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Teströl és lélekröl (2017)
If this is considered romantic, we're better off without romance
SPOILER: I consider this film one of the most overrated films recently.
There is an autistic woman. And a man with a crippled arm. When their quasi-romance begins, the man makes no effort at all to try to understand how the woman communicates, how she is different. She almost commits suicide because of the man's unwillingness to even try. And right after her suicide attempt, he sexually penetrates the woman, who was having difficulties even touching. Is this romantic? I find it abhorrent and disgusting. And of course, the woman is partially cured of the autism after the man has had sex with her. Wow, of course, she only needed to be f*d after a suicide attempt to be made more 'normal'. What a great take on autism!
Really, if this film is romantic, I don't want to have anything to do with romance. But to be honest, I think the problem is not with romance, but how this film portrays it.
This is a below-average film that became overrated because it deals with the topic of autism (in a very unintelligent way in my opinion) and because its beautiful imagery and slow pace. This is not enough for a good film though. Don't fall for the hype, this is a bad film.
Cold Mountain (2003)
Worst film since English Patient
After The English patient, I thought that nothing can be more kitschy and stupid while pretending to be very artistic. I was wrong. This is much, much worse than The English patient... The characters are incredibly stereotypical, the big "stars" are so weak you wouldn't believe. So is the story - especially if you compare it to that of the novel. (I'm not writing this because I believe a film adaptation should be faithful to the book, but in this case, like so often, the difference in quality is outrageous.) The music is the usual fake, flashy, gushy Hollywood score (there are very few good score composers in Hollywood...) This film is not even worth writing more about it. Definitely made for the Oscar, but the Academy for the first time seemed to ignore the bribe of Miramax, and fortunately this film didn't win any important award - except for Renee's that was rather a compensation for Bridget Jones... Don't waste your time for this rubbish. Only if you want to see an extremely bad film.