deloudelouvain

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly together in a movie is something to look forward to. Step Brothers is another movie with both of them, which I found a bit better than Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby. But this one is also a good comedy, well at least for people like me that have no problem with mocking Southern hillbillies. Not sure if the true Rednecks will have the same sense of humour or even understand that kind of humour. In this movie it's all about the clichés of that certain part of America. So yes you could call the characters pretty dumb but that's what made it funny. Making fun of people with a lower IQ in this case is just funny, maybe wrong to others, but funny to me. Who in his right mind would pay hundreds of dollars to watch cars driving in circles the entire day? You need some 'special' people for that. Personally I hate that sport, if you can call that a sport, but watching making fun of them is just priceless. Add to that that I have a soft spot for Will Ferrell whose movies I always find funny and you get a good movie night.

Guillermo del Toro, a writer/director that I really like, has a vivid imagination, creating the most bizarre and weird creatures. Pan's Labyrinth is to me his best work thus far. I loved a lot of his other movies but Pan's Labyrinth just stands out from the rest, it's definitely on another level. The cinematography is like it always is with him, excellent, extraordinary and visually different. The acting in Pan's Labyrinth is also excellent, from the kid to the fascist to the fawn, they all were very convincing. It's one of those movies you remember and that you will want to watch again some day. In my case it was the second viewing and I will probably watch it again in the future.

I remember watching The Fly when I was young, another movie from David Cronenberg, and that one I really liked, even made me think David Cronenberg was a director I should follow, just to see with what other movies he would be involved with. After so many years I can only come to the conclusion he's a highly overrated director. I watched a lot of his creations, every time hoping for something as good as The Fly, but every time it has been a disappointment. The Shrouds is yet another boring movie, much too long, uninteresting and with an even more deceiving ending. It's only watchable because of the actors. I guess I will never become a fan of Cronenberg. I think I just going to give up on him. This was my last movie from him, he's just too boring.