Favorite films

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  Kontroll 2003

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Sep 2024 6

  Bulcsú: How can you get out of here, uncle Béla?
  Béla: There are many ways out, Bulcsú.
  
  Back then when I was a young adult, Kontroll was an important film for me, because it felt like it displayed my journey to find myself.
  Like Bulcsú I had trouble to find my own place, was followed by my inner demons without the bravery to face it.
  My future was written in the stars and I couldn't imagine what I should do…

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  Mad Max 2 1981

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 08 Jun 2024 2

  My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos... ruined dreams... this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior.

  With The Road Warrior George Miller created not only a sequel but the blueprint for post apocalyptic movies, even Fury Road.
  The atmosphere is less realistic than in the first one, we are now in the badlands, full of sand, insanity and death.
  Max isn't the caring father and…

Recent reviews

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  The Lighthouse 2019

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 14 Jan 2025

  Who are you again, Tommy? I'm probably a figment of yer imagination. This rock is a figment of yer imagination, too. Yer probably wanderin' through a grove of tag alders, up north in Canady, like a frostbitten maniac talkin' to yerself, knee-deep in the snow, the blizzard overtakin' ye.

  I finally rewatched The Lighthouse.
  Now where I knew where the journey would go to, I focused more on the symbolism and the different possible interpretations that I had in my…

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  Murder on the Orient Express 1974

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Jan 2025 1

  Ladies and gentlemen, you are all aware that a repulsive murderer has himself been repulsively, and, perhaps deservedly, murdered.

  What a lovely surprise Murder on the Orient Express was for me.
  I watched the remake and liked it, but I had the feeling there is more to achieve and Sidney Lumet's adaptation uses the potential.
  It starts with wonderful sets and costumes, you can tell there's a lot of money and passion involved to let the viewer sink deep into…

Popular reviews

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  The Manchurian Candidate 2004

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Jan 2025 5

  I started with nightmares. Rumors, conjectures, that's a giant leap forward.

  Now this is what I call a successful remake.
  You keep the spirit, but also do something own with it.
  The remake fits perfectly into the time it was made, in the Bush era where paranoia and fear came back into the public life.
  The film keeps the cynical tone, but makes some big changes too, which are working very well.

  The dreamlike atmosphere is gone, the bitter realism…

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  The Grand Duel 1972

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025

  I don't talk unless I feel like it, that's one of my rules.

  The Grand Duel tells a classic tale about revenge and justice, about a sheriff and an unguilty fugitive.
  This Italo Western got all the ingredients I like about the genre, a gunslinger faster than the wind, a lot of shootouts and some questions about morale.
  The best thing about it is if course Lee Van Cleef, my favourite actor when it comes to western (next to Clint…