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Movies I've watched – Daniel Pietzsch
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Daniel Pietzsch
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2024-03-14T22:27:45+01:00
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/anatomy-of-a-fall
🎬 Anatomy of a Fall
2024-03-14T22:27:45+01:00
2024-03-14T22:27:45+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/2/2/0/9/3/822093-anatomy-of-a-fall-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=4efab8aedc" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Anatomy of a Fall”."><p>This movie is 2.5 hours long, but it easily managed to keep me engaged. I found this to be brilliantly told. You're constantly wondering what might have happened. And whether you can trust the suspect and her view of the story. The dialogues felt very authentic and all was brilliantly played by everyone involved, but I found especially Sandra Hüller's and Milo Machado-Graner's (who plays her son) performances remarkable. Extra points for authentic piano playing.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-terminator
🎬 The Terminator
2024-03-14T22:17:18+01:00
2024-03-14T22:17:18+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/g2/2g/f0/6b/the-terminator-original-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=677a47d94a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Terminator”."><p>Woah, haven't watched this in a looong time. But this rewatch was totally worth it. Not much too complain about when it comes to action movies. The atmosphere, the action, that relentlessness, the music, the special effects (which hold up really well, I must say). I'll be back!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/timerider-the-adventure-of-lyle-swann
🎬 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
2024-03-14T22:12:48+01:00
2024-03-14T22:12:48+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/0/7/2/1/30721-timerider-the-adventure-of-lyle-swann-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=272d56759d" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann”."><p>Ok, I must say, this was a great movie to pair with The Terminator – which was the second movie that evening. Thematically very fitting, but not nearly as good. It certainly had some good ideas and scenes, but overall, I found this pretty slow-paced and too uneventful.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/blow-out
🎬 Blow Out
2024-03-14T22:01:52+01:00
2024-03-14T22:01:52+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/1/0/9/45109-blow-out-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0d7535d1bb" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Blow Out”."><p>I very much enjoyed this crime story. Super well told with a great cast. I enjoyed both John Travolta's and Nancy Allen's acting as well as their characters. I like how technical this was in parts. It has great humour (the scene with the auditioning scream-dubbers: pure gold). And is suspenseful. Maybe the ending was a bit too over the top, but otherwise: thumbs up!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/poor-things
🎬 Poor Things
2024-03-09T14:04:32+01:00
2024-03-09T14:04:32+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/1/0/3/5/2/710352-poor-things-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a0f2ee9a0e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Poor Things”."><p>This is easily one of the most entertaining movies ever. A curious and naive (in a good and very funny way) female Frankenstein‘s „monster” goes on an exploration trip – in a mostly sexual sense – driving all the men crazy along the way. Lots of very funny absurdity. Fantastic cast – especially Emma Stone of course – great sets and costumes, great dialogue and on and on. Want to watch again please.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/alps
🎬 Alps
2024-03-03T10:43:20+01:00
2024-03-03T10:43:20+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/dk/v0/tf/yy/dRmdirwIF5UIl1ouD75TOied0gI-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=e2f166ceef" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Alps”."><p>Of course, this was pretty absurd. A lot of scenes were just hilarious. But it also contained some serious issues like abusive relationships. And isn‘t a service to imitate the dead just a „normal“ job like everything else? Hm…</p><p>Anyhow: good movie. And I also vers much enjoyed the greek original: quite a pleasant language.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/aces-go-places-iv-you-never-die-twice
🎬 Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice
2024-02-05T09:14:44+01:00
2024-02-05T09:14:44+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/1/7/0/50170-aces-go-places-iv-you-never-die-twice-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=87606b035a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice”."><p>Another Mondo Bizarr feature. And this was just 100% fun. It has a lot of Jackie Chan trademarks: great action, quirky humour, likeable characters and a whole lot of breakneck stunts (OMG they had a little boy dangling on the outside of a skyscraper). Very much recommended, if you’re into that sort of film.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/midnite-spares
🎬 Midnite Spares
2024-02-05T09:08:15+01:00
2024-02-05T09:08:15+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/0/1/7/6017-midnite-spares-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=484c833955" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Midnite Spares”."><p>It’s always fun watching a movie with the <a href="https://www.mondobizarr.com/" rel="nofollow">Mondo Bizarr</a> audience. And this was no exception. But boy, this was a bit rough: while the story is simple enough, it’s still hard to follow, it has less action than expected, and it gets sidetracked by too many characters and unnecessary scenes. So, not exactly my thing.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers
🎬 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2024-02-03T17:23:47+01:00
2024-02-03T17:23:47+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/6u/bl/vb/cd/5oNHdVo0vTsaC47Jv2Wb4eeo4V4-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b2619cea7f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>The story certainly has its length. But otherwise there’s lots to like: from the concept of the pods, to the special effects, Jeff Goldblum and Leonard Nimoy, and at last a surprise ending.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/robocop
🎬 RoboCop
2024-01-22T13:14:27+01:00
2024-01-22T13:14:27+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/dz/ke/a9/9m/robocop-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=46efa9f76c" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “RoboCop”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This has a good story, and was overall a well-rounded experience. It's still a pretty typical action movie, and has a few clichés. But it's certainly well above average. I was a bit surprised by how brutal some scenes were. It's almost like in a splatter-movie, and really well done. But boy, how they shoot Murphy to pieces is just horrifying. But the film also has some great humor in it: like the super-duper killing robot ED209, which can't descend a flight of stairs and subsequently lands on his back like a helpless bug. Anyhow, can recommend.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/opera
🎬 Opera
2024-01-17T22:50:35+01:00
2024-01-17T22:50:35+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/9/2/2/6/39226-opera-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2c8f105685" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Opera”."><p>I don't know what to think about this. It's so well filmed, and looks so good. And it has lots of good moments. But I think I can't get over the fact that this is then spoiled by nonsense dialogues, a weak story, bad dubbing, and weird music choices. Maybe this is meant to be funny? Is it a parody? I don't know. Weird movie.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/diner
🎬 Diner
2024-01-17T22:46:37+01:00
2024-01-17T22:46:37+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/3/6/0/7/43607-diner-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f42858dcec" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Diner”."><p>So, me and the guys had dinner, and we then went to see this on the big screen on film. It was a great evening. And this movie was enjoyable, too: a great cast with their distinct characters in a dialogue-heavy movie. And up to all sort of shenanigans during a what seems to be a turning point in all of their lives. Quite a bit of macho-attitudes and actions, but overall very enjoyable. Has a great cheesy, silly, over-the-top dance scene. :)</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/eagle-vs-shark
🎬 Eagle vs Shark
2024-01-09T16:00:17+01:00
2024-01-09T16:00:17+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/pt/ai/3t/59/eagle-vs-shark-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=69fa7861ad" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Eagle vs Shark”."><p>Well, thanks very much for this healthy dose of kiwi accent. VLC autoplayed this for us after Dream Scenario; and it was already late at night, but we couldn’t stop watching. We watched the second half on the next day, though. Anyhow… this was a very enjoyable and silly love story - kiwi style.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dream-scenario
🎬 Dream Scenario
2024-01-09T15:56:16+01:00
2024-01-09T15:56:16+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/3/9/6/9/1/739691-dream-scenario-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f265dde2ea" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Dream Scenario”."><p>Very original and entertaining story. Nic Cage is great once more. The last quarter was not quite up to par with the rest; but other than that, very much recommended.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/fabian-going-to-the-dogs
🎬 Fabian: Going to the Dogs
2024-01-09T15:52:21+01:00
2024-01-09T15:52:21+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/4/7/2/1/4/547214-fabian-going-to-the-dogs-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8e72818aa7" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Fabian: Going to the Dogs”."><p>Stilistisch und schauspielerisch super. Die Story hat mich aufgrund ständiger Umwege etwas liegengelassen. Aber das ist vielleicht auch so beabsichtigt. Interessantes Ding.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/they-live
🎬 They Live
2023-12-31T09:46:03+01:00
2023-12-31T09:46:03+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/7/9/8/47798-they-live-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=816bf826a0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “They Live”."><p>A great movie to end the year. Loved how the whole put-those-sunglasses-on-to-see-the-truth stuff was done. Fantastic and suspenseful story, good score, nice action with a hilarious fight scene in the middle. Saw this at the local cinema, which made this a little more special even.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-prowler
🎬 The Prowler
2023-12-31T09:39:32+01:00
2023-12-31T09:39:32+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/3j/nj/86/6x/c7wgUqmsPMBYBDfuGbSayZe3wTK-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=72f683148b" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Prowler”."><p>Solid old-school slasher. Could have had some more explanation of the motive for me, but that's about it regarding criticism. The special effects of the kills are ones of the best I've seen. And it has otherwise good action, a good cast, and some good humour.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/talk-to-me
🎬 Talk to Me
2023-12-31T09:35:02+01:00
2023-12-31T09:35:02+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/0/8/1/4/4/908144-talk-to-me-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=bf6a2b65cc" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Talk to Me”."><p>This was good! It's a bit like Flatliners meets The Sixth Sense. It was suspenseful, had great acting, great pace, and a real good story (although, I didn't fully get it (,yet?)). It's one of the better newer horror movies for sure. And I'd watch it again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/asteroid-city
🎬 Asteroid City
2023-12-27T16:51:31+01:00
2023-12-27T16:51:31+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/6/8/5/5/5/668555-asteroid-city-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=700bea7fd5" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Asteroid City”."><p>Well, Mr. Anderson! This is another fine film you made here. And luckily for me, the pace is not as high as his previous effort, which makes this much easier to follow. It's still a raid on your eyes and ears, though. But in a good way. But I always feel, one has to watch his film multiple times to have a chance to fully appreciate them.</p><p>Once more, the set, costumes, characters, dialogues, his signature camera work are all top-notch again. It's really neat.</p><p>Liked how the photo camera of the main character had audible long exposure times where it made sense. And there's a million other things to like. But that makes it also a bit exhausting. I'd still watch it again!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/christmas-bloody-christmas
🎬 Christmas Bloody Christmas
2023-12-26T11:59:58+01:00
2023-12-26T11:59:58+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/1/8/7/6/5/918765-christmas-bloody-christmas-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=eaadedc884" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Christmas Bloody Christmas”."><p>Well, the first half is actually pretty good, where everyone's mostly talking. And the scene with the first kills is fantastic. And visuals and music are great (and one of the trademarks of this film, I'd say). But then it goes downhill. The action is not very inspired. The end drags on forever, and even the music in becomes cheesy. Meh…</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/gremlins
🎬 Gremlins
2023-12-26T11:52:52+01:00
2023-12-26T11:52:52+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/qh/df/sj/45/qehNFww7A9kRDbqCQNWvaQc8Y4w-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c571b5c824" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Gremlins”."><p>Now that's a good Christmas movie! I'm not sure, if I've even seen this before. The Gremlins are very well done. It's funny and gruesome. I have no regrets and would watch it again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/fargo
🎬 Fargo
2023-12-26T11:43:49+01:00
2023-12-26T11:43:49+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/7/8/1/51781-fargo-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=44835e3b35" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Fargo”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Jeez! Really super. A little strange maybe – in a general kind of way.</p>
<p>Seriously, this is damn good. I'm sure, I have watched Fargo before, but I really had no recollection. And it surprised me again how good this is. The dialogues, the cast, the plot. Everything's great here. It feels like every five minutes the story escalates. And – oh my – feeding his partner into a wood chipper in the end. Uff…</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/body-double
🎬 Body Double
2023-12-16T00:21:10+01:00
2023-12-16T00:21:10+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/2/4/1/45241-body-double-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=00eec82639" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Body Double”."><p>This is a lot like a Hitchcock movie. But more funny, more absurd with more wacky characters. But still with a lot of suspense and a good story. Is it better than the Hitchcock counterparts? I don’t know. But it was a very enjoyable watch.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-alpinist
🎬 The Alpinist
2023-12-15T15:24:28+01:00
2023-12-15T15:24:28+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/0/6/8/3/6/606836-the-alpinist-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=70990d59be" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Alpinist”."><p>Just incredible. And tragic.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-tenant
🎬 The Tenant
2023-12-15T15:15:29+01:00
2023-12-15T15:15:29+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/2/6/2/45262-the-tenant-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=24a7cf2aac" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Tenant”."><p>I thought this looks very good, has good atmosphere, has humor, and throughout quite a few good moment. The end is great, too. But overall, this didn’t entertain me all that much. I found it too long and his co-workers super annoying (without adding much to the plot).</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/repulsion
🎬 Repulsion
2023-12-15T15:09:46+01:00
2023-12-15T15:09:46+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/2/6/3/45263-repulsion-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=54da67ac02" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Repulsion”."><p>I think this must be one of those movies that introduced certain scenes and props. Liked it, especially how everything escalates in the end and how the increasing phobia is played by Catherine Deneuve.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/fall
🎬 Fall
2023-12-02T12:10:35+01:00
2023-12-02T12:10:35+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/8/7/6/2/1/887621-fall-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=6bf31e9474" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Fall”."><p>Two women and their breasts get into a precarious situation high above the ground. It gets points for its vertigo-inducing scenes (although, too much CGI), the suspense and that plot twist. But otherwise it's a bit of an eye-roller.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/checker-tobi-und-die-reise-zu-den-fliegenden-flssen
🎬 Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen
2023-12-02T12:03:31+01:00
2023-12-02T12:03:31+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/6/4/2/7/1/964271-checker-tobi-und-die-reise-zu-den-fliegenden-flussen-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9afb2265e4" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen”."><p>A wonderful adventure film. Perfect for with your 6-year old. Zoe liked it. Everybody liked it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/barbie
🎬 Barbie
2023-11-20T23:05:51+01:00
2023-11-20T23:05:51+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/7/7/0/6/4/277064-barbie-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=1b83dc7a71" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Barbie”."><p>Come on Barbie, let’s go party! And what a fun party this is! It deals very well with “the Barbie topic” as well as societal themes, too. But overall, it’s a an amusing film with a gimmicky set and great characters. Which are brilliantly portrayed by the cast. Watching this only once is not Kenough.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/bloodsport1
🎬 Bloodsport
2023-11-20T21:59:35+01:00
2023-11-20T21:59:35+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/e4/j9/y0/49/E4d48dFICxN1tcGywt1p5zBHYJ-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c24e535879" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Bloodsport”."><p>What can I say? It was great fun to watch this again with a bunch of my friends. And I would do it again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/hereditary
