jure-8 Reviews

Farewell to the King (1989)

Pure beauty of love, war, adventure, heroism, honesty, bravery...

[10/10 · 17 January 2007]

You gotta be really stupid to mark this one lower then 8. It's fantastic movie that combines films like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Headless Horseman), Dances with Wolves, River on bridge Kwai... With stunning performance of Nick Nolte - this character has been like made for him! And not to mention Nigel Havers who is one of the biggest underdogs in movie industry today. He pick ups where Peter O'Toole left. Playing dandy intellectuals with ease and graciousness.

I liked the adaptation skill given to natives. Unlike other portraits of Indians or other native cannibal age tribes folks here are keen of accepting useful western habits so the gap of values isn't unbridgeable. That might be unrealistic but it's a movie and that is what movies are about.

Although there were sad moments in the movie it didn't left me depressed but lifted me high. Great soundtrack helps with that.

Highly recommended.

The Boost (1988)

fast paced great acted urban Trainspotting

[10/10 · 23 December 2006]

This is epic day by day down slide of a modern desperate character found nearly in everyone of us.

I don't understand anyone who gave this movie grade bellow 7. It's high 9 for me. The lead is played marvelously by J. Woods. He is starting the movie on cocaine so imagine how great it becomes when he really turns to the drug. It's also deep love story - it might seems too sweet for someone but it also goes down so every taste is served.

I'd like to mention the part in the movie that fully described business cooperation between Arabs and local American elite way before... This rises my 9 to 10.

And i did recognize Sean Young played in Blade Runner! She was like cyborg in The Boost too nevertheless this fatality of her might have driven Woods over the edge in his pursuit for success.

I think The Boost isn't preachy. It reminds us how fragile human mind is and how little chemistry is required to break totally.

Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1966)

true underdog of spaghetti westerns

[8/10 · 25 January 2005]

Well I think this really isn't so much worse than Sergio Leone's best movies.

Music is really great and i am sure Ennio Morricone would gladly sign under it. There are many themes and very nice "mandolin and trumpet" combinations.

Yes it's true synchronized sound is somewhat funny but it doesn't spoil the authentic filling.

There is some serious acting present by nearly all main characters. I decided to check more of Corbucci's work if i can find it somewhere. Is this movie was shot in Italy or America?

A must see movie for all spaghetti fans.