Manchester By The Sea

In a long time finally a movie who actually fulfils what it promised. The Trailer doesn´t too much away but you know what kind of movie it´s gonna be. I never heared of Casey Affleck by the way. So as the Story evolpes, you can´t help but wonder, who is this man, why is he like that ? This is just a plain and depressing way to live. As you see the flashbacks of his life, you understand that he wasn´t always like that, that something big happend in his past. The Camera is moving slowly, just as the Story. There is no hurry but we are constantly moving towards the edge.
And after one hour of rarely any emotion it´s finally exploding right into your face. So suddenly that you can´t help but empathise. For me what triggered me the most was, as he dreamed, and Spoiler

his dead daughters are right beside him, while he smiles and that cute baby is asking him. "Daddy. Daddy, can´t you see, we´re burning ?"

All in all it was really outstanding, I was so done after that I needed time before getting up. Well done. 10/10

Vikings Season 4 B

There is a reason why this Season is the greatest and worst one of them all.

How the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered.

 We all died a bit, while we saw a whole Episode of Ragnar going his last walk, that ended in a snake pit. Yeah everyone who was intrested in History knew what was coming but still, I was just glad as it was over. Followed up by the greatest Odin appearence ever filmed. Beginning with Ragnars words, Odin reveals himself first to Ivar following with the words

Cold in the cold, iron Earth, Ragnar lies.

And this is the beginning of the biggest Viking War ever.

Crimson Peak

For the Love Of Crimson Peak

A girl seeing Ghosts, meets a man every girl with a hang for mysterious guys will get weak in the knees for, but there is more to him than met the eye, he and his sister were raised under the roof in a mansion, the mother did never let them out, alone in the dark, they only had each other, could only suck love from each other and they loved each other. 

The Mother found out and threaded them to split them ... so when the time came and she took a bath Lucille and Thomas went and smashed a chopper into her head. 

They told no one what happened. They only had each other. 

While Thomas was well educated and send to an boarding school, Lucille was send into a mad house. As they were left into society, they joint to live together. But the house was falling down, to rescue it they had to make money. And the idea in their heads formed that Thomas was to marry rich women who were solitary and with no attachment and when they were in the house, Lucille would slowly poisoning them to death.

Del Toro said they were like two moths, hanging onto each other. But One of them wants so fly, feels the desire to be a butterfly ... and as Thomas meets Edith, who is so free and goes without fear into the World even though she seems so delicate, the longing to walk with her right into lands and countries he has never seen is seed.

But the other moth would never let him go and she wouldn´t let get Edith away so easily too...

Because Love makes Monsters of us all.

Steve Jobs and the Myth that is Apple

I just recently saw `Steve Jobs´ and it was just so good. I know the visit-er numbers were bad, but I can only blame the Film Industry for that, because his Story was made so often in the last few years. See Ashton Kutcher version hasn´t been long ago. And I´d seen that one too and it wasn´t that bad. But I didn´t love it. It´s focus was more on the progress of Apple.

Were this one was just about Jobs and it still gave room for his secrets. It was a perfect mirror of Steve´s behavior and his ticks. Fassbender is so good that you sometimes think to actually see Jobs even though you don´t.

Three Stars  ★★★

Southpaw or the the power of love ♥

I saw Southpaw yesterday and what can I say, the shoots were beautiful and gruesome at the same time. The Story is fast told really. Champion Boxer with a loose temper feels responsible for the death of his wife who died in a quarrel with another Boxer. He falls into depression - nearly kills himself, gets bankrot and only wakes up when the body of law takes his daughter away.

He starts all over from the bottom in order to get his daughter back - so he aims for the big fight with the new World Champion - former reason of the death of his wife and of cause wins and also gains the love of his daughter back crawling back his way to the top. This picture looks a lot more natural than Rocky will ever be. Jake´s movements are clearly that of a Boxer.

But even more remarkable was the performance of Hope´s daughter played by Oona Laurence, even the guy couldn´t hold his awe as she tells her Dad that it would have been better for him to die instead of her Mum.

All in all, really enjoyable. Grab your girl and go for it - she´ll like it.

Joss Whedon a Tease ?

Newest rumors on AOU are that Joss Whedon told in an interview that there won´t be a final credit scene, just one after the first credits, he said he couldn´t top the Final Credit Scene at The Avengers and wouldn´t want to repeat that, but most fans are expecting this little extra treat -
it has been a regular treat for the fans ever since the first Iron Man came out ?

And I highly doubt that Joss 'The Master' Whedon couldn´t come up with something unique for the end - several Fans will still sit it through til the very end because they accuse Joss of being a tease -

But we will see on 23th April in merely 2 Weeks, maybe he is indeed a tease and this just was a strategy to fire up the rumors and speculations about AOU.

Chappie

I am Chappie

Just what is it with these Sci-Fi Films, always repeating itself all over again, since years we get these kind of robotic Fantasy Stories, Will Smith against a robotic society and also Johnny Depp aleady put his own brain into a computer and now it´s Chappie jumping through the Story like so many Characters before, claiming to be someone or is it something ? 

And even though Hugh Jackman has immense Fan Girl points on his side, even his great acting skills couldn´t rescue the boring plot. How about a Brain Storm meeting Sci-Fi Genre ? Or is that it ? Are you already dead ? It´s sad that they seem rather to run these movies dead than revolving in new ideas and concepts, they just need take on some risks because there are so many possibilities to get some life back into this Genre. 

Mere good enough for a rainy afternoon.