🎬 Hereditary
2023-11-20T21:56:46+01:00
2023-11-20T21:56:46+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/2/4/3/4/8/424348-hereditary-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=470e48b681" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Hereditary”."><p>This is so evil and dark. This time I wasn’t quite in the right setting, but it still gripped me once again. It’s so well filmed; the audio is great. I just feel like I don’t quite get all the symbolism, which really only is the main topic at the end. But man, the last 15 minutes is just pure horror.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/top-gun-maverick
🎬 Top Gun: Maverick
2023-11-20T21:49:40+01:00
2023-11-20T21:49:40+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/9/3/4/6/5/293465-top-gun-maverick-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9f8af0f61b" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Top Gun: Maverick”."><p>This was better than the original. The action is ridiculously good. It’s still an American navy though. But I like how it relates to the original and that it at the same time doesn’t take itself too seriously. And again watched this in great company (with commentary) which made this all the more enjoyable.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/team-america-world-police
🎬 Team America: World Police
2023-11-20T21:43:05+01:00
2023-11-20T21:43:05+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/5/3/1/49531-team-america-world-police-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8c712d3b25" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Team America: World Police”."><p>Honestly, this is pretty great! It gets enough points for how this is made with marionettes. Totally over the top (or is it? ;)) and totally entertaining. America, fuck yeah!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/top-gun
🎬 Top Gun
2023-11-20T21:40:19+01:00
2023-11-20T21:40:19+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/e9/dh/nn/5w/fKSZl8ONN7DQh5ujgdObRIFmhiZ-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=042d149015" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Top Gun”."><p>I really had lots of fun watching this. If you have the right company, don’t take it seriously, it’s awesome. It’s in some way its own parody. And the action is indeed great I must say. Everything else is pretty cheesy. U-S-A, U-S-A!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/lucy
🎬 Lucy
2023-11-07T06:51:08+01:00
2023-11-07T06:51:08+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/6/8/8/6/0/168860-lucy-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=768578ef62" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Lucy”."><p>Puh! I’m not quite sure if this is meant as a parody. If it is: ok, but it’s really over the top with lots of CGI and unnecessary action. I don’t know. A weird one.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-teachers-lounge
🎬 The Teachers’ Lounge
2023-11-07T06:46:40+01:00
2023-11-07T06:46:40+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/9/9/0/3/7/899037-the-teachers-lounge-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3b259ff8fd" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Teachers’ Lounge”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>A fantastic story (basically) about a teacher – who seems to be the only sane adult at that school – get singled out and blamed for what’s wrong at a school. It’s tragic and Leonie Benesch plays this absolutely brilliantly. The other cast is fantastic, too. So, I liked this a lot, and for some reason I thought this could have been longer and not be so open-ended.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/halloween
🎬 Halloween
2023-10-26T11:28:22+02:00
2023-10-26T11:28:22+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/5/7/6/8/2/357682-halloween-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=6ccefef144" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Halloween”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>I'm not too much convinced about the premise: that Laurie – 40 years later – is still obsessed with Michael, and how he escapes (of course!) exactly on Halloween. And then it all peaks in this Home-Alone-ish finale.</p>
<p>But the suspense and slasher-action, the visuals, the soundtrack, the cast, is pretty good, I must say. So I still ended up well entertained.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/first-blood
🎬 First Blood
2023-10-26T11:17:37+02:00
2023-10-26T11:17:37+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/0/8/8/51088-rambo-first-blood-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5c8b7482f8" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “First Blood”."><p>Rambo just wanted to have lunch in that little town after he found out his comrade had recently died. And then he got persecuted and things escalated.</p><p>This really is a great movie, and I always think it has way more depth than its reputation might suggest. The action is great though.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dead-man
🎬 Dead Man
2023-10-22T21:22:48+02:00
2023-10-22T21:22:48+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/0c/fp/b0/2s/8yHprfwQzvgNIywvD4s30vvWGBx-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=1a87035daf" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Dead Man”."><p>Johnny Depp as a wounded/dead man still walking. Surreal, dreamy, funny, great acting. And the soundtrack is especially noteworthy: it's just Neil Young and his electric guitar, and it all sounds like he's improvising live to the movie. Just great.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/black-bear-2
🎬 Black Bear
2023-10-10T17:23:22+02:00
2023-10-10T17:23:22+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/5/1/4/0/0/551400-black-bear-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=915f65548f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Black Bear”."><p>Still don’t know what’s going on (and that’s part of the fun). Still very entertaining. Still like this very much!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/eastern-promises
🎬 Eastern Promises
2023-09-25T21:26:05+02:00
2023-09-25T21:26:05+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/3/9/0/50390-eastern-promises-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=00d11f65c9" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Eastern Promises”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This was good! A great cast. Credible characters. Some gruesome moments. A story with twist and turns. And a fantastic action fight scene. Only that ending spoils it a little (they kiss!? What?!).</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/everything-everywhere-all-at-once
🎬 Everything Everywhere All at Once
2023-09-22T20:10:01+02:00
2023-09-22T20:10:01+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/4/4/7/4/474474-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=281f1a041e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Everything Everywhere All at Once”."><p>Ok, I do not quite get the grand hype around this. It’s good, though: it’s like a modern or different take on Matrix. With a similar philosophical theme. It’s pretty funny in parts. The fight scenes are quite good. Dialogue is good. But it’s a bit long: the whole universe-switching gets a little distracting towards the end. But overall I can certainly recommend this!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/pig
🎬 Pig
2023-09-18T22:39:29+02:00
2023-09-18T22:39:29+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/6/1/7/6/3/561763-pig-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=fb522b9d9a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Pig”."><p>I liked the overall theme and vibe of this movie. It's nicely filmed and Nic Cage is great. It could've been more focused and could have had more bite. Good!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/uncut-gems
🎬 Uncut Gems
2023-09-16T08:59:26+02:00
2023-09-16T08:59:26+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/0/4/2/6/6/404266-uncut-gems-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=670cb7034d" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Uncut Gems”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Maybe if you manage to sympathise with the protagonist, you will feel different about this. But I didn’t, and so I found this pretty boring.</p>
<p>The end was really unexpected, though (which is a plus in my book).</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/arrival
🎬 Arrival
2023-09-09T15:32:06+02:00
2023-09-09T15:32:06+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/3u/dy/qd/qd/4Iu5f2nv7huqvuYkmZvSPOtbFjs-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0fc28fdf2c" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Arrival”."><p>Wow. I wasn’t prepared for this much emotion. Much respect Mr. Villeneuve, what a beautiful film! Visually, sonically, emotionally. And the story really comes together nicely in the end. And Amy Adams plays her role so brilliantly! I could easily watch this again once I'm prepared for another onslaught of sadness.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-return-of-the-living-dead
🎬 The Return of the Living Dead
2023-09-06T12:15:58+02:00
2023-09-06T12:15:58+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/7/6/8/45768-the-return-of-the-living-dead-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c49bf1856e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Return of the Living Dead”."><p>If you see past the partly questionable acting, this is a lot of fun. Quirky, gory, funny with a hint of seriousness and menace. Effects were great! I’m not sure if I like running and talking zombies, but I enjoyed this overall.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-square
🎬 The Square
2023-09-04T17:53:33+02:00
2023-09-04T17:53:33+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/3/5/9/5/9/335959-the-square-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=77d3cd3b1f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Square”."><p>This one makes you think. There’s a lot going on, and I felt like it wants to say a lot. A bit too much maybe. I found his a bit long, yet still interesting. I enjoyed Force Majeure and especially Triangle of Sadness more.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/hobo-with-a-shotgun
🎬 Hobo with a Shotgun
2023-09-03T20:57:18+02:00
2023-09-03T20:57:18+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/6/5/6/3/16563-hobo-with-a-shotgun-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f219d95d6b" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Hobo with a Shotgun”."><p>Violent and vulgar. Cheap and cheesy. Underwhelming and unworthy.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/bronson
🎬 Bronson
2023-09-03T20:49:03+02:00
2023-09-03T20:49:03+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/iw/tf/cv/m0/dnNR1IpEboT6zmWdo4lw7LTzVEm-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0f1de51441" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Bronson”."><p>In the beginning, this had me excited to see where this is going. But then it’s a lot of the same throughout the film without much progression. But maybe that’s the point!? I don’t know. It’s indeed insanely well acted and very funny at times. And it’s certainly quite unique in how it’s filmed. Maybe this needs a rewatch.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/triangle-of-sadness
🎬 Triangle of Sadness
2023-08-27T10:15:09+02:00
2023-08-27T10:15:09+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/2/7/9/7/0/427970-triangle-of-sadness-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a9210ebfee" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Triangle of Sadness”."><p>This was a wild cruise! An a damn entertaining one! Nothing too subtle going on: just bunch of filthy rich idiots getting what they deserve. Muahahaha. The captain’s dinner is incredible. With Refused’s "New Noise" as the perfect Soundtrack. In den Wolken!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/rear-window
🎬 Rear Window
2023-08-15T23:18:37+02:00
2023-08-15T23:18:37+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/5/5/2/51552-rear-window-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=855a2e3070" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Rear Window”."><p>Haven’t seen this in a long time. Was inspired to rewatch it by apodcast episode about it. Again liked it a lot. It’s remarkable, howwell this has aged in my opinion. The dialogue, the filming; thesupposed crime is actually pretty violent (you don’t see it, but theytalk about it). It’s an all around well-rounded affair. And it'sprobably worth another rewatch given all the little details in it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/down-by-law
🎬 Down by Law
2023-08-14T16:40:09+02:00
2023-08-14T16:40:09+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/tp/ou/lq/a2/4IyxoUQ7BB5kcSd7gASe2dTyWu7-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=932e7fe7a9" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Down by Law”."><p>Not Jarmusch’s best film, but entertaining none the less. RobertoBenigni was the best in this one.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mystery-train
🎬 Mystery Train
2023-08-09T10:22:32+02:00
2023-08-09T10:22:32+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/4/2/8/45428-mystery-train-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=7d24991724" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Mystery Train”."><p>Lovely little episode-movie. Great humour (oh, the scene, where she’strying to make him laugh!), choreography (the plane in the window in thefirst shot of the second episode), visuals and soundtrack!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/demons
🎬 Demons 2
2023-07-24T23:45:55+02:00
2023-07-24T23:45:55+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/4/6/1/7/24617-demons-2-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=19d82e7142" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Demons 2”."><p>I think I have a soft spot for those old Italian horror film. The setdesign, the make up, the fantastic old school effects, the music, theacting, the not-taking-themselves-to-seriously. Good stuff, in my humbleopinion.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-brood
🎬 The Brood
2023-07-24T23:41:09+02:00
2023-07-24T23:41:09+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/y4/da/6d/zs/osLd3jkFx5D1vGc5UkAqvY3dyOX-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=58e68fe1a7" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Brood”."><p>This could have been something. The Brood is really quite terrifying.But it didn‘t really came into action all that often. Instead, the moviespend a lot of time with slow-paced dialogue. And I think I didn‘treally get what the ending was hinting at.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/pumpkinhead
🎬 Pumpkinhead
2023-07-24T23:32:16+02:00
2023-07-24T23:32:16+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/de/h1/tw/pv/pumpkinhead-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2d7255f2ef" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Pumpkinhead”."><p>I thought there was a lot of good stuff in here: foremost thePumpkinhead monster itself – but also the visuals in general. Thecharacters are good too, it even has some well thought out dramaelements. But in the end the sum of its parts didn‘t really add up to awell rounded movie. Was still entertaining, though.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/slugs
🎬 Slugs
2023-07-24T18:36:52+02:00
2023-07-24T18:36:52+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/3/6/5/9/33659-slugs-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0cb0a454a2" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Slugs”."><p>The story is pretty conventional. But I was in the mood for that. Hassome cool effects and is fast-paced and entertaining.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/spirit-stallion-of-the-cimarron
🎬 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2023-07-24T18:21:53+02:00
2023-07-24T18:21:53+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/9i/k2/m5/ro/nhrcR2KtVjXxJNSrPvcxVSyEf4c-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=785e1166d4" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron”."><p>A totally fine movie. Zoe liked it, but in my opinion it’s not the mostappropriate film for a five year old due to quite a few threateninggestures, themes and scenes.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/in-bruges
🎬 In Bruges
2023-06-05T11:08:53+02:00
2023-06-05T11:08:53+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/8/0/9/47809-in-bruges-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=616745d99a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “In Bruges”."><p>Having just been to Bruges, it seemed fitting to watch In Bruges. I canconfirm it’s <em>not</em> a shithole. Fuckin‘ Bruges. That’s my kind of fuckin’film: quirky characters of a shady „occupation“, a bizarre yet coherentplot, with serious and funny elements, and overall very entertaining.All in just over 100 minutes.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/beau-is-afraid
🎬 Beau Is Afraid
2023-06-01T11:32:49+02:00
2023-06-01T11:32:49+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/1/5/8/5/6/715856-beau-is-afraid-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b5fd01665a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Beau Is Afraid”."><p>Of course, Joaquin Phoenix is fantastic. And it is visually actuallypretty sweet. But oh man, it’s just 3 hours of absurdities. Way over thetop. Not really my thing.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-bad-batch
🎬 The Bad Batch
2023-05-31T11:24:29+02:00
2023-05-31T11:24:29+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/4/3/1/9/3/243193-the-bad-batch-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c9baeddafe" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Bad Batch”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Compared to Ana Lily Amirpour‘s other films, this was lacking. Somehow
the setting and vibe didn’t get me as much. Worse dialogue, and too
long. And I have to admit that I find realistic cannibal scenes quite
repelling. I’d rather happily rewatch her other movies.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/nomadland
🎬 Nomadland
2023-05-15T14:10:46+02:00
2023-05-15T14:10:46+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/9/6/6/2/509662-nomadland-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=942a672158" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Nomadland”."><p>„Dedicated to the ones that had to depart.“ I felt somewhat addressed bythis. And this movie really captured the feeling of being on the road(and returning) so well. This really gave me wanderlust and brought backa lot of nice memories. Great visuals, great words, and – oh man – thatpiano soundtrack! Beau-ti-ful! I want to go back to Nomadland!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mona-lisa-and-the-blood-moon
🎬 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
2023-05-15T13:58:40+02:00
2023-05-15T13:58:40+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/2/0/4/2/452042-mona-lisa-and-the-blood-moon-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2e3ebdf1d5" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Oh yes, thanks for this one, Ms. Amirpour! This was so entertaining! Its
atmosphere really drew me in. The soundtrack is ace. And visually is
superb, too. Loved all those super-wideangle shots. And the acting!
