ergo me to dhthen poly kaystiko senario kai thn kataplhktikh ermhneia tou Hoffman pou tou xarise allo ena nomination gia Oscar. Loipon ektos an phga kata lathos se allo ergo, den eida tipote apo ta parapanw dyo. Ena senario me orismenes asteies skhnes, alla pou synhthws limnazei kai den odhgei pouthena (ektos apo askopes syzhthseis) kai enas Hoffman ligo apo clown, ligo pio sobaros kapoies alles fores, alla mallon anousios. Gia mena den mporei na mpei sto petsi tou rolou, aploustata giati ayto to petsi to ksepetsiasan me thn pezh istoria pou afhgountai. O DeNiro me ton opoio moirazontai to xrono skhnikhs parousias einai safws kalyteros, xwris na pianei kapoia poly kala standards pou exei deiksei palaiotera. Apogohteysh loipon, mia kai eixa thn entypwsh oti hmouna ston kanape tou spitiou mou kai koubentiaza me filous kai eixa kai mia kamera kai gyrizame tainia. Sigoura an exete problhmata ypnou afth h tainia mporei na apodeixthei kalyterh kai apo Prozac!
George Christopoulos 14/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Wag the Dog (1997)
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H arxikh idea ths tainias einai poly endiaferousa. Aggeloi pou ksepesan sto epipedo daimonwn sth gh kai talaipwroun ton kosmakh. Oso kai an to perigrafw ligo peza kai monotona h idea dinei thn eykairia gia mia ekplhktikh tainia. Bgainontas omws apo to cinema den eixa thn entypwsh oti eida mia kataplhktikh tainia, alla mia mallon mia metria pros kaloutsikh! Ti synebh loipon kai xasame to dromo? Prwta ap' ola h tainia einai poly megalyterh apo oso antexei o theaths. Polles fores to bhma ginetai shmeiwton kai h ypothesh den proxwraei. Kollame se ena shmeio pou krataei kanena tetarto kai to endiaferon tou theath paei peripato. Molis epanerxetai h taksh sou pairnei kapoio xrono na synexiseis apo kei pou hsouna. Ena allo stoixeio pou h tainia den ekmetalleythke einai to stoixeio tou aprosmenou, na exei ena twist pou den to perimeneis. Ant' aftou problepeis ti tha akolouthisei toulaxiston dyo tria lepta prin! Kai h kleistofobikh atmosfaira me thn opoia to ergo arxizei kapou xanei thn taytothta ths kai to film deixnei na badizei sta monopatia enos kakou action movie! Pros to telos ta prosxhmata swzontai kai pali kai h telikh entypwsh den einai toso kakh. Den mporei omws na eisai ikanopoihmenos apo mia tainia pou ksekinhse yposxomenh tosa polla! Oi hthopoioi prospathoun, alla den exoun kai th bohtheia tou skhnotheth! O Denzel Washington kalo tha htane na mh xamogelage toso aytareska kathe tria lepta kai na trigyrnaei me fanelakia na mas epideiknyei to swma kai tous mys tou. Emena toulaxiston de me sygkinhse sto elaxisto! Tis liges fores pou sygkentrwnetai sto rolo tou einai kalos, alla afto ginetai oxi poly syxna. O John Goodman kalyteros paizei ypoferta enan oudetero xarakthra grammeno anosta, xwris kalous dialogous kai yposthriksh. O Donald Sutherland astoxa topothethmenos sthn tainia den einai peistikos oti einai o kakos ths olhs istorias. Mas afhnei synexeia yponooumena, alla emena toulaxiston de me epeise. Makria kai aftos apo ton kalo tou eafto. O Ilias Koteas deixnei na eidikeyetai se rolous psycho kai oso emfanizetai klebei thn parastash! Deite thn tainia san empeiria, alla mhn perimenete na th thymaste kai gia poly kairo ystera!
