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Best Directorial Debuts from 1921 until 2021“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this movie, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even though it was certainly a decent directing debut for Joel Edgerton, to be honest, I wasn’t completely sold by the damned thing. I mean, the directing was really solid and Edgerton really displayed some potential in this area. Furthermore, the three actors involved (Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton himself) were all really strong but, eventually, the story didn’t really work for me. Basically, they took the very generic formula of the stalker thriller and they tried to be clever by switching the roles (the stalker was in fact the victim and the victim was actually a major douchebag). However, such tricks usually don’t work because the characters becomes in” read more
Films Watched in 2017
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Movies Watched in 2017
Pretty much entirely agree with you on this one. Linked to it from my April 2017 list. Cheers. :)“"See, you're done with the past, but the past is not done with you."Jason Blum has carved out a lucrative career as a producer by backing low-budget h”
Movies the giraffe watched in 2017: April (28 movies items)"First viewing - April 25th The Gift may be imbued with familiar tropes, but the script manages to subvert expectations at every turn, creating an air of head-slapping ambiguity, and it helps that the execution is so thoroughly engaging, revealing darker depths and layers to the story that we might not have expected from the outset. It's the way Edgerton plays with expectations that elevates The Gift above less skilful thriller efforts, questioning who the real villain is and raising tension as "
Films watched in 2017
Movies Exploring Human Psychology (65 movies items)"Exploring the psychological effects of bullying, psychological abuse and dishonesty."
Movies Of 2016 (252 movies items)"Great directional debut from Joel Edgarton! One of the few succeeded ones. Performances were solid, such as twist at the end which leaves audience thinking and deside what happened. SHARED WITH FRIENDS! Users: hsallinen & Cuomi"
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2016 YILININ EN İYİ FİLMLERİ (25 movies items)"Simon ve Robyn yeni evli, genç bir çifttir. Hayatları tam da planladıkları gibi giderken, Simon'ın bir lise arkadaşıyla karşılaşması tüm yaşamlarını alt üst edecektir. Simon, Gordo'yu ilk başta tanımaz ama bir dizi beklenmedik karşılaşma ve kaynağı belirsiz hediye, geçmişten gelen korkunç bir sırrı da açığa çıkartacaktır. 20 sene önce Simon ve Gordo arasında gerçekleşen olayın rahatsız edici, gerçek yüzünü öğrenince Robyn hayata dair sorgulamalara d"