First and foremost by Jun Jong-seo. Just watch her face at the end while
the plane starts. So good!</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead
🎬 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2023-05-13T21:31:20+02:00
2023-05-13T21:31:20+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/9/4/8/47948-before-the-devil-knows-you-re-dead-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=22d8c0f78d" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Before the Devil Knows You're Dead”."><p>When you think it can’t get any worse, it does. Ever more fucked up shitabout the characters and their relationships gets uncovered.</p><p>Great acting all around. And the non-linear plot is also kind of mything. But ultimately this did not go beyond the “totally finefilm”-boundary for me.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/barbarian
🎬 Barbarian
2023-05-08T11:59:51+02:00
2023-05-08T11:59:51+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/1/9/6/4/8/819648-barbarian-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=75b067327a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Barbarian”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>“Hello, I’m a Mac.” “And I’m an incest underground monster woman with
supernatural strength and I will push in your eyeballs and crack your
head open like a raw egg.” „Eh….hehe… Do you know iWork?“</p>
<p>Quite a movie. I didn‘t find it 100% convincing and it lost a bit of
suspense after a while. But not a shabby horror movie. And I liked the
camera work and the acting.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/inferno1
🎬 Inferno
2023-05-06T09:53:08+02:00
2023-05-06T09:53:08+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/1/5/8/8/41588-inferno-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3be1ea59fb" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Inferno”."><p>Re-watched and re-enjoyed this.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-suicide-squad
🎬 The Suicide Squad
2023-05-06T09:48:55+02:00
2023-05-06T09:48:55+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/6/9/8/3/5/369835-the-suicide-squad-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8503fd610a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Suicide Squad”."><p>Well, a few scenes were funny. But this really isn’t my type of movieand I wonder what I was thinking. 🤷♂️</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/videodrome
🎬 Videodrome
2023-04-28T11:41:00+02:00
2023-04-28T11:41:00+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/xw/sw/3v/st/o8psaYgwTYFpqJhHISoMq178J4n-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=837f65a552" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Videodrome”."><p>I enjoyed the general theme of this film, but somehow it didn’t reallygrab me for some reason. Maybe I was just too tired that evening.</p><p>Visually this was fantastic, though: especially those kind of specialeffects.</p><p>I should probably watch this again at some point.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/old
🎬 Old
2023-04-11T14:56:36+02:00
2023-04-11T14:56:36+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/5/8/0/5/4/558054-old-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=99abfca3a4" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Old”."><p>I found this a little kitschy at times. And the subject matter couldhave been explored more deeply in my opinion. But otherwise an enjoyablemovie with an interesting idea and good execution.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/prince-of-darkness
🎬 Prince of Darkness
2023-04-11T14:47:08+02:00
2023-04-11T14:47:08+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/5/6/9/47569-prince-of-darkness-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=eb511413db" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Prince of Darkness”."><p>I like Carpenter-films. This one is no exception. From the atmosphere tothe soundtrack to how it’s made: all top-notch. Where it’s a bit lackingfor me, is the story itself and the action. It didn’t captivate me asmuch as his other films did. And I don’t know why that is. Maybe I wassimply a little too tired when I watched this.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-fly
🎬 The Fly
2023-04-11T14:40:17+02:00
2023-04-11T14:40:17+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/1/7/1/47171-the-fly-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=30802b8573" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Fly”."><p>Wow! That is a classic for a reason. I haven’t seen this in a very longtime and now had a blast watching this at the cinema. It’s suspenseful,shocking, well-written, well-played, well-filmed, and great specialeffects and costumes. Highly recommended!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/enemy
🎬 Enemy
2023-04-02T10:06:43+02:00
2023-04-02T10:06:43+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/sj/00/0d/n1/aQkyFHzNzZoMhxZ7c0IaK8BljED-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=338dcff82c" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Enemy”."><p>This drew me in right from the start. Suspenseful, mysterious, eerielighting, menacing soundtrack. And a Jake Gyllenhaal in top form. Andall of this told in a well-paced and never boring 90 minutes. We didwatch the beginning again, right after it ended. Plus a YouTube analysisafterwards – because we can‘t say we understood this on our own on thefirst watch. But a second watch would certainly not be a waste of time,anyway.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/inside
🎬 Inside
2023-03-31T22:01:17+02:00
2023-03-31T22:01:17+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/8/6/1/9/3/0/861930-inside-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=3ca8ba55ce" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Inside”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Ok, Willem Dafoe is once again great here. And it’s an interesting and
promising new take on Cast Away. And it’s sprinkled throughout with
seemingly exciting hints. But then nothing really comes out of them. And
that goes on for too long. But oh boy, that one bathroom scene – then
cut: to dog food! Disgust-master‘s finest. And I have to live with that
now.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/scream
🎬 Scream
2023-03-21T22:06:16+01:00
2023-03-21T22:06:16+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/4/5/5/49455-scream-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8bb3c66a30" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Scream”."><p>Good to get a refresh on this classic. I certainly did not rememberwhodunnit. Maybe a slice too much tomfoolery, but otherwise a solidslasher.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/hellbound-hellraiser-ii
🎬 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
2023-03-21T21:47:52+01:00
2023-03-21T21:47:52+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/3/8/0/47380-hellbound-hellraiser-ii-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=10c792b830" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Hellbound: Hellraiser II”."><p>Hellraiser? Hell, yes!</p><p>Sure, the effects might partly be a bit dated; but that does not at allimpact this succession in any negative way. Even more than the firstpart, this is a truly evil film. Certainly not a horror movie forbeginners. I don‘t know why I haven‘t seen them before. I missed out!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/grizzly
🎬 Grizzly
2023-03-07T22:30:17+01:00
2023-03-07T22:30:17+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/7y/df/5s/x8/52luazOVpUR2issCnMGLwHmQkED-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ff7eb734f9" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Grizzly”."><p>Saw this the same night as „Dinosaurus!“ at the cinema. Much much betterproduction, though. This got introduced as a „Jaws“ in the woods. Andthis is pretty spot on – minus the <em>class</em> of „Jaws“ maybe. While thishas quite a few weaknesses in dialogue and plot, this was overall asolid movie – if you‘re into trashy old school horror movies that is.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dinosaurus
🎬 Dinosaurus!
2023-03-07T22:22:46+01:00
2023-03-07T22:22:46+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/4/9/4/10494-dinosaurus--0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=411b26d3f6" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Dinosaurus!”."><p>It was a fun experience seeing this together with friends at the cinema.And it had scenes that reminded me of Jurassic Park and Pulp Fiction.Here and there, it certainly had its moments. But man was this oldschool. Trashy and gimmicky. And not something I am used to seeinganymore. I somehow like that I had this experience; but at the sametime, I do not need to have it again any time soon.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/memories-of-murder
🎬 Memories of Murder
2023-02-25T08:36:34+01:00
2023-02-25T08:36:34+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/84/xt/e8/mw/gawnVe9cFowdoDLo9Pok12NTw39-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=7cad204593" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Memories of Murder”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>I find it refreshing to watch a non-Western movie occasionally. Same
with this one. Bong Joon-ho‘s humour is somewhat unique. He manages to
put those funny (silly even) elements in a movie while not devaluing the
serious topic he‘s dealing with. Although in this one I find the whole
stupid-cops-don‘t-make-any-progress-in-the-case-play go on for too long.</p>
<p>I found the camera work to be great. Characters were interesting
(somehow the main suspect reminded me of Paul Dano‘s role in
„Prisoners“). And the ending was top, too.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/what-drives-us
🎬 What Drives Us
2023-02-25T08:21:41+01:00
2023-02-25T08:21:41+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/3/4/2/9/7/734297-what-drives-us-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0757dbba5c" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “What Drives Us”."><p>Totally fine documentary with a promising bunch of interviewees. Butsomehow it manages to be bit thin in truly interesting nuggets.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/hellraiser
🎬 Hellraiser
2023-02-18T19:13:42+01:00
2023-02-18T19:13:42+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/4/3/8/47438-hellraiser-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c927113564" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Hellraiser”."><p>Finally, I have seen this movie! And what a treat! Everything’s greatabout it: plot, costumes, sound, acting, sets. And the special effects!And it’s scary as hell – as it should be for a horror film. Lookingforward to part 2!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/jason-x
🎬 Jason X
2023-02-18T12:42:02+01:00
2023-02-18T12:42:02+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/2/7/3/45273-jason-x-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=611a127bf7" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Jason X”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Wow, we made it through this whole series. And it didn’t end on a high
note. This was trash. And I could enjoy some of it. For example, I liked
that Jason was this brutal force that just kills. Or the cliché nudity.
Or the sometimes quirky charming dialogue. And the scene where he beats
the one girl in the sleeping bag with another is just hilarious. But oh
man, this was long, the set design was terrible (reminded me of American
Gladiators in a lot of scenes), and the characters and the plot: puh.
And don’t get me started on wardrobe or props. It was cheesy, too.
Anyhow, it is what it is. And this over-the-top rendition is a fitting
finale for this series IMO. And it’s good, it’s over now. May Jason rest
in peace.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/white-noise
🎬 White Noise
2023-02-18T12:32:39+01:00
2023-02-18T12:32:39+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/6/6/2/6/9/666269-white-noise-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=26c36ea2f6" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “White Noise”."><p>Lovingly made: great lighting, fantastic choreography, great acting andmuch more. But overall unfortunately the plot seemed senseless andinconsequential to me, which made me care less and less as the filmprogressed. Had good things, but I’d rather watch a Wes Andersson movie.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/bones-and-all
🎬 Bones and All
2023-02-11T15:08:10+01:00
2023-02-11T15:08:10+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/xi/cb/mo/xg/bones2-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=bdb6694df9" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Bones and All”."><p>Some aspects were totally fine in this, but ultimately this wasn‘t mykind of movie.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/what-we-do-in-the-shadows
🎬 What We Do in the Shadows
2023-02-11T14:59:05+01:00
2023-02-11T14:59:05+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/7/2/5/3/7/172537-what-we-do-in-the-shadows-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=ae4757f3a6" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “What We Do in the Shadows”."><p>A bloody healthy and funny dose of New Zealand for me.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-power-of-the-dog
🎬 The Power of the Dog
2023-01-29T23:16:33+01:00
2023-01-29T23:16:33+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/2/7/8/4/1/527841-the-power-of-the-dog-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=811bdc6195" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Power of the Dog”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>I would watch this again; to see if I notice some more subtle clues
earlier and pay more attention to the individual chapters on their own.
The storyline is so well done: it progressively changes the impression
you have or had of both Phil and Peter. And in the end I didn‘t know how
to feel about any of them really – pity or aversion or simply empathy.</p>
<p>A great film about men and their hardships/obstacles/difficulties they
faced and how those manifested themselves in their behaviour and
characters in very different ways.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/one-hour-photo
🎬 One Hour Photo
2023-01-24T23:05:06+01:00
2023-01-24T23:05:06+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/to/xo/us/q9/6ke85Kb6aX8RunZLwKpXCKYO9xv-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0b51a91c55" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “One Hour Photo”."><p>I don’t want to focus too much on the negative, but this film didn’tstir up much excitement in me. Maybe just because it looked dated (and alittle bit like a 90’s commercial). Maybe because I thought it onlyscratched the surface of what it could have been. Maybe because I wasreminded that I personally don’t like Robin William’s acting all thatmuch.</p><p>Anyhow, it’s an ok movie. I liked the directly photography-relatedscenes and the monologues or rather the protagonist’s thoughts onphotography.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/creating-the-queens-gambit
🎬 Creating The Queen's Gambit
2023-01-15T22:32:53+01:00
2023-01-15T22:32:53+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/0/2/5/6/9/702569-creating-the-queen-s-gambit-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0f37f0287f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Creating The Queen's Gambit”."><p>I wish this was longer.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-queens-gambit
🎬 The Queen's Gambit
2023-01-15T15:04:08+01:00
2023-01-15T15:04:08+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/6/8/0/7/7/668077-the-queen-s-gambit-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a9e53ecb2e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Queen's Gambit”."><p>What happened? I watched a series?! I guess I can handle 7 episodes. Andthis was really good! Loved all the characters, especially Beth Harmon’sand her adoptive mother’s. The plot was great, too. It was very wellacted; I thought all the facial expressions during the matched werefantastic. The film sets looked lovely (the CGI not so much, though),and a lot of piano music meant I enjoyed the soundtrack, too! It was abit long in the middle, but otherwise this was a very enjoyable watch!I’m kind of interested in chess now.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dont-look-up
🎬 Don't Look Up
2023-01-08T22:06:42+01:00
2023-01-08T22:06:42+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/7/2/2/5/5/572255-don-t-look-up-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a58cc4aba2" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Don't Look Up”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Once again, I enjoyed Leo‘s performance in a movie. Jennifer Lawrence
was great, too! And both their characters are well written IMHO. And I
do agree with the movie‘s message. But man, is it on the nose! No
subtlety whatsoever. Unfortunately it‘s way too long again, too. The
first one and a half hours are just dragging. Towards the end, it does
get better, and even has a few gags that are actually funny (when Leo
amazingly delivers his last TV-speech, and then it cuts to him in the
car with the bag over his head: pure gold!). But that unfortunately
doesn‘t lift it above its mediocrity. Hm… that sounds probably harder
than I mean it. Anyway, not quite for me.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/next-door
🎬 Next Door
2023-01-02T08:38:30+01:00
2023-01-02T08:38:30+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/0/5/7/9/3/605793-next-door-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=876b9348fc" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Next Door”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>What a morning! Twist after twist after twist.</p>
<p>Nicely filmed, great acting with fantastic dialogue.</p>
<p>My only nitpick is that I somehow found Daniel’s voice to sound somewhat
hyper-clear/-real which made it sound a little unnatural.</p>
<p>But overall, this was great!</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/his-house
🎬 His House
2022-12-30T15:58:02+01:00
2022-12-30T15:58:02+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/0/3/8/8/9/503889-his-house-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c034af4a42" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “His House”."><p>Grief can be a witch – or a curse. Whatever it’s called, you have toopen yourself up (quite literally) to get rid of it.</p><p>The story and topics are important and interesting ones. And overallthis is well made. But it didn’t really grab me for some reason. Maybebecause sometimes it felt to me that the delivering of the horrors wereoverdone – especially the ending. The special effects were sometimesmore of a distraction.</p><p>But overall a good film, with quite a few good scenes. I would watchRemi Weekes’ next one.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/jason-goes-to-hell-the-final-friday
🎬 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
2022-12-27T15:23:26+01:00
2022-12-27T15:23:26+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/3/7/1/46371-jason-goes-to-hell-the-final-friday-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c5b420184a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday”."><p>Production-wise, this is probably the best part of the Friday 13thseries. Camera work, lighting, sound, are all at least one level up fromthe usual production quality.</p><p>It starts very strong in my opinion. But then it goes into thissmall-American-town kind of vibe, which I don’t know, if it fits. Onitself this is a solid film, but in the series, this is the odd one out(so far – haven’t seen “X”). The special effects à la “The Thing” or“Alien” are totally my thing, and were probably the best thing about it.The characters were a bit too “Police Academy”-ish, with The Duke beingborder-line annoying.</p><p>In conclusion: a solid movie, but I feel like this would’ve been betteras a one-off rather than being part of the Jason-franchise.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-part-viii-jason-takes-manhattan
🎬 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
2022-12-27T15:05:33+01:00
2022-12-27T15:05:33+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/3/7/2/46372-friday-the-13th-part-viii-jason-takes-manhattan-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9ac5114625" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”."><p>This is more like “Jason takes the ferry” – because Manhattan content isindeed a bit thin. Anyhow, I liked this for the most part. Certainly oneof the better ones in this series. This has quite a bit of humour. Ienjoyed the stunts. The cheesy soundtrack, NY clichés and a nice guitarscene are not to be discounted, either. Solid!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/glass-onion
🎬 Glass Onion
2022-12-26T12:07:33+01:00
2022-12-26T12:07:33+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/8/6/7/2/3/586723-glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=33896b35cf" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Glass Onion”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>I’m probably wrong about this one. Because I found this to be so bad, I
question my own judgement, given all those other overwhelmingly positive
reviews about it. But having been through it, I now also question my own
favourable review of its predecessor “Knives Out”.</p>
<p>To begin with, this is wayyy too long. It tries very hard being trendy.
And funny. Well, I didn’t laugh. It was just silly. Most folks’ acting
got on my nerves. The story is pretty constructed. It wasn’t
suspenseful. I didn’t like a lot about the filming and editing itself.