George Christopoulos 22/3/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Fallen (1998)
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Loipon mhn pate sto cinema exontas great expectations apo afto to film. Mporei to poster ths tainias na exei kati apo gymnh Gwyneth Paltrow, all kai se afton ton tomea tha apogohteyteite, afou einai olo to gymno sthn tainia! Oi dhmiourgoi ths tainias prospathisan na kanoun mia moderna ekdoxh tou klassikou bibliou tou Dickens, kati san to Romeo and Juliet, alla kapou ta ekanan thalassa. Oi hthopoioi den einai kakoi, afou Paltrow kai Hawke einai apo ta kalytera proiointa tou newterou Hollywood. Ekei pou pasxei h tainia einai se senario kai atmosfaira. Ftwxoi dialogoi, h kamera gyrizei me perierges gwnies kai petyxainei sto na temaxizei th mageia ths stigmhs! Oi xarakthres einai dyskoloxwneytoi kai edw toulaxiston den mporesa na taytistw mazi tous, oute na sympasxw! Ta pio polla apo ta tektainomena me afhnan adiaforo kai emene mono h Anne Bancroft na swzei ta prosxhmata me thn eksoxh ermhneia ths! Megala xasmata sthn plokh se kapoies stigmes me odhghsan pros ton ypno, alla katafera na teleiwsw thn tainia xwris na kleisw ta matia mou. Genika htan mia kalh prospatheia pou kapou sthn poreia emeine apo idanika, plokh kai oi hrwes prospathisan na mpallwsoun kakhn kakws thn katastash! To soundtrack kalo, einai genika kraxths gia thn tainia.
7-3-1998 G. Christopoulos
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Great Expectations (1998)
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As eimaste realistes, ta trailers eilikrina adikoun thn tainia, kai einai krima. Alla apo thn allh meria pws 8a mporouses pote na apodwseis sta trailer thn proswpikothta enos xarakthra, to ti biwnei h' exei biwsei kai diamorfwnei thn sumperifora tou kai tis idees tou, poio trailer pote mporei na xtisei thn istoria etsi opws thn xtizei h tainia h' ena biblio (kai san biblio 8a htan epishs kataplhktikh h istoria), h' mporei na deiksei tis ekfraseis tou proswpou enos xarakthra xwris na ginei bareto ?
Etsi enw to trailer prospa8ei apelpismena na proselkusei ena koino se mia tainia fantastikou, emena proswpika me apw8ouse. Telika phga na dw thn tainia apo periergeia perissotero, alla emeina katen8ousiasmenos.
As arxisw apo kapou, o Andrew Niccol einai en oligois agnwstos, alla katafernei apo thn arxh akoma ths tainias na dhmiourghsei thn katallhlh atmosfaira. Xwris fluaries se bazei se mia efialtikh mellontikh atmosfaira opou ektos tou fulou mporeis na dwseis ena swro alles idiothtes sto embruo to opoio enas 8eos kai oi genetistes apofasizoun pws 8a sullhf8ei !!! Oi genetika pronomiouxoi apolambanoun ola ta kala ths koinwnias (mas), enw osoi eixan thn kakotuxia na einai apotelesma ths fushs (kai tou erwta twn goniwn tous) kai mono dhmiourghmata kalountai oute ligo oute polu "invalids" (anaphroi alla polu pio eyhxh leksh). Oi anaphroi loipon klhronomoun oles tis kakodaimonies kai einai katadikasmenoi se mizeria, enw oi genetika yperteroi lunoun kai denoun.
O Niccol exei grapsei kai to senario, polu epituxhmena kai aporw pws den exei ksana-akoustei. An loipon den sas ftanei to kentriko 8ema ths tainias uparxei ena kataplhktiko original soundtrack (prwtotuph mousikh upokroush sta ellhnika ???), pou summetexei ston efialth kai tromazei, opws kai mia-duo upoistories pou sunduazontai me thn kentrikh toso omorfa kai prwtotupa, pou etsi mou erxetai na paw na ksanadw thn tainia !!!
H mousikh ofeiletai ston Michael Nyman (The Piano, O Erasths ths Kommwtrias, Prospero's Books, kai osoi den ta exete dei xanete !!!) kai auto gia emena ta leei ola gia to ti perimenw na akousw.
Ermhneies kataplhktikes apo tous Ethan Hawke kai Jude Law (duo an8rwpoi me mia tautothta), h Uma Thurman apla kalh kai bebaia o Koteas (deite to Fallen gia mia ekrhktikh ermhneia deka leptwn) se mikro rolo, alla an den painesoume to spiti mas 8a pesei na mas plakwsei !
Twra bebaia eilikrina mpainw ston peirasmo na sas pw perissotera gia thn upo8esh, alla giati den blepete thn tainia gia na me 8umh8eite meta ? An den sas aresei mporoume na antallaksoume apopseis, alla eilikrina aksizei na to deite se skoteinh ai8ousa kai oxi se video.
