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Dostoevsky

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Vozvrashchenie - Pretty great and powerful movie with plenty of emotions seeing two kids trying to make a bond with a father who was missing for 12 years. Some things left unsaid but I believe it made the movie even better. I'm yet to see Leviathan but Zvyagintsev surely has a huge future ahead of him, pretty unique director and something that's missing nowadays.

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He's great in that movie, I admit. But in his latest movies I can't help but feel that Tom Cruise is doing the Tom Cruise routine. Lots of actors have similar problems, I think of Jack Nicholson and Mel Gibson in particular. Others are better at changing up, like Christian Bale (Batman - the Machinist - Public Enemies) or Brad Pitt (Troy - Seven - Fight Club)
That's a total valid point but how can you say that is actors problem? Tom Cruise surely focuses on a particular branch of the movie and sticks to action movies although he does pretty damn good in dramas like A Few Good Men or Rain Man. I believe that he could nail any other role, though, and I still think he's quite underrated unlike Pitt and Bale. But yeah, those other two surely cover different roles, especially Brad Pitt who did great even as a lunatic in Twelve Monkeys.
 

JuveJay

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The Zero Theorem - facetious and messy Gilliam film. I don't know whether it is supposed to be funny or wacky but I found it sad and melancholic. Didn't like the first hour.
 

Völler

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The Duke of Burgundy. A movie about two things: S&M and insects. Part of the plot could just as well have been from a bad porn movie, but despite the subject matter it's a slow-paced art film. I really don't know if I like it or not. :D

 

Dostoevsky

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JuveJay

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Well the general consensus is that they were, and I agree with that.

Because I like making lists:

10 - Masterpiece
9 - Brilliant
8 - Excellent
7 - Good
6 - Average
5 - Mediocre
4 - Roma
3 - Inter
2 - Milan
1 - Napoli
 

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