The ending is just ridiculous. I’m sorry, but It’s been an eye roller
for me. And again, I’m probably wrong. Maybe I just didn’t get it.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-cleaners
🎬 The Cleaners
2022-12-24T00:03:53+01:00
2022-12-24T00:03:53+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/2/3/4/4/0/423440-the-cleaners-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=060cfff235" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Cleaners”."><p>Well, merry Christmas! This is such a downer!</p><p>I think this was very well made and I felt it was nuanced enough toshine a light on opposites sites of what can be a very complicatedtopic.</p><p>I can recommend this, if you want to be informed about this topic. Justdon’t expect to not feel depressed afterwards.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-nightmare-before-christmas
🎬 The Nightmare Before Christmas
2022-12-22T22:32:51+01:00
2022-12-22T22:32:51+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/1/1/9/47119-the-nightmare-before-christmas-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=cc72c8b470" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Nightmare Before Christmas”."><p>Lovingly made. Good soundtrack. But not quite my cup of frog’s breath.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/marriage-story
🎬 Marriage Story
2022-12-22T22:05:18+01:00
2022-12-22T22:05:18+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/2/2/6/8/2/422682-marriage-story-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a312d638d9" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Marriage Story”."><p>My kind of movie! A story that could well be true. Great dialogue,perfectly delivered (Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are just 👌),lots of attention to detail, interestingly filmed, great charactersthroughout, funny, heartbreaking. Remarkable front to back!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night
🎬 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2022-12-14T22:42:01+01:00
2022-12-14T22:42:01+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/7/6/0/5/3/176053-a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2dc9d92abb" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”."><p>Loved the atmosphere of this film. And that it’s filmed in black andwhite. So, visually, this was already nice. Pair this with an Iranianvampire girl protagonist, great humour and a top-notch soundtrack andyou have a very fun movie!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/v-for-vendetta
🎬 V for Vendetta
2022-12-14T22:37:33+01:00
2022-12-14T22:37:33+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/4/0/0/51400-v-for-vendetta-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c962ca4bec" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “V for Vendetta”."><p>I probably didn’t fully appreciate V’s lyrical outpour, but I stillenjoyed it very much. Lot’s of “1984”, conspiracy-theories themes and aninteresting master-apprentice kind of relationship. Nice one!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-part-vii-the-new-blood
🎬 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
2022-11-27T22:58:42+01:00
2022-11-27T22:58:42+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/3/7/4/46374-friday-the-13th-part-vii-the-new-blood-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=98cd46e053" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Jason must stink for miles by now. It’s a miracle he’s still able to
surprise-kill anyone at this point.</p>
<p>For me, same is true as with part 6: not the best, not the worst (I
think?!). I somewhat liked the ending when Jason’s “face” is revealed
and everything explodes. The supernatural hocus-pocus wasn’t that bad
either.</p>
<p>Oh, yeah, and I found the very ending hilarious where the one
firefighter shows the other where there’s more fire to extinguish – as
if that wasn’t obvious.</p>
<p>On to part eight…</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-part-vi-jason-lives
🎬 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
2022-11-27T22:46:29+01:00
2022-11-27T22:46:29+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/4/2/6/46426-friday-the-13th-part-vi-jason-lives-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=86178da07f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives”."><p>This episode certainly has humour! Jason seems to be surprised by hisown new-found super-strength. And that makes for some funny kills.</p><p>It’s mostly fun to watch (if you’re into that stuff). We certainlyalways have an enjoyable evening progressing through this series. Butultimately, it suffers from the same issues most other parts sufferfrom. Not the worst so far, but no the best either.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-matrix-reloaded
🎬 The Matrix Reloaded
2022-11-26T10:43:31+01:00
2022-11-26T10:43:31+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/5/1/7/51517-the-matrix-reloaded-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a8bd09d740" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Matrix Reloaded”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Ok, I have much to complain about with this one. This feels like 80%
endless action scenes and 20% story. If you’re into those bullet-time,
kung-fu, wire-flying, super-CGI, camera-flying scenes, that will be just
your thing, I guess. But I found this eye-rollingly boring. This could
have been a one-hour film. It’s not like I dislike all of it; there were
certainly good scenes – even partly said action scenes! But overall it’s
way too long and unsubstantial. It’s even like the story didn’t progress
at all in this.</p>
<p>At least Trinity could simply ssh into a computer and disable the
emergency power supply of that building with a simple terminal command.
Much more realistic than those UIs in their real world.</p>
<p>And it had RATM in the ending credits.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/big-john
🎬 Big John
2022-11-25T21:10:25+01:00
2022-11-25T21:10:25+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/2/6/5/2/7/126527-big-john-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=433c61d4b4" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Big John”."><p>What a likeable dude, this John Carpenter. Just doing his thing, makingthe films he wants to make; not giving a shit what others think.Although having “The Thing” flop commercially really got to him. And hehad every right to be upset about this; because it’s such a terrificfilm. Anyhow, this documentary gives lots of insights about his carrierand his filmography. Worth a watch, especially when you’re into hiswork!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/classic-albums-nirvana-nevermind
🎬 Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2022-11-25T21:02:53+01:00
2022-11-25T21:02:53+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/4/2/3/0/14230-classic-albums-nirvana-nevermind-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=e87738aea5" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind”."><p>A great documentary about a great album. Lots of fantastic interviewswith the people involved as well as notable critics of the time. It’s alot about how this album came to be and what its unexpected successmeant for Nirvana and music (-history) in general. Some excellent livefootage, too.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-matrix
🎬 The Matrix
2022-11-25T11:02:01+01:00
2022-11-25T11:02:01+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/5/1/8/51518-the-matrix-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=fc7c366afe" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Matrix”."><p>Still not much to complain about. Such a classic!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/cmon-cmon
🎬 C'mon C'mon
2022-11-13T14:41:10+01:00
2022-11-13T14:41:10+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/5/8/8/0/6/558806-c-mon-c-mon-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=edbb87ba0a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “C'mon C'mon”."><p>Damn! This film!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/force-majeure
🎬 Force Majeure
2022-11-12T17:47:31+01:00
2022-11-12T17:47:31+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/3e/zo/pi/15/rGMtc9AtZsnWSSL5VnLaGvx1PI6-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c9fb2ffbd5" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Force Majeure”."><p>This is very much a film for grown-ups. Enjoyed the avalanche ofconversations and happenings triggered by that one incident. It‘s attimes very subtle and overall well written. Maybe the ending bit was alittle forced. But other than that, I can recommend this!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/night-of-the-living-dead
🎬 Night of the Living Dead
2022-11-08T22:22:42+01:00
2022-11-08T22:22:42+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/mj/ua/dq/ml/faPfcZ181gWmCoMbal7bAXFPFh9-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=29916e0458" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Night of the Living Dead”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Wow! This had it all! In 1968! Slow zombies (or „ghouls“), and lot‘s of
them that then do indeed get dangerous, TV and radio broadcasts about
the outbreaks, flesh- and gut-eating, a child zombie slaughtering and
feasting on its parents, conflicts between the living, boarded doors and
windows, zombie hands reaching in, stuffed animal heads, power outage,
eerie lighting, an escape mission gone wrong, and a mean end etc etc.
Sure, it also has some shortcomings, but overall I was left
super-impressed with this one. Was way ahead of its time!</p>
<p>Saw the restored 4k version at the Metropol. It looked fantastic!</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/incendies
🎬 Incendies
2022-11-08T22:07:03+01:00
2022-11-08T22:07:03+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/8/6/2/7/18627-incendies-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=428c0056f4" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Incendies”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Woah, ok. It‘s all fun and games until that plot twist. And then it hits
you straight in the guts. So this is not a film I can recommend for some
light entertainment evening, but I think it‘s absolutely worth a watch,
as it has such a gripping story, great acting and is masterfully filmed
and edited IMHO.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-a-new-beginning
🎬 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
2022-11-02T12:43:23+01:00
2022-11-02T12:43:23+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/8/7/6/46876-friday-the-13th-part-v-a-new-beginning-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=83bd4821cd" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning”."><p>Although a little constructed, the idea for the story is actually notthat bad. But the execution is too long, unsuspenseful, mostlyrelatively boring, and – once again – full of clichés. Sorry, Jason.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/sightseers
🎬 Sightseers
2022-10-31T11:13:23+01:00
2022-10-31T11:13:23+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/gv/ek/gj/km/2YqRZQH9qvfrhXjKDQpeMWyrjP8-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=622ccbe152" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Sightseers”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This is a very silly British rom-com in which a new couple go on their
first camping and sightseeing trip together and he introduces her to his
quirky hobby; she finds interest in it, quickly gets better than him at
it - leaving him devastated. This entertained me well.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/men
🎬 Men
2022-10-31T11:02:30+01:00
2022-10-31T11:02:30+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/9/9/2/9/8/699298-men-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5065da5191" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Men”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>So I’m left with the pictures of a broken foot, a split lower arm and an
endless series of ass-births. Puh! That was totally over-done for me.
“Oh c’mon, it’s enough now”, is what I thought during the ending. If
this wanted to be shocking, it achieved that! But I found it just wanted
to be shocking without real substance. It detracted from the – actually
pretty straight forward – message. But maybe I didn’t get all the
symbolism and it was all so much deeper. This was scary, though, I give
it that. And I liked quite a few other elements as well. But that
extreme ending spoiled this for me somehow.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/cyst
🎬 Cyst
2022-10-18T17:59:54+02:00
2022-10-18T17:59:54+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/6/3/3/5/1/663351-cyst-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=837c26d942" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Cyst”."><p>I very much appreciate that people made a movie like this with all itsold-school costumes and effects. And this part really works and is whythe trailer immediately appealed to me. But ultimately andunfortunately, this is a lot of silly nonsense that even makes its justabout 70 minutes runtime seem long.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mandy
🎬 Mandy
2022-10-16T22:30:30+02:00
2022-10-16T22:30:30+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/9/2/6/5/4/392654-mandy-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=cf29f00f84" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Mandy”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This film is an audio-visual delicacy. If you’re into Metal, you are not
only my friend, but I’m sure, you too will enjoy this – if purely on the
visual level. But it’s hard to not dig the soundtrack, either. I would
guess this is great on drugs. Or unbearably terrifying.</p>
<p>A lot of scenes are reminiscent of David Lynch’s style. The story
however is not: it is very straight forward, which I found surprising
given all the wild trippy visuals.</p>
<p>The acting is overall great, and I indeed enjoyed Nic Cage’s performance
a lot. The action and fight scenes are great, too. It’s funny, but also
serious. However, there’s no focus on the latter, I’d say.</p>
<p>It’s certainly a unique experience. And one I could experience again!</p>
<p>(Oh my god, the Cheddar Gobblin!!!)</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-last-duel
🎬 The Last Duel
2022-10-16T10:53:56+02:00
2022-10-16T10:53:56+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/4/4/3/8/0/544380-the-last-duel-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b3cf1ae7a1" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Last Duel”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This is quite the spectacle! A beautiful, violent, serious, funny, well
choreographed and well acted “me too” middle-age spectacle. The three
different perspectives of the same plot is the kind of thing I really
enjoy. No exception here. The only thing we found irritating
occasionally was the language: both the actors’ accents as well as the
words seemed way too modern. But that shouldn’t stop one from enjoying
this a whole lot!</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/army-of-darkness
🎬 Army of Darkness
2022-10-04T23:36:28+02:00
2022-10-04T23:36:28+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/a7/6d/2x/pn/z7jxLTbnDx4tmLprfClKoUvOPmF-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=80ad22d392" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Army of Darkness”."><p>Oh dear. The fifth movie that day. I was actually looking forward tothis as I was keen to watch another Sam-Raimi-Bruce-Campbell movie. Thiscertainly has some good scenes! But overall I found the jokes, dialogueand effects overly silly. I felt like this was more about the specialeffects than anything else. And those felt incredibly dated. Nah, sorry,didn’t like it much this time around.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/rambo-first-blood-part-ii
🎬 Rambo: First Blood Part II
2022-10-04T23:29:40+02:00
2022-10-04T23:29:40+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/0/8/7/51087-rambo-first-blood-part-ii-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2fdf987c42" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Rambo: First Blood Part II”."><p>The fourth film we watched back-to-back. It was kinda hard taking thisseriously after having watched Hot Shots 2, which basically parodiesevery second scene of Rambo 2. This was still ok, I guess, but I wasn’tthat attentive any more and half-missed the ending.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/hot-shots-part-deux
🎬 Hot Shots! Part Deux
2022-10-04T23:23:08+02:00
2022-10-04T23:23:08+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/yh/c1/p2/n0/uuxbJw678kr9zmeAdqVpLmri9Ld-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=521a5d232a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Hot Shots! Part Deux”."><p>With six others in a hut in the mountains and it’s raining all Sunday:what do you do? We just kept watching silly movies. And this one isindeed meant to be, voluntarily! I remembered quite a few scenes, sothis was a little nostalgic. I think this still has nice ideas, wellexecuted. But yeah, it’s super silly.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/kickboxer
🎬 Kickboxer
2022-10-04T22:57:39+02:00
2022-10-04T22:57:39+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/4/2/9/46429-kickboxer-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=e89a46a500" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Kickboxer”."><p>I was primed with that this is basically the same movie as Bloodsport.And I agree. But nothing could prepare me for that hilarious dancingscene!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/bloodsport
🎬 Bloodsport
2022-10-04T22:41:15+02:00
2022-10-04T22:41:15+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/e4/j9/y0/49/E4d48dFICxN1tcGywt1p5zBHYJ-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=c24e535879" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Bloodsport”."><p>Usually not really my cup of tea, but I watched this with six friendswho know this in and out. And this made this special, as I not only gotto watch this fabulously cheesy movie, I also was enlightened by theirexpert commentary.</p><p>This had some fun characters, corny music, oh-my-god-the-clothes!!, anantagonist that’s indeed super evil (in a total unironic good way); andyeah: splits!</p><p>Based on a true story!</p><p>I had a great time.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-fog
🎬 The Fog
2022-09-25T20:22:01+02:00
2022-09-25T20:22:01+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/3/6/2/51362-the-fog-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2f669d4209" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Fog”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Death is polite in this one and often knocks on the door first before
slaying you to pieces. I found The Fog itself to be a little silly
maybe, but that might’ve just been the intention. Overall it’s great
fun, if you’re into old-school horror. The jump scares are effective,
the atmosphere menacing, and Carpenter’s pictures and music do the rest.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/blood-simple
🎬 Blood Simple
2022-09-24T10:55:41+02:00
2022-09-24T10:55:41+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/b7/yw/x0/25/blood%20simple-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5be2a698f3" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Blood Simple”."><p>The one thing that I really noticed were the scene transitions. Theywere quite something! And given this must have been all done analoguejust impresses all the more. The whole misunderstandings and increasingfear and paranoia that overcomes the protagonists is really wellportrayed. There’s just a lot of great scenes in this one. And really Ionly noticed now as I write about this. I might have been not thatenthusiastic right after the film ended, but now I kind of wanna watchit again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/escape-from-new-york
🎬 Escape from New York
2022-09-24T10:44:16+02:00
2022-09-24T10:44:16+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ft/7g/e0/y0/50aa3ZKcDF0c3r6nqY5I4jP1xnp-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=5fc0a2486a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Escape from New York”."><p>I like old sci-fi movies like this. The special effects and Carpenter’saesthetic just have something about them. The over-the-top villain withhis over-the-top car. All the “modern” computer graphics. Just great.And I enjoyed Carpenter’s music, too! The story and movie itself mightnot be just my cup of tea (anymore), though. But it’s certainly bad-ass.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/death-on-the-nile
🎬 Death on the Nile
2022-09-24T10:35:08+02:00
2022-09-24T10:35:08+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/4/7/6/49476-death-on-the-nile-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=502dc88066" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Death on the Nile”."><p>This might have been a bit too long, but other than that, there’snothing not to like. Another murder mystery, that could have only beensolved by the great Hercule Poirot. The funny dialog and quirkycharacters make this worthwhile alone already. And as a whole Icertainly can not <em>not</em> recommend it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/lucky