Epilogos: Gattaca apo ta grammata pou xrhsimopoiountai gia genetikous kwdikes, prosekste tous arxikous titlous ths tainias.
(stis 11-4-1998 to eide o E. Avgerinos [email protected])
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Gattaca (1997)
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Loipon edw exoume na kanoume me mia agglikh tainia apo ena skhnotheth apo to Nottingham me mikro budget pou perigrafei mia aplh kathimerinh istoria pragmatikothtas sthn polh pou zei. O Shane Meadows sthn prwth high profile tainia pou kanei petyxainei to stoxo tou. Kanei mia kalh tainia, pou xwris na einai TO aristourghma se aggizei. Oi hrwes aploi, batoi, paidia ths kathimerinothtas pou mporei na menoun dipla sou kai na mhn tous eixes dwsei ws twra shmasia! Enas aplos anthrwpos pou de thelei na blepei nees zews na katastrefontai me narkwtika kai paromoia organwnei ena boxing club kai tous fernei se kapoia taksh. To apotelesma ths prospatheias afths den tous kanei kataplhktikous boxer, tous mathainei omws dyo tria pragmata gia thn pragmatikh zwh! H olh prospatheia mporei na katalhgei se nayagio, alla o stoxos tou Bob Hoskins (ws o kentrikos hrwas) petyxainei apolyta! Oi hthopoioi agnwstoi sto poly platy koino einai kaloi kai dinoun ena kalo rythmo sthn tainia. Kapou isws sas akougetai san melodrama, alla nomizw oti aksizei ton kopo na to deite. Epishs dynato soundtrack me megala onomata ths agglikhs indie pop. Opwsdhpote recommended!
26/3/98 G. Christopoulos[email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to TwentyFourSeven (1997)
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Loipon afth h tainia exei thewrhtika ola ta stoixeia pou the thn kanoun mia poly endiaferousa empeiria. Mia kalh skhnothetida (Gillian Armstrong), enan kentriko hthopoio pou erxetai apo enan polybrabeymeno Agglo Asthenh (Ralph Fiennes) kai mia Aystraleza hthopoio pou mporei na kapsei kardies (Cate Blanchett). Par ola afta h entypwsh pou mou afhse sto telos htan mallon kakh. Den mporousa na sygkrathsw to xasmourhto mou kai an thn eblepa se bradinh probolh tha me epairne sigoura o ypnos! Ti synebh loipon kai exase to dromo ths se tetoio shmeio? H olh istoria einai me dyo neous anthrwpous apo diaforetika periballonta me ena koino xarakthristiko. Tha latreia kai to pathos tous gia to tzogo. Afto to xarakthristiko tous fernei konta kai enwnei tis psyxes tous. Entaksei mexri edw, alla apo kei kai pera to xaos. Oi dialogoi kakoi, kapoia shmeia ths kinhmatografishs mou thymisan argo Aggelopoulo (!!!!!) kai h plokh kapou pairnei mia strofh pou emena me koimise. H sxesh twn dyo hrwwn den proxwraei, oi xarakthres den anaptyssontai oso prepei kai telika ginontai adiaforoi sto theath. Pros to telos o thanatos enos apo tous dyo tarazei ta nera (an fysika eiste akoma ksypnioi), alla par ola afta de me sygkinhse idiaitera! Apo tous dyo kentrikous xarakthres O Fiennes paizei afto to rolo me mia eparsh kalou hthopoiou pou meiwnei aisthita thn ermhneia tou! H Blanchett einai kalytera xwris na apofeygei tis pagides tou apla na mas deixnei oti einai mia omorfh kopellitsa! Kleinontas tha elega mia kalh prospatheia pou phge xamenh. An exete problhmata ypnou, afth h tainia mporei na leitourghsei kalytara kai apo valium!
