Second this, went in with low generic IP expectations, and its a good old school action movie, really well made bit of entertainment.

Ares is utter shit.

Found a lot of movies this year pretty mid and forgetful. Plenty of good scenes and performances but i just got a little bored in so many films.

I sat down with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at xmas, thinking id last 20 mins - I mean, I couldn't remember anything about no 2.



I loved it. Yes its way too long, but it has a sharp script, plenty of highly relevant social and politician satire, some great performances (Josh O Conner in particular) and a rather neat exploration of faith. Wasn't expecting such a mature and polished experience. It reminded me of classy 70's films written by smart playwrights.

 

The 2 previous Knives Out movies are excellent too.
All 3 have totally different stories. Watching them out of order is fine.

 

I remember enjoying each one. I think second was around covid time. I might have erased it when i suppressed that whole trauma. I normally have a good memory for plots. This one has particularly stood out though, its seems very pertinent right now.

 

It was a weak installment...not enough violence and action.

 

oh and David, i picked up the newish League of gentleman bluray set last week. Going back through them right now. Season 3 still really stands out. Shame they didn't do another season mining the cinematic vibe they were really starting to nail. All the Inside No 9's have to be tackled at some point as well. Only seen maybe 5.

 

Thats part 2 for me. I enjoyed it, but didnt love it. Its the one i dont own. I thought 4 looked absolutely stunning even with a little less action. I was ok with that.

Less said about Ballerina the better....

 

Le Pacha - 1968 / Georges Lautner

Dialogues: Michel Audiard

Musique: Serge Gainsbourg / Michel Colombier

' Requiem pour un con ' :

[Couplet 1]
Écoute les orgues
Elles jouent pour toi
Il est terrible, cet air-là
J'espère que tu aimes
C'est assez beau, non ?
C'est le requiem pour un con

[Couplet 2]
Je l'ai composé spécialement pour toi
À ta mémoire de scélérat
C'est un joli thème
Tu ne trouves pas ?
Semblable à toi-même
Pauvre con

[Couplet 3]
Voici les orgues
Qui remettent ça
Faut qu't'apprennes par cœur cet air-là
Que tu n'aies pas même une hésitation
Sur le requiem pour un con

[Couplet 4]
Quoi tu me regardes
Tu n'apprécies pas
Mais qu'est-ce qu'y a là d'dans
Qui t'plaît pas ?
Pour moi, c'est idem
Que ça t'plaise ou non
J'te l'rejoue quand même
Pauvre con
You might also like
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
The Emptiness Machine
Linkin Park
Too Cold For You
Sahara Hotnights
[Riff de guitare]

[Couplet 5]
Écoute les orgues
Elles jouent pour toi
Il est terrible, cet air là
J'espère que tu aimes
C'est assez beau, non ?
C'est le requiem pour un con

[Couplet 6]
Je l'ai composé spécialement pour toi
À ta mémoire de scélérat
Sur ta figure blême
Aux murs des prisons
J'inscrirai moi-même : « Pauvre con »



_____________________________________________________________________________________

' J'pense que quand on mettra les cons sur orbite t'as pas fini d'tourner! '

Approx: ' I think that when we'll put idiots into orbit, you'll never stop spinning! '

_____________________________________________________________________________________

- J'ai des envies de voyage. L'Océanie, Bora Bora, les vahinés... Tu connais ?
- Pourquoi ? Tu veux m'emmener ?
- On n'emmène pas des saucisses quand on va à Francfort!

- I've got wanderlust. Oceania, Bora Bora, the vahines... You know?
- Why? Do you want to take me with you?
- You don't take sausages with you when you go to Frankfurt!