🎬 Lucky
2022-09-24T10:20:32+02:00
2022-09-24T10:20:32+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/i1/72/yq/82/fy2K8jqCV9rNC8fHx9muPJTNaqs-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=a7f22f78e0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Lucky”."><p>This is one of those movies where actually not that much is happening.Like an anti-blockbuster. It’s subtle, a little philosophical. And allabout the conversations and characters. It’s funny and serious at thesame time. With wonderful performances of all the actors! First andforemost of course the one of Harry Dean Stanton. But it also remindedme how much I enjoy David Lynch as an actor.</p><p>Beautiful!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/x
🎬 X
2022-09-16T13:44:40+02:00
2022-09-16T13:44:40+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/8/0/3/5/8/680358-x-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=8ba5e11abf" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “X”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Yep, I liked this! It was partly quite disgusting – more so than most
horror flics I’d say – but I won’t complain about that. But it had great
humour and a pretty original story I’d say. And it has this meta level
and “maybe play with the timeline/references to the past” thing going on
(which you only really notice at the end and in the credits), which I
don’t know if this made a whole lot of sense, but I’d try to find out
and watch the movie again. Bonus point for Chelsea Wolfe soundtrack.</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/primer
🎬 Primer
2022-09-03T11:08:21+02:00
2022-09-03T11:08:21+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/6/8/2/2682-primer-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=0e02010779" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Primer”."><p>Meh. I know this is a cult classic – and that’s why I wanted to see it –but I didn’t like it that much. I appreciate the story, but I felt theexecution was lagging. I couldn’t easily follow the plot. After readingthe Wikipedia article on it, I noticed that I think I understood most ofwhat happened. But certainly not everything, and it was more work thanentertainment.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-the-final-chapter
🎬 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2022-09-01T21:15:38+02:00
2022-09-01T21:15:38+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/8/7/7/46877-friday-the-13th-the-final-chapter-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9e63930345" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter”."><p>After the two previous not-that-great instalments of this franchise,this was again very good! Jason is just evil, menacing and capable, thekills are much more creative again, it has suspense, great stunts andoverall fantastic humour. On to part 5…</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/stand-by-me
🎬 Stand by Me
2022-09-01T21:01:31+02:00
2022-09-01T21:01:31+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/8/2/1/51821-stand-by-me-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=b3163b5def" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Stand by Me”."><p>A beautiful film! I would’ve probably liked this even better as a teen.But I’ve just now watched this. Still somehow things felt somewhatfamiliar.</p><p>I did only see the German dubbed version, so I think it’d be worth it toat some point see the original.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-evil-dead
🎬 The Evil Dead
2022-08-29T16:28:51+02:00
2022-08-29T16:28:51+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/c7/4g/ae/zn/7cpSdCrBY7UhiygkcP57dpixXsW-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=1525e98692" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Evil Dead”."><p>At first I thought: ah, this seems a little too silly and old-school; doI really want to watch this? But then it convinced me more and more.</p><p>It’s pretty scary stuff. Plus super-violent and splattery. And thatending!! Old-school effects galore!</p><p>Remarkable film. Didn’t regret this at all!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/django-unchained
🎬 Django Unchained
2022-08-29T16:19:45+02:00
2022-08-29T16:19:45+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/2/5/1/6/52516-django-unchained-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=f02aed63a3" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Django Unchained”."><p>Maybe towards the end, it’s a bit longer than necessary. But other thanthat I was again very well entertained for almost 3 hours.</p><p>The splatter is just so over the top it’s ridiculous! And so much fun.Despite the serious topic. Poah, and that first Mandingo fight scene inMonsieur Candie’s mansion is almost unbearably violent and cruel.Justified IMO, but bloody hell!</p><p>Acting, script, pace, etc. all perfect. Very satisfying revenge film.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mamma-mu-krkan
🎬 Mamma Muh & Kråkan
2022-08-24T22:09:40+02:00
2022-08-24T22:09:40+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/7/8/3/1/37831-mamma-mu-krakan-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=2075c84781" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Mamma Muh & Kråkan”."><p>Mal wieder mit dem Kind einen Film geguckt. Dieser ist sehr zu empfehlenals Einstieg: keine bedrohlichen Szenen, nicht zu lang, es sind ehereinzelne Episoden in einem Film – aber mit einem leicht zu verstehendemübergeordneten Thema.</p><p>Mit fast fünf hat sie die ganze Zeit aufmerksam zugeguckt und oft auchgelacht. Und auch für Erwachsene ist der durchaus unterhaltsam.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-black-phone
🎬 The Black Phone
2022-08-17T22:45:04+02:00
2022-08-17T22:45:04+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/7/7/5/7/1/677571-the-black-phone-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=45a499c08d" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Black Phone”."><p>This was more of a dumb-phone than a smart-phone. The supernatural neverexplained, unnecessarily violent in places, constructed jump-scares, andkid-characters that weren’t believable. I don’t know why Ethan Hawkeeven “starred” in this. It’s also a weird mix of some highschool movie,“Silence of the lambs”-style thriller and “the sixth sense”. But inboring. I’m sorry!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-th-part-iii
🎬 Friday the 13th Part III
2022-08-17T22:37:55+02:00
2022-08-17T22:37:55+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/6/8/7/9/46879-friday-the-13th-part-3-0-600-0-900-crop.jpg?v=9e63930345" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th Part III”."><p>Objectively, this wasn’t a good movie. It just wasn’t suspenseful atall. And the ideas? Meh!</p><p>We still had a great evening, though! Part 3 is missing in ourcollection, which held us back from continuing the series. Luckily Udocame around with the DVD box set, so that we could finally continue. Wewere made aware that this was filmed in “3D”, featuring the usual “woah,something’s flying towards the camera” moments. Hilarious! So, this andits trashiness in general entertained us very well.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/iron-maiden-flight
🎬 Iron Maiden: Flight 666
2022-07-20T19:37:34+02:00
2022-07-20T19:37:34+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/9/8/6/0/39860-iron-maiden-flight-666-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=1b7e42ed7f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Iron Maiden: Flight 666”."><p>23 shows in 45 days all over the world. Made possible by using their ownplane, piloted by their singer Bruce Dickinson. You get to know the bandmembers – a very likeable bunch – and it includes live clips of theirhits. What’s not to like? Right: nothing!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/train-to-busan
🎬 Train to Busan
2022-07-11T23:22:26+02:00
2022-07-11T23:22:26+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/3/0/9/1/2/330912-train-to-busan-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=792b24b074" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Train to Busan”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>As far as Zombies movies go, this certainly does not deviate from the
usual plot. But the Zombies are filmed in an interesting way,
emphasising their insanity and speed. I prefer my Zombies rather slow
and clumsy, though. But this definitely had some good scenes! Some
special effects were sub-par unfortunately. But overall I was well
entertained. The characters were good, and I liked the sad yet beautiful
ending.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/cube
🎬 Cube
2022-06-16T14:59:43+02:00
2022-06-16T14:59:43+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/op/7o/t7/az/u50r6chJGO2iqxVAvtQ07obiCkB-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=3e69ee7595" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Cube”."><p>I thought this had potential. But it was a little boring I’m afraid.Predictable, average acting and the constant wide-angle shots wereannoying. I’m probably too critical, I’m sorry.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-witch
🎬 The Witch
2022-05-09T17:58:35+02:00
2022-05-09T17:58:35+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/y2/i8/9s/h1/tNr2KYytArZNSh0K8PUcHU3JnX4-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=9c9238a912" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Witch”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>It feels just right that Thomasin survives her naive religious family.
I'm sorry for her siblings, but the parents just deserved to die. For
god's sake, they had glass windows back home in England. "Glass
windows"!!1! Who in his right mind leaves behind *that* and puts
themselves in a dire situation like this!??</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-internets-own-boy-the-story-of-aaron-swartz
🎬 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
2022-04-28T21:15:48+02:00
2022-04-28T21:15:48+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/7/4/9/8/0/174980-the-internet-s-own-boy-the-story-of-aaron-swartz-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=816d529b0d" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz”."><p>What happened to Aaron Swartz is so unjust and tragic. But I guess thatfate is almost certain when you uncover injustices or crimes the USgovernment and institutions do not like; when you go against the stream.Doesn’t matter if you’re a kid (that’s morally right, too).</p><p>But this is not only depressing. It also celebrates Aaron’s victoriesand general accomplishments.</p><p>On a side note: it struck me as remarkable, that the internet allowed athirteen year old kid to collaborate with adults on the spec of RSS. Idoubt this would have happened in real life, simply because ofartificial societal hurdles and/or adult arrogance.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/tenet
🎬 Tenet
2022-04-24T22:26:01+02:00
2022-04-24T22:26:01+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/pq/9f/sr/vt/aCIFMriQh8rvhxpN1IWGgvH0Tlg-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=fc1a613c22" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Tenet”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Whoa ok. Remember the TV series “Early Edition” where a man gets a
newspaper a day early and then tries to prevent whatever terrible thing
is going to happen? This plus The Matrix. And more complicated. Then you
have Tenet.</p>
<p>This is two and a half hours of a super fast-paced story. I felt like I
could’ve paused every 5-10 minutes to process what was just being said
or done. A lot of “backwards-sequences” where things just run backwards.
But they also run forwards. I guess one has to see. Both effects and
story seemed well thought out. I say “seemed” because I couldn’t verify
this on the first view. Some things were simply confusing – and I don’t
mean that in a bad way.</p>
<p>But satisfying was that you could actually predict some things. Because
the movie – as time travel movies do – runs through the same scene
twice.</p>
<p>Some time in the future I will watch this again. When I feel like I can
withstand another mental and visual onslaught.</p>
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https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/donnie-darko
🎬 Donnie Darko
2022-04-20T22:49:43+02:00
2022-04-20T22:49:43+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/ye/jq/f3/22/nmb4QhCRmdfNP6rgb81yUFgI83l-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=88a5ae7f81" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Donnie Darko”."><p>As appropriate for the Easter weekend, we watched a flick with a rabbitin it. And I still don’t know what to make of this. I certainly like theperformances, especially of Jake Gyllenhaal. And it has a nice creepyand mysterious vibe. But in the end it left me wondering what this wasabout. Love? Selflessness? And I felt the movie wanted to explain how itall worked, but then didn’t!? I should probably watch this again sometime.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/rabbit-school-guardians-of-the-golden-egg
🎬 Rabbit School: Guardians of the Golden Egg
2022-04-15T12:15:35+02:00
2022-04-15T12:15:35+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/5/8/7/1/1/358711-rabbit-school-guardians-of-the-golden-egg-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=d07971c7ba" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Rabbit School: Guardians of the Golden Egg”."><p>First time in the cinema with Zoe. We had a good time. But at 4yo Ithought this was probably a bit much for her – although she liked it andpayed attention the whole time. But the fights, the whole YouTube-andsocial media follower-spiel and a long non-trivial story was pretty muchall new to her. But hey, you have to start somewhere. And when she likescinema, I’m all for it. :) The movie itself was fine, although itprobably tried too hard to be hip and modern (but what do I know).</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/duel
🎬 Duel
2022-04-15T12:04:31+02:00
2022-04-15T12:04:31+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/3/1/3/51313-duel-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=8a96b1a832" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Duel”."><p>Start to finish a suspenseful and very captivating journey. There’s notmuch to complain about. Loved the camera angles and the sound. And thewhole build-up is fantastic. Ace!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/climax
🎬 Climax
2022-03-28T23:14:53+02:00
2022-03-28T23:14:53+02:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/3/6/8/7/3/436873-climax-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=711509f665" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Climax”."><p>If a lot of scenes and the plot in general wasn’t so shocking and thelanguage not as coarse, I would say this could almost be described asbeautiful. It’s beautifully choreographed – both in a dancing kind ofway, as well as a cinematography kind of way. But it’s a choreography ofa horror trip. And the film takes you along for it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-descent
🎬 The Descent
2022-03-26T12:56:37+01:00
2022-03-26T12:56:37+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/2/0/4/47204-the-descent-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=0c45e509a1" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Descent”."><p>Those monsters and the cave setting were actually really well done andit had some good moments. Unfortunately the plot and characters were notof the same quality leaving me indifferent to how this continues orends.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/wheels-on-meals
🎬 Wheels on Meals
2022-03-24T22:16:25+01:00
2022-03-24T22:16:25+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/5/5/0/4/45504-wheels-on-meals-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=dfbc3b2a99" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Wheels on Meals”."><p>I do enjoy some good Jackie Chan stunts. And this had quite a few goodones, if I’m being honest. But overall I had trouble staying motivatedto continue watching. The plot itself is mediocre, the movie is way toolong, and the jokes are almost annoyingly silly. I probably would’vewritten more favourable words if this had been a (max.) 90 minute affairinstead of the 110 it actually was.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/qt-the-first-eight
🎬 QT8: The First Eight
2022-03-24T22:06:18+01:00
2022-03-24T22:06:18+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/5/7/4/3/7/557437-qt8-the-first-eight-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=056654ac76" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “QT8: The First Eight”."><p>Ok documentary. Made me want to watch even more of his movies again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/reservoir-dogs
🎬 Reservoir Dogs
2022-03-22T23:29:29+01:00
2022-03-22T23:29:29+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/u0/4o/op/yx/g7spS2Y4SZoQoC6Hn7zoqEqdYqR-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=7154034415" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Reservoir Dogs”."><p>We were in a mood for Tarantino and decided to watch his debut. And itwas kind of nice to watch this right after The Hateful Eight, as Idiscovered that they share quite a few similarities.</p><p>Rewatching this after a lot of years, this was a great refresher. It’sstill his weakest movie, but everything else but a waste of time.Especially enjoyed Harvey Keitel’s performance. And that credit-scoreCoconut song.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-hateful-eight
🎬 The Hateful Eight
2022-03-22T23:23:48+01:00
2022-03-22T23:23:48+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/9/7/0/1/2/197012-the-hateful-eight-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=736220bf91" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Hateful Eight”."><p>A Tarantino film is always a guarantee to entertain me. This one mightbe not have a satisfying ending as his other movies, but nevertheless,it’s great. Love Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/inherent-vice
🎬 Inherent Vice
2022-03-12T12:12:55+01:00
2022-03-12T12:12:55+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/2/5/8/3/0/125830-inherent-vice-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=2b720ac1e0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Inherent Vice”."><p>I come right out and say it: this is a lot like “The Big Lebowski” – butnot as good. The film was too long. That’s mainly because the story wastoo confusing to me to actually really care about what’s going on.</p><p>But individual scenes were very funny and enjoyable. Loved theperformances of Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Katherine Waterston.Actually I liked much about how the movie was done otherwise. Butunfortunately, I found the parts greater than the whole.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/titane
🎬 Titane
2022-03-12T12:11:27+01:00
2022-03-12T12:11:27+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/5/6/5/5/3/556553-titane-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=42d809be70" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Titane”."><p>Oh my god. This is a weird one. After initial doubts in the beginning, Iended up really enjoying this one. Beyond the brutal and disgustingparts is this actually rather loving relationship with the “father”. Iwas constantly on the edge of my seat wondering what’s going to happennext.</p><p>Visually great. And Agathe Rousselle was amazing!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/murder-on-the-orient-express
🎬 Murder on the Orient Express
2022-03-12T12:08:53+01:00
2022-03-12T12:08:53+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/9/4/8/2/49482-murder-on-the-orient-express-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=ddf9ff1489" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Murder on the Orient Express”."><p>I’m sometimes reluctant to watch older movies (it’s from 1974). But Ishouldn’t have had this concerns before deciding to watch this. Justoverall great whodunnit fun, with great acting. And pretty hilarious,too.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-shallows
🎬 The Shallows
2022-03-12T12:07:05+01:00
2022-03-12T12:07:05+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/6/1/1/1/2/261112-the-shallows-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=7555a952a0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Shallows”."><p>I don’t think I have anything good to say about this one. A combinationof kitschy and advertising-like visuals and a weak story with borderlineannoying music. I’m sorry.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/there-will-be-blood
🎬 There Will Be Blood
2022-03-12T12:05:23+01:00