28/3/98 George Christopoulos[email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
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Paradoksws afth den einai tainia ths Disney afou apotelei thn prwth epityxhmenh (kai eispratkika) allhs etaireias na spasei to monopwlio ths Disney. Kai symfwna me ta teleytaia proionta pou eida sto cinema (Hercules as poume) einai sto swsto dromo. H Disney badizei se ena olisthiro dromo hlithiopoihshs twn tainiwn ths pou den exoun th mageia tou The Little Mermaid h th stibarothta ths istorias tou Lion King. Antitheta h Anastasia pairnei to mytho twn Romanoff kai xwris na ton straggalizei dinei mia aksiologh tainia. Poly kala effects, eksypna asteia, mia magikh istoria kai kaloi hthopoioi pisw apo tis fwnes twn hrwwn. Soundtrack pou steketai aksiprepws me thn Angela Lansbury kai ton Kelsey Grammer na tragoudoun monoi tous xwris dubbing! Stous allous xarakthres Meg Ryan san Anastasia kai John Cusack san Dimitri dinoun mia freskada stous xarakthres pou ypodyontai. O Rasputin einai enas apolaystikos kakos. Sto mono pou tha diafwnousa me tous dhmiourgous einai h pantelhs amerikanopoihsh tou soundtrack. H tainia basizetai se rwssiko mytho, opote tha mporousan na prosthesoun kapoious tonous rwsikhs mousikhs klhronomias mesa! Fysika kai yparxoun trwta sthn tainia, alla den apospoun thn prosoxh kai den ekseytelizoun thn tainia. An o Don Bluth synexisei sto idio monopati kai stis epomenes tainies tou, h monokratoria ths Disney tha exei dextei ena poly shmantiko plhgma!
3/4/98 George Christopoulos [email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Anastasia (1997)
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Loipon na me sygxwrhsete an fanw yperbolikos, alla mono enas skhnotheths tou epipedou tou Scorsese tha mporouse na dwsei mia tainia san to Kundun. Sobarh, prosegmenh mexri th leptomereia, me fantastikh fwtografia kai mia istoria pou parolo pou ksereis ti tha ginei se krataei se agwnia mexri to telos. Prokeitai gia thn istoria tou 14ou Dalai Lama apo tote pou htan paidi mexri thn ekdiwksh tou apo to mhtriko tou Thibet. Xwris tis anohsies tou Seven Years in Tibet kai eytyxws xwris ton Brad Pitt, o Scorsese prosthetei allo ena ristourghma sthn kinhmatografikh tou karriera. Oloi oi hthopoioi einai erasitexnes Thibetianoi, xwris kanena megalo onoma tou Hollywood sto cast. Oloi dinoun resital, isws kai giati paizoun gia ta pisteyw tous kai ta idanika tous. H tainia apopneei mia nostalgia, mia pikrh alhtheia gia ta patrogonika merh pou einai xamenes patrides. Ontws mh Boudisths den mporeis para na niwseis sympatheia gia to Dalai Lama pou anagkazetai na einai ekpatris apo to Thibet kai gia to lao tou, pou toso pisteyei se afton. H tainia einai argh, xarakthristiko tou Scorsese, alla h prwth fora pou koitaksa to roloi mou htan panw pou symplhrwnontan dyo wres ergou! To ergo den kourazei kai tha sas afhsei sigoura kapoies stigmes xaragmenes sto myalo sas gia panta. Oi skhnes tou Dalai Lama me tous nekrous monaxous gyrw tou mou emeine opws oi skotwmenoi Ebraioi sto Schindler's List. Oi hliozwgrafies pou katastrefontan me tetoia banaysothta emoiazan na einai alhthines kai na kollane sa bentouzes sth mnhmh! O Scorsese proseggizei gia allh mia fora to thema tou me gousto, leptothta kai aisthima. Apodeiknyei oti zei afto pou kinhmatografei den einai sto pneyma tou Hollywood, kanoume mia tainia gia thn konoma kai mono. Afth h tainia exei psyxh kai thelei theates me psyxh! Eniwsa na sympasxw me tous hrwes, na metexw ston pono tous kai thn prospatheia na apofygoun thn ekdikhtikothta twn Kinezwn kai aperanth sympatheia gia thn prospatheia kai ta idanika pou antiproswpeye o Dalai Lama. Genika mia tainia me kefalaio T pou aksizei na th doun oso perissoteroi ginetai!
12/4/98 George Christopoulos [email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Kundun (1997)
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Perimena to Mousehunt me anypomonhsia sa mia tainia pou tha me ekane na gelasw arketa, opws liges kwmwdies exoun kataferei. Bghka apo to cinema me anamikta synaisthimata, oti htan mia kalh kwmwdia, alla tha mporouse na einai toso poly kalyterh! Prwta apo ola ftiaxthke apo ena isxuro studio, opws h Dreamworks, deyteron eixe dyo poly kalous kwmikous (Nathan Lane kai Leee Evans) me megalh karriera kai pragmatika asteious kai triton ena xaritwmeno pontiki! Telika katelhkse san ena Home Alone me pontiki anti gia ton Macauley Culkin. Me dyo kalous kwmikous sto cast tha perimene kaneis na yparxoun polla asteia stous dialogous. Mataioa kopos omws, mia kai ola ta asteia htan physical jokes kai eixan na kanoun me to pontiki! To ergo ksekinaei asteia, kanei mia megalh koilia me merika sporadika laughs gia na katalhksei omorfa se ena asteio telos! Den mporeis para na niwseis omws mia pikria gia to poso kalh tha mporouse na ginei afth h tainia! O Christopher Walken parwdei petyxhmena ton kako stis prohgoumenes tainies tou kai klebei thn parastash meta to pontiki. Einai krima pou afth h tainia egine gia na bgalei lefta mono apo ta poly mikra paidakia kai apo tous goneis tous pou tha ta paroun sto cinema. Ta megalytera paidia pou mporoun kai skeftontai de tha broun oti diadramatizetai sthn tainia para poly asteio! To idio synebh kai me mena, an kai synodeyomouna apo paidakia! Genikh entypwsh pantws einai mallon metria. Tha gelasete, alla mhn perimenete kati ksekardistiko!
7/4/98 George Christopoulos[email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Mouse Hunt (1997)
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Afth h tainia meta apo polles anaboles anoikse epitelous kai sthn Agglia. H istoria kymatwdhs. Ksekinhse me titlo Flood, alla kapou o kosmos barethike tainies me fysikes katastrofes, opote metonomasthke se Hard Rain. Xreiasthke reshooting, meta anablhthike giati o kyrios hthopoios (Christian Slater) phge fylakh gia narkwtika kai meta epese panw sth xionostibada pou legetai Titanikos. M' afta kai m' afta to eidame twra san tsonta allwn tainiwn. Ta opening effects einai apo ta xeirotera pou exw dei sth zwh mou kai se prodiathetoun arnhtika. Sth synexeia h tainia exei na prosferei perissotera. Bebaia mhn perimenete kanena aristourghma. Antithetws yparxoun ola ta meionekthmata mias metrias tainias drashs. Story paidiko kai aploiko, metries ermhneies, kaloutsika effects, kakous pou ginontai kaloi kai antistrofws. Krima giati to cast einai poly kalo. Hthopoioi san ton Morgan Freeman kai thn Minnie Driver den aksizoun na paizoun se tetoies tainies. Genika h entypwsh apo thn tainia einai mias kaloutsikhs anohsias, an apla afto pou thelete apo ena ergo einai apla dyo wres sto cinema. An zhtate kati parapanw hrthate se lathos ergo!
17/4/98 George Christopoulos[email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Hard Rain (1998)
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Loipon h kainourgia tainia tou Woody Allen, o opoios ta teleytaia eikosi xronia mas exei synhthisei se mia tainia th xronia. Kai einai h prwth fora pou emena toulaxiston me apogohteyse plhrws. Thewrhtika einai mia aytobiografikh tainia kai hmouna apofasismenos na deiksw kapoia anoxh ston egwkentrismo ths tainias kai sth fobera spastikh fwnh tou idiou tou Woody Allen. Alla afth h tainia tha mporouse kallista na einai enas monologos. O Woody Allen einai sto kentro ths othonhs gia to 80% ths tainias kai oi alloi hrwes einai apla diakosmhtikoi. Den plathontai katholou kai mataia perimeneis na symbei kati. H fwnh tou Allen ginetai oloena kai pio erethistikh kai pros to telos an ton eixa dipla mou tha ton xastoukiza eyxaristws gia na to boulwsei! Kserw kapws xontro akougetai, alla den kserw egw eftasa se shmeia ysterias! Safws xeiroterh apo prohgoumenes tainies tou (Everyone Says I Love You, Mighty Aphrodite kai to kataplhktiko Bullets Over Broadway) h tainia afth den exei rythmo kai tolmw na pw oute ypothesh. Leipei kai o asteios dialogos kai to mono pou menei einai oi kwmikes karikatoures pou kanei o Allen. Dystyxws emena afto de mou eftane!
