The Good, the Bad and the Amazingly Boring
Hello, fellow happy campers!
Today, you’re in for a treat. Two (not one, but two) movie reviews! Woohoo!
First up, we have Zwartboek, or Black Book in English.
Plot Summary: Set in 1944, the movie follows the exploits of Ellis de Vries.
A young jewish woman named Rachel Stein is hiding out during the Nazi occupation of Holland. When her family is betrayed and murdered, Rachel joins the Dutch Resistance. Taking the name Ellis de Vries, she is assigned the task of seducing SS-Hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze, a high-ranking German soldier.
Ellis becomes Müntze’s lover and all seems to be going well until yet more betrayals from within force the Resistance to its knees. In the final days of World War II, Ellis finally uncovers the traitor, but loses the thing that matters to her the most.
Pros: Fantastic acting, gripping plot, beautiful screenplay, gorgeous and realistic sets and historical accuracy.
Cons: What cons?
Overall: Brilliant. A must-see for everyone. The Illiterate Beware: contains subtitles.
Secondly, we have The Assassination of Jesse James.
If Zwartboek is the Good, then this film is both the Bad and the Amazingly Boring. Quite an achievement for one film.
Plot Summary: Jesse James is a famous outlaw, whose exploits are the stuff of legend. Robert Ford is a wanna-be outlaw who has idolised Jesse since he was a kid. Robert joins Jesse’s band of thugs. Jesse gets progressively crazier. Robert shoots Jesse. The End
Pros: It’s quite well-filmed. The sets are very believable.
Cons: Oh. My. God. So boring. So amazingly boring. So amazingly, bone-achingly, mind-numbingly boring. Terrible. Boring. Total waste of time. Boring.
Overall: Don’t waste your precious time on this piece of shit. Honestly, I don’t know why the producers sank money into this horrible deathtrap of boredom. This film has less entertainment value than clipping your toenails.
Posted on Apr 5th 2008 by Chris. .
Kate Says:
April 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
(de)pressing news:
christopher laing has not blogged in over 3 weeks. slack, that’s what that is.