2022-03-12T12:05:23+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/jg/cd/7y/f5/there%20will%20be%20blood-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=7a5aeb3e79" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “There Will Be Blood”."><p>I didn’t expect this title to kind-of refer to my experience with it.And then I fell down the stairs to the basement when I went to see it atthe Souterrain cinema.</p><p>Well, there was no blood actually, but I felt the effects of that fallfor over a week. Given that the first scene of the movie is where theprotagonist named Daniel – played by an actor called Daniel – falls froma ladder into a well, fracturing his leg; I should have known. Stupidtime travel voodoo nonsense.</p><p>Anyway. I did watch this when it came out, but really didn’t remember athing. And now I was really captured by the world and charactersportrayed here (apart from the times when my hurting buttocks was notmaking itself heard anyway). It is a long movie at over 2.5 hours, butit doesn’t feel like it. Every scene felt right and necessary and isalways worth one’s time. The performances of Daniel Day-Lewis and PaulDano are incredible. The story, the set, the music, and all the othercharacters are further contributing to making this a fantasticexperience.</p><p>But man, is he one proud and bitter asshole.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-sisters-brothers
🎬 The Sisters Brothers
2022-02-17T08:07:36+01:00
2022-02-17T08:07:36+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/3/7/2/7/4/0/372740-the-sisters-brothers-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=b5775f3272" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Sisters Brothers”."><p>The gun fight in the middle of the night is a great start into the storyabout this assassin brother duo. While their quest is already gripping,this movie is as much about relationships and life in general. And thiscombination made it special and a very enjoyable watch.</p><p>This film will hopefully also make you appreciate how much morecomfortable life is in the 21st century (in the so called “developed”world anyway).</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/lamb
🎬 Lamb
2022-02-11T21:03:43+01:00
2022-02-11T21:03:43+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/7/0/7/1/1/4/707114-lamb-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=aab71d69c0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Lamb”."><p>This was a weird one. For me, this was partly (and maybe involuntarily)too cute and/or funny, which I felt was not fitting to the overallrather dark – almost menacing – atmosphere. Which I liked. Just like theacting and the whole setting. Hm. A “mixed review” I guess.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/soylent-green
🎬 Soylent Green
2022-02-07T22:52:32+01:00
2022-02-07T22:52:32+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/nf/q5/cw/i9/eXZcuTPyhV0yhHL9ox6Ygw8Gd8I-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=ac6ec5c77a" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Soylent Green”."><p>Some proper old school sci-fi. With fucker Charlton Heston. I think Icould recognise the influence this had on other movies. So I think itdeserves its “classic” status. Loved the end: “You’ve go to tell them!Soylent Green is…”.</p><p>But man, the scene between Thorn and Shirl in the bedroom during the“furniture”-party… what was that? Lol.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/almost-famous
🎬 Almost Famous
2022-02-07T22:37:04+01:00
2022-02-07T22:37:04+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/8r/4k/tl/rx/mlOGVofLSyFAoVYcjVS2WRVvQjr-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=eed93ac93b" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Almost Famous”."><p>Yep, good entertainment. Funny, good music, and a great cast. I foundthe storyline sometimes a little bit all over the place, which is my onecomplaint. And I would’ve actually loved to hear/read more of that finalarticle he wrote for Rolling Stone.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/an-impossible-project
🎬 An Impossible Project
2022-02-04T10:32:55+01:00
2022-02-04T10:32:55+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/8/7/9/8/3/587983-an-impossible-project-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=8eff9f5a82" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “An Impossible Project”."><p>A wonderful portrait of Florian “Doc” Kaps, who saved the last Polaroidfactory from being demolished and resurrecting Polaroid film. Thisdocumentary is mainly about this, but it’s also about his other projectsthat followed and all things analog and how and why it’s having acomeback.</p><p>I loved this and would easily watch this again. The only criticism Ihave is that the bit about Facebook should have been shorter – althoughI thought it’s ok to be in there.</p><p>And what a beautifully filmed ending, Barry Lyndon style.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/anchorman-the-legend-continues
🎬 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2022-01-31T22:11:02+01:00
2022-01-31T22:11:02+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/p9/7u/tn/bc/icistuafCrDet2mWXRx9cwwz5ak-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=65d664fcb0" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”."><p>I accidentally rented this movie when we actually wanted to see thefirst one in the series. And since we had started this one already, weonly had 48 hours left to watch this second instalment.</p><p>And this wasn’t as good. Yes, it was (partly) funny (oh, boy, that scenewith Steve Carell “announcing” the weather!), but everything was justover the top. There were not many new ideas, instead everything frompart one was dialled up to 11, and it kind of gets on ones nerves.</p><p>Soundtrack was again pretty groovy, and the media criticism wasn’t bad,either.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy
🎬 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2022-01-31T22:00:09+01:00
2022-01-31T22:00:09+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/7/6/3/7/47637-anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=0467d81be8" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”."><p>I don’t even remember how or why we decided to watch this. But it wasactually quite funny. Easy to digest entertainment and some really funnyscenes. We enjoyed the soundtrack, too.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/kubrick-by-kubrick
🎬 Kubrick by Kubrick
2022-01-25T10:57:54+01:00
2022-01-25T10:57:54+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/6/1/3/8/7/0/613870-kubrick-by-kubrick-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=9ff69b5b03" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Kubrick by Kubrick”."><p>Some interesting insights into how Kubrick worked, what he thought abouthis films and how they were made.</p><p>Made me want to (re)watch his movies.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/inferno
🎬 Inferno
2022-01-14T23:13:19+01:00
2022-01-14T23:13:19+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/1/5/8/8/41588-inferno-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=0dfa432309" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Inferno”."><p>So, we had a bit of a Argento theme going last weekend. This reminded mea lot of Susperia, but was not as good unfortunately. Visually, yes,very nice. Great ideas and scenes once again. And that whole hauntedhouse theme. But storytelling was a bit all over the place and I wasleft wondering what the purpose of certain scenes were beyond “let’s putthis cool scene in there, too”. Still: certainly not a wast of time thisone!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/tenebre
🎬 Tenebre
2022-01-14T23:03:28+01:00
2022-01-14T23:03:28+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/pv/50/50/u3/3G2iu3RGfE1emPF4lS4YgMNyVkf-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=32849cea36" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Tenebre”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>This had a bit of a slow start and the acting was partly a bit
amateurish. But overall, this was a very enjoyable watch. The story was
very good overall, it had suspense, and some scenes were just great. The
whole sequence with the dog! Or the grand finale. I mean, he was
standing *exactly* behind him!</p>
<p>And it’s all fine, chopping off limbs and murder people in unimaginable
ways. But when their friends then just shrug and get on with it, that’s
just next level crazy stuff!</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/line-of-sight
🎬 Line of Sight
2022-01-14T22:40:26+01:00
2022-01-14T22:40:26+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/9/5/3/7/3/95373-line-of-sight-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=38de493f2e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Line of Sight”."><p>While I did come to enjoy cycling videos, this wasn't for me. It waslacking context, editing was terrible, and some driver's attitude andmad skills rubbed me the wrong way. But I might just be not familiarenough with the whole bike messenger, alley cat race scene.</p><p>There was some great driving, though! And the filming was probably veryunique at the time. I mean, come on, two comparatively big cameras on ahelmet (there were no GoPros at the time), plus more mounted on thebike, and then keeping up with drivers racing through dense traffic,producing useable footage. That certainly get some stars from me.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/janosch-komm-wir-finden-einen-schatz
🎬 Janosch – Komm, wir finden einen Schatz
2022-01-04T22:49:57+01:00
2022-01-04T22:49:57+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/1/0/6/9/8/6/106986-janosch-komm-wir-finden-einen-schatz-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=fa8d479284" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Janosch – Komm, wir finden einen Schatz”."><p>In December we watched this as Zoe’s first feature-length movie. It wasa good choice: the “bad guys” weren’t all that bad, the action wasmoderate and it was just 70 minutes long or so.</p><p>We all enjoyed this and Zoe got a first taste at paying attention to astoryline for more than the 15-20 mins she’s normally accustomed to.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/endless-night
🎬 Endless Night
2022-01-03T10:17:53+01:00
2022-01-03T10:17:53+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/2/4/1/6/5/24165-endless-night-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=d5c36fdcd6" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Endless Night”."><details><summary>This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.</summary><p>Hm… I liked the characters and dialogues for the most part. But the
build-up was way too long, leaving me questioning if this indeed is a
crime/mystery movie. Meh. The house is very cool, though!</p>
</details>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/tremors
🎬 Tremors
2022-01-02T17:35:47+01:00
2022-01-02T17:35:47+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/as/zy/qv/ft/aC2wOckYHkLi9usARIfqR51OFV9-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=a9968daa27" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Tremors”."><p>As I hoped, this was a good fit for my slightly hungover self. A simpleplot, no surprises and some good old-school special effects.</p><p>But it was very obvious and (because of that) a bit unintentionallyfunny: I thought a lot “say what!” during the dialogues. And the actingwas all so keen, over the top, and the characters were all so damninvolved in their quest and full of clichés, putting a smile on my face.But the smile was only short-lived, because you know it’s really seriousand you want them to succeed.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/little-miss-sunshine
🎬 Little Miss Sunshine
2021-12-31T12:53:18+01:00
2021-12-31T12:53:18+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/h6/xm/om/q7/dOeM4R55TsAFBXCPNIDDMiJkePr-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=998cf30baf" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Little Miss Sunshine”."><p>A great movie! I love a good dialogue and this has plenty of that. Plus,well thought-out characters, very well played. And it has Steve Carellin it!</p><p>Maybe the ending could have had more bite to it (I don’t even know whatI mean exactly), but other than that, this is very much recommended!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/timecrimes
🎬 Timecrimes
2021-12-31T12:50:40+01:00
2021-12-31T12:50:40+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/qw/1c/o8/f5/yaPwrv8c2ZKVHdUicUUnA9LvCCh-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=1d35cf2ffb" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Timecrimes”."><p>This was quite clever. And funny. I enjoy a good time travel movie. Notthe best of its kind probably, but definitely an enjoyable watch!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/die-hard
🎬 Die Hard
2021-12-31T12:48:31+01:00
2021-12-31T12:48:31+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/5/5/6/51556-die-hard-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=8c0fbeec43" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Die Hard”."><p>Persuaded Nicole to (re-)watch this with me. I still found thisentertaining. And it brought nostalgic feelings back.</p><p>I watched this for the first time in English. And I must wonder why –why??? – they didn’t put in just a little effort into making the Germandialogue realistic.</p><p>Everyone is so damn cool in this. But overall, a solid movie, althoughthis is not the kind of (action) film I enjoy all that much anymore.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/black-christmas
🎬 Black Christmas
2021-12-31T12:27:27+01:00
2021-12-31T12:27:27+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/4/1/3/0/5/41305-black-christmas-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=2e11556542" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Black Christmas”."><p>This was good! And I was quite surprised of the crude language. I didn’t think everything in the plot made sense, but it was still anentertaining watch. And it must be one of the first (horror) movies thatfeatures the telephone-spiel and the Killer-POV shots.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-humans
🎬 The Humans
2021-12-31T12:24:14+01:00
2021-12-31T12:24:14+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-poster/5/1/6/1/9/2/516192-the-humans-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=a31bb09f1f" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Humans”."><p>I generally enjoy a good “Kammerspiel”. But I found this to be ratherboring. I’m sorry.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/call-me-by-your-name
🎬 Call Me by Your Name
2021-12-31T12:20:06+01:00
2021-12-31T12:20:06+01:00
<img src="https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/upload/g9/9t/cc/7u/tcNniniS4rfqrLH0oORikJfnIwY-0-500-0-750-crop.jpg?k=b27aa7389e" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Call Me by Your Name”."><p>This was a remarkably written movie. Very sensitive and probably quiteaccurate to be honest. And I noticed I wasn’t quite used to seeing gaycontent. Good movie overall. Would have been better, if I didn’t findmost main characters so unlikeable.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/bohemian-rhapsody
🎬 Bohemian Rhapsody
2021-12-23T23:59:09+01:00
2021-12-23T23:59:09+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lHu1wtNaczFPGFDTrjCSzeLPTKN.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Bohemian Rhapsody”."><p>That was alright! Mostly I think because I generally seem to enjoy movies about bands. And to my relief, how the actors played their instruments was pretty good (because when they don’t, it usually ruins a film for me). It was all well done in general, but a little too mainstream-y for me I guess. That chicken-“Gallileo”-cut was brilliant. Solid movie!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/wind-river
🎬 Wind River
2021-11-28T15:29:00+01:00
2021-11-28T15:29:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pySivdR845Hom4u4T2WNkJxe6Ad.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Wind River”."><p>This was emotional. Since becoming a father, movies including “something bad or sad with children” hit me way harder than before.</p><p>Anyhow, this was still a good one. Although a bit conventional. But acting and dialogues and all the subtle interpersonal relationships and emotions as well as the dealing-with-grief topic were really well done. The setting in the winter was great, too. And the real-life cases this story is based on is commendable – and is something I wasn’t aware of to this degree.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/snowpiercer
🎬 Snowpiercer
2021-11-28T13:00:00+01:00
2021-11-28T13:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nzccOvhrLGI0nvAknCEAk8bchD9.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Snowpiercer”."><p>That one was unique. One of those unique things was the many different characters and stories. And then they die or you don’t really know what happened or will happen to them. The humour is unique, too – and I liked it, although I found this unfitting at first. The combat-scenes were a bit over-the-top for me. It is also pretty cruel at times. It includes plenty of social criticism. It’s a bit of a trip this one. The more I think about it now, the more I want to watch it again (which is often a good sign). And it somehow reminded me of one or more other film(s), but I can’t put my finger on which one(s).</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/running-for-good
🎬 Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary
2021-11-21T22:35:00+01:00
2021-11-21T22:35:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8AQvXn8lX2otOwsatPpG1krvZtm.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Running for Good: The Fiona Oakes Documentary”."><p>Fiona Oakes’ running achievements are incredible. But her personality might be even more inspiring. Quote from the movie’s official website:</p><blockquote> <p>With overcoming her own adversity, Fiona’s true drive to achieve incredible feats of speed and human endurance are motivated by a deep desire to raise awareness for the plight of animals. Her achievements help fund a 450+ animal sanctuary that she takes care of every day.</p></blockquote>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/halloween-2
🎬 Halloween 2
2021-11-18T23:32:00+01:00
2021-11-18T23:32:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xyBX7rFmNB4nM2RBW3042RQPFG2.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Halloween 2”."><p>Interesting that this sequel starts <em>immediately</em> where part one ended and continues the very same night. And I think this was good. It’s a bit much with Michael Myers’ invincibility, and not as good as the first part, but other than that, solid slasher territory.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-french-dispatch
🎬 The French Dispatch
2021-11-18T23:07:00+01:00
2021-11-18T23:07:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6JXR3KJH5roiBCjWFt09xfgxHZc.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The French Dispatch”."><p>This is quite a trip! As usual for Wes Anderson, this has lovingly made sets and scenes, is funny, fast-paced and has an all-star cast. I definitely enjoyed it – but it was a little too much on the first watch. There’s just so much detail and complexity in the individual episodes – and even single shots – that my concentration was draining rather quickly. I probably want to watch this a few more times. And in slow-motion. And I don’t know if that’s good or bad – or what my final verdict would be. Talking about this movie afterwards was definitely a lot of fun. I say: go watch it!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-13th-part-2
🎬 Friday the 13th Part 2
2021-11-13T17:53:00+01:00
2021-11-13T17:53:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zgcWEU9JbNHnE8b8TcxFvWjPRUp.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th Part 2”."><p>A series of uninspired kills and full of clichés. If you’re into (classic) horror movies (like me) this might still be an enjoyable watch. But it’s certainly not as good as the first part, and there are certainly better horror movies out there in general.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/minari
🎬 Minari
2021-10-31T20:06:26+01:00
2021-10-31T20:06:26+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6mPNdmjdbVKPITv3LLCmQoKs9Zw.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Minari”."><p>This movie didn’t have any elements in it that you’d call spectacular. It’s subtle. To me, it was about relationships, and prejudices or how a first impression of a person can be wrong. And about the setbacks and victories – big and small – of life.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/b-movie
🎬 B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2021-10-27T18:42:37+02:00
2021-10-27T18:42:37+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/44BiWEueOk4XKDqt2SYDSc8tNDl.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989”."><p>Entertaining and somewhat tongue-in-cheek documentary about the Berlin music and art scenes during the 80s. All told through the eyes of narrator Mark Reeder. If you’re into music in general or into “Die Toten Hosen”, “Die Ärzte”, Nick Cave, “Die Einstürzenden Neubauten”, Jörg Buttgereit (and many more) in particular, you’ll enjoy this!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mother-2
🎬 mother!
2021-10-26T23:02:31+02:00
2021-10-26T23:02:31+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2yOKarmL8B4oXaLXUdHu882SUbu.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “mother!”."><p>“What a nightmare!” was my comment while watching this movies. And I meant that from the mother’s perspective, which is the one you get to see as the viewer.</p><p>This film made me really uncomfortable. And I applaud it for this! And feeling uncomfortable is appropriate and makes perfect sense, too! But that sense had to explained to me, to be honest. Despite the confusing plot (at first), I was all on board with the movie. Until this over-the-top ending – then I really wasn’t sure what to make of this movie. But Bernd gave me a hint regarding the metaphors afterwards, and then – as already mentioned – it all made perfect sense. And I loved it! And I will probably watch this again some time!</p><p>Reminded me of Haneke’s “Funny Games” at times. So yeah, if you’re in for some light and feel-good entertainment, this is <em>not</em> the movie for you!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dunkirk
🎬 Dunkirk
2021-10-03T09:41:00+02:00
2021-10-03T09:41:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ebSnODDg9lbsMIaWg2uAbjn7TO5.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Dunkirk”."><p>Was ok. Overall, of course, very well made and very cinematic – worthy of a bigger screen than we have at home. And I liked the non-linear narrative. But if it was meant to be emotional at the end, I didn’t feel it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/prisoners
🎬 Prisoners
2021-10-02T21:30:00+02:00
2021-10-02T21:30:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tuZhZ6biFMr5n9YSVuHOJnNL1uU.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Prisoners”."><p>A great plot! Great acting. Very well filmed and very well made overall. But a little too conventional – despite the outstanding story. And maybe “Thriller” is just not my genre (anymore). If it is yours, I can recommend this.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/a-serious-man
🎬 A Serious Man
2021-10-02T21:15:00+02:00
2021-10-02T21:15:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qElmjwRZuOQmzgmWRixFd7xEmPn.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “A Serious Man”."><p>This must be the least good Coen brothers movie I’ve seen. I don’t know what to make of this. Not unlike “Au Poste!” you could somewhat revel in the absurdities and misfortune happening to the protagonist and his reactions to them. But the whole Jewish references just confused me. I guess it’s much better when you’re Jewish or at least familiar with their customs.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/halloween-h20
🎬 Halloween H20
2021-10-02T09:07:00+02:00
2021-10-02T09:07:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8OOyralXanVmWxPvYFljiVCQoGS.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Halloween H20”."><p>I did very much enjoy the first film in this series when I finally watched it not long ago. But this one didn’t grip me and I had to roll my eyes way too often.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/victoria
🎬 Victoria
2021-10-01T21:20:00+02:00
2021-10-01T21:20:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h27gzn8K3U4xXEMh0FmSFxqpDMz.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Victoria”."><p>A movie without any cuts and you really feel like you are self part of this adventure through Berlin with Victoria and the four guys that ends with these phenomenal acting performances which were incredible high stakes given the movie is over two hours long.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/au-poste
🎬 Au Poste!
2021-08-30T22:41:30+02:00
2021-08-30T22:41:30+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pm5Opna1AAgJcCrF0XmtPGvgn8K.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Au Poste!”."><p>An absurd interrogation in a murder case. Claustrophobic, confusing, unsettling, funny. Did I mention “absurd”? Definitely recommended. I still haven’t fully coped with that oyster scene.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-father
🎬 The Father
2021-08-08T12:55:00+02:00
2021-08-08T12:55:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pr3bEQ517uMb5loLvjFQi8uLAsp.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Father”."><p>Wow! Just terrific! You really get a feel for what dementia might feel like. The set was amazing. The dialogues were perfect. And of course, the acting was splendid – especially of the two main actors Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. I feel like there are so many subtle details in this movie that I hadn’t time to fully process. I could easily watch this again and again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/history-of-violence
🎬 A History of Violence
2021-08-08T12:40:00+02:00
2021-08-08T12:40:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rrc6GiAKHDrUjp8OmdVng9hRWBn.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “A History of Violence”."><p>This was ok. But not more. It was a pretty straight forward story. Indeed not for you, if you can’t stand (graphic) violence. What the protagonist’s transformation does to his family relationships was unconvincing in my humble opinion (and so was the change in character of his son).</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/my-octopus-teacher
🎬 My Octopus Teacher
2021-08-01T00:00:00+02:00
2021-08-01T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/u96gR99ZUtdmE3bAzASnjZqzioR.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “My Octopus Teacher”."><p>I didn’t think I could relate to an Octopus so much. This film is a wonderful documentary about a remarkable and almost tragic relationship between a man and an octopus. Amazing footage, brilliantly told.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/oldboy
🎬 Oldboy
2021-07-29T23:16:00+02:00
2021-07-29T23:16:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pWDtjs568ZfOTMbURQBYuT4Qxka.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Oldboy”."><p>What a trip! It’s quite the (shocking) story. And both the plot and action are brutal and certainly not for everybody. And it’s occasionally even funny, too. I don’t know. It’s unique. In a good way. And was a welcome change from all the hollywood-y movies one consumes.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-emtpy-man
🎬 The Empty Man
2021-07-24T11:42:00+02:00
2021-07-24T11:42:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8apzu9JFTUMtOpYkHk6LNPOs3pY.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Empty Man”."><p>Okay. The whole setup and plot was actually quite good and promising. And I found the scary scenes to be quite good, too. But as much as this film spent on story, atmosphere and setup, just as <em>little</em> was spent on explaining everything (almost <em>anything</em>). So in the end I found this a bit disappointing.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/black-bear
🎬 Black Bear
2021-07-24T11:24:00+02:00
2021-07-24T11:24:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/syrY3P8a30tGcmSlVtZjXO0VX5r.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Black Bear”."><p>A movie I could watch again. You never quite know what’s real and what isn’t or wasn’t. Throw in some uncomfortable dialogues, manipulative behaviour and great acting, and you have an interesting watch.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-babadook
🎬 The Babadook
2021-07-01T00:00:00+02:00
2021-07-01T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lszpCmmPCKHvzn2OBx7bAgXlfhC.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Babadook”."><p>Overall I can recommend this movie. It’s well made and interestingly filmed. It revolves around the topic of coping – or <em>not</em> coping – with the loss of a loved one (especially on the birthday of the first child) and all the psychological and emotional challenges and dangers this can bring along with it.</p><p>Unfortunately the plot lost me a bit in the second half: I found the wording of the mother’s outbursts not always convincing (maybe because they had too many plain swear words in them?). And the end reminded me too much of “Home Alone”, which I found unfitting to the otherwise serious theme (this was probably unintended by the director/writer, though).</p><p>It’s a bit of a shame, because apart from that, I found the film is well executed with quite a few interesting details (I found that book great for example). And “the boy” is just adorable – and pitiable (and very well played by the actor).</p><p>And again I noticed how I can more relate to a parent-child relationship in movies since I became a parent myself.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/event-horizon
🎬 Event Horizon
2021-06-19T10:10:00+02:00
2021-06-19T10:10:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qfluaDXv0cIdLwgQWzNB2piHL2q.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Event Horizon”."><p>This is a classic isn’t it? It was my first watch, though. And I tend to like movies that play in space. This one was no exception.</p><p>It was maybe a bit too much action the whole time, but other than that, a solid movie with a more classic storytelling (fair enough, since this was released in 1997).</p><p>One scene that was involuntary funny to us was when the captain watched the horrifying things that happened to the previous crew on the video log and then says with a straight face: “We’re leaving!” We had a good laugh.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/interstellar
🎬 Interstellar
2021-06-19T10:03:00+02:00
2021-06-19T10:03:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gEU2QniE6E77NI6lCU6MxlNBvIx.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Interstellar”."><p>A rewatch. And totally worth it. I like the whole menacing atmosphere – both on earth and in space. The story is great, too, altough I’m still not quite so sure whether I understood everything.</p><p>With almost three hours in length, this is a movie I did <em>not</em> find too long. On the contrary: it could be even longer to explain things in more detail. I think the plot would have made a great TV series.</p><p>And I’m also not quite sure what the movie is supposed to tell the viewer. But my current short interpretation goes like this:</p><ul> <li>Love is a strong – or even the strongest – force in the universe. Maybe…</li> <li>What does it matter to save humanity when you yourself are not with your loved ones.</li> <li>Humans will even (almost) fuck-up a realistic chance of settling on another planet because of stupid selfish reason.</li></ul><p>I could totally see myself watching this a third time.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/paranormal-activity
🎬 Paranormal Activity
2021-05-16T21:47:00+02:00
2021-05-16T21:47:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1bjA7de4O0NhMsaOqwvrecophUs.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Paranormal Activity”."><p>This wasn’t bad. I certainly like the acting of the two. But 60+ instead of 80+ minutes would’ve made this more gripping. I’m sure this film was a big influence to the makers of <a href="/watched/movies/host">Host</a>.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/booksmart
🎬 Booksmart
2021-05-09T13:17:00+02:00
2021-05-09T13:17:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/micaVOa1UZsdzs4fKGA67ZMGOzc.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Booksmart”."><p>This was a waste of time. It’s just not something I enjoy (anymore?).</p><p>Honestly, the only thing that made me laugh was how strangely similar this one actor looked to a young Jackie Chan.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/jackie-brown
🎬 Jackie Brown
2021-05-05T22:15:01+02:00
2021-05-05T22:15:01+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ewbLUXvm4riZL0aepy90o0vMesn.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Jackie Brown”."><p>What can I say? I’m always nicely entertained by Tarantino’s movies. The plot, the characters, the dialogues, how it’s filmed etc.</p><p>I have seen this before, but that was long ago. Didn’t regret this rewatch at all.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/them
🎬 Them
2021-05-01T17:05:01+02:00
2021-05-01T17:05:01+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bJw1VZ4ACt5TnAvJbHcprzgYc1E.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Them”."><p>This is a TV series. But ten episodes is like a very long movie really. Anyhow, we’re not going to continue watching this when or if another season comes out.</p><p>Overall I liked how this was filmed and edited and the acting was very good, too. And the main topic is interesting as well: racism and its nasty repercussions in the US of the fifties (and earlier).</p><p>But mixing this with supernatural elements missed giving the subject the seriousness it deserved.</p><p>Some episodes managed very well to portrait all that racism – big and small – the family members are subjected to. But then, the violent scenes were often just over-the-top cruel in my opinion.</p><p>In addition I found this had too many plots.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/jaws
🎬 Jaws
2021-05-01T00:00:00+02:00
2021-05-01T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/s2xcqSFfT6F7ZXHxowjxfG0yisT.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Jaws”."><p>I’m ticking titles off my list of “classic horror movies I’ve never seen”. And again, I understand why this is a classic. Enjoyed this one a lot. Story, filming, editing, acting, special effects and stunts: all superb. And you wouldn’t necessarily notice this is a film shot in the seventies. This must have been way ahead of its time. And that poster is the menacing cherry on top.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/green-room
🎬 Green Room
2021-04-13T00:00:00+02:00
2021-04-13T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1DZkTrukHOk0Y2Q1Oeqj3HBxpVD.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Green Room”."><p>Suspenseful and overall well done. Certainly had parallels to <a href="/watched/movies/blue-ruin">Blue Ruin</a>. But the latter was better.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/death-proof
🎬 Death Proof
2021-04-05T00:00:00+02:00
2021-04-05T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iy6016EG1Zt44tFyxc0rATKL2hr.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Death Proof”."><p>This was a whole lot of fun! Unrealistic, nonsensical, and over-the-top fun. A bit too self-indulgent (for Tarantino), and partly because of that a little bit too long. But overall dialogues, filming and the action were great! That car crash and the final car chase were simply spectacular.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/searching
🎬 Searching
2021-04-03T00:00:00+02:00
2021-04-03T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pk9R56ZFlofbBzfwBnHlDyg5DMs.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Searching”."><p>This was ok. It was mainly interesting because of how it was “filmed”: completely through computer UI. And it was suspenseful. But in the end story didn’t make a whole lot of sense.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-godfather-part-3
🎬 The Godfather Part 3
2021-03-28T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-28T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lm3pQ2QoQ16pextRsmnUbG2onES.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Godfather Part 3”."><p>I think Part 3 was a great movie. The story probably wasn’t as enthralling as in the other two, so I think I agree with most critics it’s the least favourite film of the trilogy. But the whole opera bit at the end, that scream (!), and the end scene were very much worth it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/adam-s-apples
🎬 Adam‘s Apples
2021-03-26T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-26T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/v5KtTI8uFWqOed7dL3nzAvOTCn2.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Adam‘s Apples”."><p>This was trying too hard being bizarre. It’s tricky to make a bizarre movie. And in this case it didn’t do it for me. I think it also wanted to be funny. I didn’t agree very often (and the jokes sometimes went too far for me). Great cast, though.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/godfather-2
🎬 The Godfather Part 2
2021-03-22T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-22T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hek3koDUyRQk7FIhPXsa6mT2Zc3.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Godfather Part 2”."><p>Part 2 is <a href="/watched/movies/godfather">on par with part 1, sharing the same minor criticism and major praise</a>. Loved the background story about Vito Corleone’s life and how he became the “original” Godfather.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/godfather
🎬 The Godfather
2021-03-20T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-20T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3bhkrj58Vtu7enYsRolD1fZdja1.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Godfather”."><p>It’s a little intimidating to write about such a classic. But I agree it’s a great movie. Story, atmosphere, the filming, set design and costumes, acting: all superb. The only negative thing I can say, is that I sometimes found it difficult following the plot, with its many characters and all this macho mafia business.</p><p>Overall, though, it’s a classic for a reason!</p><p>This also must’ve been one of most explicitly violent movies at the time. And I found it amusing that I didn’t recognise Al Pacino and Robert Duvall at first, because I’m used to their much older faces from much more recent films.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-dead-dont-die
🎬 The Dead Don't Die
2021-03-13T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-13T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ndvOjo7Nfk8ULnFLMXthPzhI62L.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Dead Don't Die”."><p>I came to appreciate Jim Jarmusch’s movies in recent years. But this was boring. The “Chardonnay”-scene was the only funny one. Well, and Iggy Pop as Zombie wasn’t too bad. But that was by far not enough to save the film. And it sure had potential with all those terrific actors. No, I’m sorry.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-party
🎬 The Party
2021-03-07T00:00:00+01:00
2021-03-07T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jh8xTXmP3omSMo4pg8lXaI8EiWN.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Party”."><p>A rewatch. Still very funny. 70 minutes hilariously well spent! And bonus points for being in b/w.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/cutterhead
🎬 Cutterhead
2021-02-27T00:00:00+01:00
2021-02-27T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iXNnROR2XrE8ujIv2j27D6MmUKg.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Cutterhead”."><p>Not a film for claustrophobics! I found this ok. The psychological interplay between the three characters trapped way underground was interesting, although not 100% convincing. The movie also should have better explained why things happened or needed to happen a certain way. As a person unfamiliar with underground tunnel-digging, I was wondering what was going on at times.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-summit
🎬 The Summit
2021-02-23T20:16:39+01:00