19/4/98 George Christopoulos[email protected]
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Deconstructing Harry (1997)
YG. Isws na aksizei perissotero to "Wild Man Blues ", opou o Allen ta dinei ola sto klarineto tou se mia sunaulia tou jazz sugkrothmatos tou. Eida mia skhnh kai emeina kuriolektika anaudos apo thn kataplhktikh jazz pou akousa !!! Mallon den 8a arghsei na bgei, kai edw einai to link sthn imdb http://uk.imdb.com/Title?Wild+Man+Blues+(1998)
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Eida to Blues Brothers 2000. Ena xali mayro itan, san ta gialia tous. Min to deis, meine kalitera me tin anamnisi tou original aristourgimatos.
2/6/98 Giorgos Kapranis
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
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Mia tainia pou syzhththike poly prin problhthei kai anagkase th logokrisia na apeilhsei na thn petsokopsei. Kai mia kai eida thn tainia na rwthsw re paidia: Giati olos aftos o panikos? Giati olh afth h mourmoura? As paroume ta pragmata me th seira. To story einai basismeno sthn omwnymh istoria tou Vladimir Nabokov enos syggrafes pou polles fores exei kathgorhthei gia to arrwsthmeno yfos twn bibliwn tou (blepe Tha Ftysw stous Tafous sas). Einai ontws ligo akraio to theama enos sarantarh kai bale na erwtotropei me ena koritsaki 14 xronwn, alla mhn perimenete tipota akraies skhnes sex. Den yparxei oute mia, oute kan me th mama Melanie Griffiths ( h opoia kalytera na ebriske mia allh douleia, afou hthopoios den einai!). O Jeremy Irons exei pleon arxisei na eidikeyetai se rolous diestrammenou sexomaniakou! Apo pou na arxisw kai pou na teleiwsw! Dead Ringers, M Butterfly, Damage, Stealing Beauty! Se shmeio kiolas pou emena toulaxiston na mou fernei kati se ahdia! Ektos fysika kai an zei (!!) tous rolous tou! H Dominique Swain pou paizei th Lolita einai ontws skantaliara mexri ekei pou den pairnei, alla oxi pia kai se shmeio pou na dikaiologei afth thn obsessive erwtotropia! Pros to telos h tainia ginetai asyndeth kai meta bias sygkrathsa ta xasmourhta mou. Prospathisa omologoumenws na mpw sto petsi ths istorias, alla omologw pws oi prospatheies mou den karpoforhsan! Genika mia adiaforh tainia pou den exei kai polla na prosferei sto meso theath. Kyrie Adrian Lyne (skhnotheta!) kalytera h na ta parathseis h na gyrisete kanena sobaro porno, giati tainies san th Lolita den trabane kanenos eidous koino. Akoma kai to arrwsthmeno!
George Christopoulos 19/5/98
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Lolita (1997)
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me ton Harrison Ford ke mia m....... G..... ta ilithia erga, axizei mono na to deis gia na me peis posi ora se pire gia na mantepseis to senario. Emena me pire 5 min, xoris ypervoles. Klasiki amerikaniki m......., apelpistika klisediariki.
Y.Kapranis 9/6/98
YG. Elafrws logokrimeno logw 'sklhrhs' glwssas - E. Avgerinos
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
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To perimena kalo giati o protagonistis Adam Sandler einai apo tin sxoli tou Saturday Night Live ke itan kapote polla iposxomenos. Perimena kati san to Waynes World, alla pira t ........ mou! Poli liges skines axizan. To ipoloipo rego itan mia sintiritiki ithoplastiki amerikaniki (pali) komodia. Krima, giati i anafora sta 80's itan kali...
Y.Kapranis 9/6/98
YG. Elafrws logokrimeno logw 'sklhrhs' glwssas - E. Avgerinos
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Wedding Singer, The (1998)
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MAPA TO KARPOYZI !!!
to prwto 1/3 tis tainias einai kalo kai i istoria mou arese.
to 2o/3o einai xalia kai aporw ti rolo barane merikoi xaraktires mesa sto ergo...
to teleutaio meros tha itan kalitera na min to deis giati tha klais ta lwefta sou kai sta teleutaia 2 lepta sikw kai fige giati tha anarwtiesai giati egw prosblithika apo tetoia ipotimisi noimosinis....
auta ta liga...meta mporoume na broume koina simeia me paromoies tainies (clues: allien 1&2, miga 1 klpo klp)
ma kala toooso poli ksepese to cinema re g.... to ?
(Serafim 5-7-98)
YG. Elafrws logokrimeno logw 'sklhrhs' glwssas. Gia pio sfairikh apopsh uparxoun 2 reviews sta agglika - E. Avgerinos.
Link sthn selida tou imdb gia to Mimic (1997)
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