Ah the intro scene! It is essential because it serves to capture our attention and make us want to continue watching the film in question. In cinema, the beginning is always very important. If after 15-20 minutes, we still can’t get hooked on the film, then generally that means we won’t like the rest either. …
That it wasn’t very good. Hans Zimmer ‘s musical theme , regularly praised? Four chords, the same harmonic progression as in all the moving commercials or documentaries on the planet, a keyboard pad, the usual bwaaaaaa which will go out of fashion faster than light – hey! A film from the 2010s! The astronomical realism of the film was also praised . I won’t …
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Nicolas Cage! The nephew of Francis Ford Coppola already has a career spanning almost 40 years. Despite his undeniable talent, it must be admitted that since the mid-2000s he has very often hidden away in crap or B-movies, with a few exceptions. ( Ghost Rider well sums up the wreck of the actor’s career from the …
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Daniel Craig is the most realistic James Bond. This is the darkest and most human version of 007. He is therefore probably the actor who best embodied the character. The previous ones First, let’s talk a little about previous Bond performers. It’s a very long saga that has existed since 1962. So, suffice to say …
Michael Bay forced Ben Affleck to get veneers on all of his front teeth for the movie Armageddon . In the film’s audio commentary, the director drops the revelation between two pretentious and smug tirades. We feel that there is a certain enmity between the two men, because Ben Affleck also does not hesitate to tackle Bay. …
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On the morning of September 21, 1987, while he was in the middle of filming his film The Bear , Jean-Jacques Annaud took advantage of a break to take a few photos with Bart, the 6-year-old bear who is the star of his movie. Annaud knows the animal well, which he has been seeing for several months. …
When Eagles Strike (1968) is one of my favorite war films. Incidentally, it is also Steven Spielberg’s favorite war film. However, this classic had difficulty seeing the light of day and the main stakeholders did not believe at all in its potential. When Clint Eastwood read the script, he found it “terrible”. He only accepted the …
Independence Day I loved this movie when I was a kid, and even today I could happily watch it. Well, I still have a slightly different look now than when I was like 7 years old. Because I have obviously since realized that it is one of those hyper-patriotic films to the glory of America …
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Robert Downey Junior was hired to play the male role in “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock. However, shortly before filming began, the producers and director realized that Robert Downey’s style of acting, which relied largely on an element of improvisation, was not suitable for this type of film. Indeed, “Gravity” relies entirely on very complex special …
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This is extremely rare today. One of the latest is probably Steven Spielberg’s War Horse in 2011. The film tells the story of a young man who follows his horse across the battlefields of the First World War. Spielberg insisted on making the film without computer-generated images. Which is a real feat when we see the number …