2021-02-23T20:16:39+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/n7hRnGpAIT75xSyBnTBPfAZQ213.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Summit”."><p>Since <a href="/watched/movies/everest">watching “Everest”</a>, we got into a bit of a mountaineering-movie fever I guess. This one is about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_K2_disaster">2008 K2 disaster</a>, featuring interviews and original footage, combined with re-enacted scenes to fill the gaps.</p><p>Again, I found this fascinating, simply by the topic itself. However, the movie was a bit confusing concerning where everyone was at what time, or why/when/how people got in trouble – or not. And the occasional non-linear timeline added to the confusion. Plus, the parts about the Italian mountaineer that was part of the first successful K2 summit in the fifties was redundant, in my opinion.</p><p>But overall, an interesting film about a K2 expedition gone wrong. But I had to consult Wikipedia afterwards to fully understand what was going on.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-green-lie
🎬 Die Grüne Lüge (The Green Lie)
2021-02-16T00:00:00+01:00
2021-02-16T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/c81AWiRGCsGxtBYnb7VAB0qHUB7.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Die Grüne Lüge (The Green Lie)”."><p>I commend the sentiment of this movie. And I agree with it. But to me, there was nothing really new in here, however. And it was a bit dry and too long. The more confrontational interviews of the various groups’ spokespersons were a bit so-so. But the interviews with Raj Patel and Noam Chomsky were pretty interesting.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/sound-of-metal
🎬 Sound of Metal
2021-02-15T00:00:00+01:00
2021-02-15T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/y89kFMNYXNKMdlZjR2yg7nQtcQH.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Sound of Metal”."><p>There was not really much metal in here. It was more about how it is to lose one’s hearing. And that was well done, in my opinion. The story itself was ok, but the different sections of the film weren’t very coherent as a whole.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/blue-jasmine
🎬 Blue Jasmine
2021-02-13T00:00:00+01:00
2021-02-13T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zLdLiUJfueZBctdv8OvkmGXEHEC.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Blue Jasmine”."><p>As usual for Woody Allen, this is a lot about the characters, their relationships, and – of course – the dialogue. Cate Blanchett is absolutely incredible in this. Loved how you got to know about Jasmine’s past piece by piece via the regular flashback scenes. Top!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/everest
🎬 Everest
2021-02-08T00:00:00+01:00
2021-02-08T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2jKOu2bjpLP6NXJcm7Ep14bDGtA.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Everest”."><p>Movie about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster">1996 Mount Everest disaster</a>.</p><p>The movie itself is fairly conventional. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Far from it! A fascinating story told via a well-made movie made a good Saturday night.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/host
🎬 Host
2021-01-30T00:00:00+01:00
2021-01-30T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/h7dZpJDORYs5c56dydbrLFkEXpE.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Host”."><p>I liked this one! Yes, it’s got fairly typical horror movie elements. But the stage is a Zoom-call during the Corona-lockdown. And I found this pretty well done.</p><p>Reminded me of “The Blair Witch Project” (if I remember correctly – because that was looong ago) and “Rec”.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/barn-beware-of-children
🎬 Barn (Beware of Children)
2021-01-18T08:37:27+01:00
2021-01-18T08:37:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/f7NjsjZim9kc4gs3vfOOyX0METD.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Barn (Beware of Children)”."><p>This was a slow movie and more like a psychological and/or social study than about the plot itself.</p><p>Relationships, feelings and emotions can be complex and the movie intelligently communicated this. And are so-called grown-ups really that for off in their behaviour from children?</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/deerskin
🎬 Deerskin
2021-01-18T00:00:00+01:00
2021-01-18T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/r5O84lMJRMQStl8GGJzAgkkdqP0.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Deerskin”."><p>I expected nonsense. But not like this. I didn’t get it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/suspiria-2018
🎬 Suspiria (2018)
2021-01-10T00:00:00+01:00
2021-01-10T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dzWTnkert9EoiPWldWJ15dnfAFl.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Suspiria (2018)”."><p>Although this is <em>not</em> a remake, I think <a href="/watched/movies/suspiria">I enjoyed the “original” more</a>.</p><p>This rendition certainly had a much better production and much better acting. And it wasn’t bad at all. And I very much enjoyed the Berlin set. But I found the side-plots somewhat irrelevant and the main story confusing. Or maybe it was just too late in the day, yesterday night.</p><p>So, it was a good movie, but I wasn’t 100% convinced.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/druk
🎬 Druk (Another Round)
2021-01-09T00:00:00+01:00
2021-01-09T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1RkOoNfMVGo93X4lvl1PWKLcTU9.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Druk (Another Round)”."><p>Four school teachers wanted to try a philosopher’s theory that humans generally have 0.05% too little blood alcohol. So they started drinking.</p><p>This is funny, has drama, and wonderful acting. Highly recommended!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/a-rainy-day-in-new-york
🎬 A Rainy Day in New York
2021-01-02T00:00:00+01:00
2021-01-02T00:00:00+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/z4A6mFOLTMZAhCSPRyrtzG0SPbd.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “A Rainy Day in New York”."><p>Nicole “warned” me that critics didn’t like this movie much.</p><p>I disagree. I found this to be a clever, funny and overall very entertaining story.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/suspiria
🎬 Suspiria
2020-12-27T11:05:01+01:00
2020-12-27T11:05:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5ya8jTbNZTrCFUx9OwpNBjCivXY.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Suspiria”."><p>Another classic. For good reason.</p><p>Amazing set. Great atmosphere. Well done – and indeed gory – murder scenes. The end scene was great. Very much enjoyed the soundtrack. On the other hand, acting and dialogs were lacking. But that’s alright. I would recommend this, if one is into horror movies and hasn’t seen this, yet.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/on-the-rocks
🎬 On The Rocks
2020-12-26T22:05:01+01:00
2020-12-26T22:05:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fcijRCmB7yTtloh4Pumy9b1rkwU.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “On The Rocks”."><p>Good dialogs and good acting. But unsurprising and very conventional. Was ok.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/better-watch-out
🎬 Better Watch Out
2020-12-25T22:05:01+01:00
2020-12-25T22:05:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/78fwZ5IcIJbKXNi4grVZfpmp20A.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Better Watch Out”."><p>Had its moments and good ideas. But ultimately I found this unconvincing and excessively cruel.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/subito
🎬 Subito – Instant Photography
2020-12-24T07:05:01+01:00
2020-12-24T07:05:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jVI2gLGdOo7qo0LIjpCFF1pqjct.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Subito – Instant Photography”."><p>About the history of Polaroid. A lot of great info and anecdotes about instant photography. Nice animations included. An hour and fifteen minutes very well spent!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/official-secrets
🎬 Official Secrets
2020-12-22T22:05:01+01:00
2020-12-22T22:05:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lyCGqSkT3PqLYQXiWs4FCVJBAYW.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Official Secrets”."><blockquote> <p>The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.</p></blockquote><p>– Description on <a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/393624-official-secrets">the TMDB page</a>.</p><p>A well-made movie about a topic I’m interested in and about a case I wasn’t aware of. Top!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/mother
🎬 Mother
2020-12-07T12:55:01+01:00
2020-12-07T12:55:01+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/reAEOWk7UA14V1LMKWlK5pzsJui.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Mother”."><p>I loved “Parasite” by Bong Joon-ho. This was not as good.</p><p>Still very good, though, with interesting (moral) questions raised about disabilities, family bonds, the work of the police, and the blaming of presumed murder suspects.</p><p>My only negative point is actually, that is was a bit too long. (And maybe I didn’t get into it as much, because we watched the dubbed German version, which I am no longer used to, and which irritates me.)</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-hangover
🎬 The Hangover
2020-12-07T12:44:27+01:00
2020-12-07T12:44:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jjCPcxw7QCmFPYM1t3BThdEawJK.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Hangover”."><p>How about some mainstream comedy for a change?</p><p>This <em>was</em> funny! But not so good that I need to watch it again. But maybe part 2? ;-)</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-conjuring
🎬 The Conjuring
2020-12-07T12:30:27+01:00
2020-12-07T12:30:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/AhZUF20uDowZhzkL6mGIbYBZolK.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Conjuring”."><p>This was ok.</p><p>Individual scenes were certainly nicely done. But I often had the feeling that I had seen everything before.</p><p>It had too many jump-scares, which drives me nuts.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/friday-the-13th
🎬 Friday the 13th
2020-12-07T11:20:27+01:00
2020-12-07T11:20:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/HzrPn1gEHWixfMOvOehOTlHROo.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Friday the 13th”."><p>November had a Friday the 13th. I interpreted this as a sign to watch another horror classic I have never seen before.</p><p>Overall it was an ok movie. I’d like to note that the murders in this were indeed pretty brutal – still by today’s standards, I’d say. In this regard it was probably indeed ahead of its time.</p><p>I never knew it had Kevin Bacon in it.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-king-of-staten-island
🎬 The King of Staten Island
2020-12-07T11:15:27+01:00
2020-12-07T11:15:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zQFjMmE3K9AX5QrBL1SXIxYQ9jz.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The King of Staten Island”."><p>This was great! Super funny. But also serious and sad.</p><p>Great dialogues, and great characters. There also was often this suspense in many scenes where you wouldn’t know what would happen next.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/dawn-of-the-dead
🎬 Dawn of the Dead
2020-12-07T11:12:27+01:00
2020-12-07T11:12:27+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rC3YUoxZFTJAyS4BcZr7TeykrYH.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Dawn of the Dead”."><p>I found the full uncut version DVD on a flea market recently. I don’t think I have seen this version before. And to be honest, I actually don’t care very much about that sort of thing. I just thought it would be nice to rewatch this again after 20 years or so.</p><p>I still appreciate this movie for its original story and style that influenced so many Zombie movies after it. Basically, every season of “The Walking Dead” works like this movie. Minus the humour. And that’s another aspect I like about this film.</p><p>But man, this was looong! And the sound was bad. The Zombie-makeup was just comical, too. And it’s sexist.</p><p>Anyhow, I still enjoyed watching this classic again. I just wouldn’t recommend to watch this full uncut version.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/1br
🎬 1BR
2020-12-06T20:42:32+01:00
2020-12-06T20:42:32+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2EiAX4eChSWQHwgIFAZbPgXKCJ6.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “1BR”."><p>Not super-logical. Was ok, with a few good scenes. But not really recommended.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/rope
🎬 Rope
2020-12-06T20:12:32+01:00
2020-12-06T20:12:32+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gr2HoDd05E5F0b8KDXf0hGbYvUr.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Rope”."><p>I like movies that play in a single room – like a play at a theatre. It’s a pretty morbid play. And pretty clever. Reminded me of Columbo at times. Bonus points for making it look like a one-shot movie. Thumbs up!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/blade-runner-2049
🎬 Blade Runner 2049
2020-12-06T20:03:32+01:00
2020-12-06T20:03:32+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gajva2L0rPYkEWjzgFlBXCAVBE5.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Blade Runner 2049”."><p>A rewatch. First time was in the cinema, where this movie is much more impressive of course. But I liked it a second time on the TV, too.</p><p>Convincing story. Amazing futuristic and dystopian world. Probably would watch a third time at some point.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/the-thing
🎬 The Thing
2020-12-06T19:49:32+01:00
2020-12-06T19:49:32+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tzGY49kseSE9QAKk47uuDGwnSCu.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Thing”."><p>One more horror classic. One more great film!</p><p>Reminded me of Alien in a few ways.</p><p>Great special effects. Great set. Great story. Great acting.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/about-endlessness
🎬 About Endlessness
2020-12-05T22:06:57+01:00
2020-12-05T22:06:57+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fRIBlFJiMNm7DkphQgcHgDS2Pvx.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “About Endlessness”."><p>My second Roy Andersson movie.</p><p>He has a unique style. And I think I still need to get used to it. Nevertheless, this was entertaining with it’s dry humor. I probably didn’t fully “get” this film, though.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/rosemarys-baby
🎬 Rosemary’s Baby
2020-12-05T21:44:57+01:00
2020-12-05T21:44:57+01:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dY0QSWkYubtMn8QNSTMptoEjhB9.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Rosemary’s Baby”."><p>Another classic – from 1968! – I’ve never seen before. It’s deservedly highly respected! This must have inspired so many horror-movies after it. I can’t recall an earlier (horror) movie with that “secret backdoor” element, the “nosy neighbour cliché”, the “is the protagonist going crazy or is she right?”-storyline, or that “look through the door spy”-shot. And there are probably even more firsts in there.</p><p>Hail chocolate mouse! Hail Satan! Hail Rosemary’s Baby!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/queen-slim
🎬 Queen & Slim
2020-09-10T20:54:57+02:00
2020-09-10T20:54:57+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sH2s6IcU9OTc6KoJuJ6XwA6kTcy.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Queen & Slim”."><p>A first date takes a fateful turn when a racist cop stops the two for a minor traffic violation. The cop ends up dead. They flee, and a days-long chase through the US ensues.</p><p>This <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8722346/">film</a> is very much fitting regarding the current #blacklivesmatter movement. It showcases on a few occasions how black people feel about the police; and how one might react when the police is rather considered an enemy than a friend.</p><p>It’s also a film about loneliness, companionship, trust and love.</p><p>Thumbs up!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/wrong
🎬 Wrong
2020-09-08T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-08T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/y2leAYKv7fMs3ZjngZY6HJjZTkE.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Wrong”."><p>An absurd film. And pretty funny. Music and sounds are ace. I liked the visuals, too, because the rendition of the used lens(es) looked pretty “classic” to me – and I like “classic”. Apparently the writer/director Quentin Dupieux has some sort of cult status. I didn’t know him until this.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/trainspotting-t2
🎬 Trainspotting T2
2020-09-07T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-07T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nmTgtQQjRzAB0mue57Rrxe8y5vv.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Trainspotting T2”."><p>More nostalgia than anything else. Was ok. Wouldn’t watch again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/lost-highway
🎬 Lost Highway
2020-09-06T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-06T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5POhfNeFPIi4VUNwCTaK85sh98r.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Lost Highway”."><p>Given that Nicole is a huge David Lynch fan, it’s surprising I haven’t watched this in full until recently. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great Lynch-y-en atmosphere and strangeness. Would watch again.</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/knives-out
🎬 Knives Out
2020-09-05T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-05T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pThyQovXQrw2m0s9x82twj48Jq4.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Knives Out”."><p>Well-written and filmed Cluedo/whodunnit-type movie. With star-cast. Awesome!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/night-on-earth
🎬 Night on Earth
2020-09-04T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-04T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ktejUHCo6c8DekpOtR3uSb6oDXr.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Night on Earth”."><p>I seem to really enjoy Jim Jarmusch’s movies. This was no exception. It’s an episode film about Taxi drivers in various famous cities in the same night at the same time. Not all episodes were equally good, but overall a very entertaining endeavour. Armin Mueller-Stahl in the New York episode is hilarious!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/blue-ruin
🎬 Blue Ruin
2020-09-03T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-03T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/q0itEsso2drJXqH9kfdidxIT5dF.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Blue Ruin”."><p>Now-hobo takes revenge for the killing of his parents, after the killer has been released from prison. He’s a complete amateur – yet very bad-ass – and gets into a fight with the killer’s whole family. Suspenseful. Thumbs up!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/three-billboards
🎬 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2020-09-02T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-02T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vgvw6w1CtcFkuXXn004S5wQsHRl.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”."><p>Remarkable movie that manages to be very funny while also addressing several very serious topics such as rape, murder, suicide and racism – and still dealing with them in a serious way. Top!</p>
https://danielpietzsch.com/watched/movies/invisible-man
🎬 The Invisible Man
2020-09-01T00:00:00+02:00
2020-09-01T00:00:00+02:00
<img src="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5EufsDwXdY2CVttYOk2WtYhgKpa.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Movie poster for “The Invisible Man”."><p>Said “man” faked his death and now terrorises his (ex-)wife. Not really bad. But not really good, either. It’s probably a little better than I thought it would be. Still: not really recommended.</p>