Film 1678 - The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Intro: Non che questa pellicola mi attirasse particolarmente, ma il fatto che ci fosse Cate Blanchett mi ha convinto.

Film 1678: "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" (2018) di Eli Roth
Visto: al cinema
Lingua: inglese
Compagnia: nessuno
In sintesi: pellicola piacevole e innocua che combina divertimento familiare ed atmosfere cupe per un risultato finale ok, anche se non eccellente. Peccato perché con due comprimari come Jack Black e Cate Blanchett si poteva sicuramente provare ad ottenere un prodotto più scoppiettante o avventuroso. In generale la sensazione è che "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" abbia qualcosa da dire, anche se non è in grado di sfruttare appieno il suo potenziale.
Ps. Ma vogliamo parlare di quanto hanno photoshoppato la Blanchett nel poster?!
Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic, Kyle MacLachlan, Lorenza Izzo.
Box Office: $131.5 milioni
Vale o non vale: Dal romanzo di John Bellairs, un film per tutta la famiglia intrattiene in maniera spensierata, anche se non fa totalmente centro. Sufficiente a distrarre per una serata di disimpegno e qualche trucchetto di magia.
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Parola chiave: Libro.
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Film 1514 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Intro: I was intrigued by the the incomprehensible plot and the tense trailer, not to mention the good reviews and the best screenplay win at the Cannes Film Festival last year. That's why I was so keen to see the latest Lanthimos directorial effort.

Film 1514: "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" (2017), Yorgos Lanthimos
Watched: my laptop
Language: English
Watched with: Fre
Briefly: tense, but particularly slow, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" aims to be a thriller with horror vibes even though it just manages to exacerbate the viewers with its deviant plot. In my opinion it's more boring than scaring;
Farrell and Kidman are beautiful actors and they carry the story as far as they can, the problem is that nothing really happens here until the end and it's frustrating that you have to wait for the very last minutes to get the plot moving forward. Probably it was one of Lanthimos goals to induce these kind of emotions in the viewers, yet still you really need to be committed to the cause to actually enjoying it;
"The Killing of a Sacred Deer" has a really powerful finale that partially redeems its previous 90minutes of nothing happening while you wait for the good stuff to come, but I don't think it's enough to appreciate a 2 hour-long movie that leads nowhere for the most of its running time. I think "The Lobster" has a powerful message underneath that is missing here. And you can definitely feel it.
Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp.
Box Office: $6.1 milion
Worth watching?: Yorgos Lanthimos fans will find it interesting and probably entertaining, but for those who don't know the previous Greek director works it's probably better if they start with "The Lobster" first: "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" is even slower and less fun.
Awards: Best Screenplay at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival (tied with Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here).
Key word: Alcoholism.
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