 

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Les tontons flingueurs - 1963 / Georges Lautner

Dialogues: Michel Audiard

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Ne nous fâchons pas - 1966 / Georges Lautner

Dialogues : Michel Audiard

' Rosbif Attack ' composed by Bernard Gérard

 

Les Barbouzes - 1964 / Georges Lautner

Dialogues : Michel Audiard

Boris Vassilieff : Oooh, petite soeur, mon coeur saigne, Boris est complètement détruit, abimé de sanglots, aaahhh...
Francis Lagneau : Ah, le con...
Boris Vassilieff : Pitié, laisse-moi te regarder, tu es splendidement occidentale... Boris, lui, hurle de douleur, toi tu souffres en-dedans... Ah !
Rosalinde : Je crois Monsieur que la douleur vous égare...C'est Madame qui souffre en-dedans...
Boris Vassilieff : Ahhh... Le désespoir, la foliiiie...Anouchka petite sœur dans mes bras... J'ai couru, épouvanté, Transsibérien, Tupolev, je pousse dans l'avion des cris terribles... aooouuhh... !
Amaranthe : Mais enfin Monsieur, qui êtes-vous ?
Boris Vassilieff : Tu... Mais... Boris ! Voyons ! Le presque frère...Ce pauvre cher Constantin a têté le lait de ma mère à Odessa...Ah...Odessa...Je nous vois encore, nos jeux, nos chants... Laï-laï-laï ! Wouh ! Laï-laï-laï-laï-la-la-la-laï !Wouh ! Aaah... L'odeur du goudron sur les quais d'Odessa, le vent du large dans les cheveux de ce pauvre cher Constantin...
Amaranthe : Mais je croyais qu'il était né à Téhéran ?
Boris Vassilieff : Et alors, hum ? On chante aussi bien à Téhéran qu'à Odessa, non ?
Francis Lagneau : Oui mais le vent du large souflle un peu moins fort, c'est à deux cents bornes de la mer.
Boris Vassilieff : Hum ! Notion bourgeoise des distances !

Boris Vassilieff: Oh, little sister, my heart is bleeding, Boris is completely devastated, ravaged by sobs, aaahhh...
Francis Lagneau: Ah, the idiot...
Boris Vassilieff: Please, let me look at you, you are splendidly Western... Boris, he's screaming in pain, you're suffering inside... Ah!
Rosalinde: I think, sir, that the pain is clouding your judgment... It's madam who's suffering inside...
Boris Vassilieff: Ahhh... Despair, madness... Anouchka, little sister, in my arms... I ran, terrified, Trans-Siberian, Tupolev, I'm letting out terrible screams in the plane... aooouuhh...!
Amaranthe: But sir, who are you?
Boris Vassilieff: You... But... Boris! Come on! The almost-brother... Poor dear Constantin suckled at my mother's breast in Odessa... Ah... Odessa... I can still see us, our games, our songs... Lay-lay-lay! Whoa! Lay-lay-lay-lay-la-la-lay! Whoa! Aaah... The smell of tar on the Odessa docks, the sea breeze in poor dear Constantin's hair...
Amaranthe: But I thought he was born in Tehran?
Boris Vassilieff: So what? They sing just as well in Tehran as in Odessa, don't they?
Francis Lagneau: Yes, but the sea breeze blows a little less strongly; it's two hundred kilometers from the sea.
Boris Vassilieff: Hmm! Bourgeois notion of distance!

 

I still play L.O.G. on a regular basis. Absolutely love it. Have you watched the spin off series Psychoville? Two seasons. Absolutely brilliant.

 

Kraftidioten - 2014 / Hans Petter Moland

 

Málmhaus - 2013 / Ragnar Bragason

=> 10:31 min : Savatage ' Strange wings ' :

( full movie )

hxxp://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt2374902/soundtrack/

 

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Battalion (Батальонъ) - 2014 / Dmitry Meskhiev

FULL :

( right click => translate )

 

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Moscow does not believe in tears (Москва слезам не верит) - 1981 / Vladimir Menshov

FULL (with subs) :

 

Heavy Trip (Hevi reissu) - 2018 / Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio

 

Bodom - 2016 / Taneli Mustonen

 

The Trip (I onde dager) - 2021 / Tommy Wirkola

 

Headhunters (Hodejegerne) - 2011 / Morten Tyldum

FULL :

 

Morse (Låt den rätte komma in) - 2008 / Tomas Alfredson

FULL: