The Greatest Showman

My main problem with the film is the main character of Barnum and it is not bad acting but bad writing what I am talking about. From the first moment on I could not put a tag on the motives of this character and as the film developed this only got worse.
It starts of pretty usual as a poor kid witnessing how he and his father are treated like dust, not happy with his status in the society but also not really sure why this social status is such a big deal. So Barnum ends up fantasizing, wanting to be more and looking forward to taking matters into his own hands.

Kokowääh

I have to admit that I am emotionally quiet confused after this film and I started to write this review in the second I finished the film so i do not forget what I want to say. The problem now is that I feel I am not nearly good enough in writing to fully express what I think about this film but I have to try it.

The Internship

The initial idea of the film is that two guys in the prime of their life (between 30 and 40) get an internship at google where they have to put up with "modern" young adults and all kind of "modern" stuff like internet, apps, instagram... And the film succeeds in using most of the subject that comes out of this comical situation to turn it into a quit good film. But the initial story idea which is phenomenal funny in my opinion turns into a worn down, often used story line where the underdogs built a team and the group has to compete in a (ala hunger games, or as it is said in the film "mental hunger games") competition. And in the end they magically win it even though it is often pointed out that they have no chance to succeed or what so ever. But all together the story is still good for a film with heart and a message which is transported to the audience in a comfortable way. Something many films do not succeed in at all.

Männerherzen

The first thing that jumped into my mind while thinking about writing an review for "Männerherzen" was that the character development is phenomenal and therefore I think it is only just to start this review by mentioning it before getting into the details of the different stories. In my opinion the very good in depth character development is achieved by the great script. Each character is full of live, authenticity realism.

Another point that stands out is how the 5 stories and main characters are connected to each other. The good connection of the different stories in the film is mainly due to a good storyboard and scene design. For example the gym scenes where all 5 man go and workout without knowing each other, the "fight Tommy fight scene" where a swift shift between the Philip and Roland storyline is achieved.

Learn Architecture Through Films: Mon Oncle

The difference between deifying the designer and using the designed object explained by the film Mon Oncle.

In the house designed by the most up o date technology the artistic spirit of people is lost. Because if every move is planed by the designer and by deifying this arrangement the user of a space losses his ability to rearrange the space to his personal need. This condition is visualized in the film called Mon Oncle. The space change needed due to the broken fountain, which makes the former designed space unusable, dramatically finds an end in the same space in a rather comical scene. The total lack of creativity (skill, knowledge or what you want to call it) to design spaces according to personal needs makes it impossible to shelter somewhere else as just one place is designed to do the job of sitting with guests.

Harry Potter and the half blood prince

As a real Harry Potter books fan for me every "Harry Potter" film is kind of a disappointment. As of course it is near impossible to capture all the details of a 700 paged book into a 2 hour film (which bring us back to the books vs. film discussion which I don't want to go into detail now).

But surprisingly in my opinion this film had many good solutions on how to make a good book based ("Harry Potter") film.
These spoken of solutions are firstly I think mainly due to the good directing and good (but not phenomenal) music which is integrated into the film perfectly.

Cinderella (2015)

It is quiet obvious that the film makers had confident in 3 things related to the success of the film.


Firstly I think they trusted in their cast and especially in the actors for the two main roles. But I have to admit that the main actors performance which often makes the difference between a good film and a bad film, is only mediocre which is an achievement considering the awful scripted scenes and de badly written dialogues.

Apollo 13

This film has a extremely stressful viewing experience for the audience, as many problems occur during the Apollo 13 (planed) flight to the moon. The film succeeded in keeping the viewers on their edge almost the entire film. This is mainly due to the fact that the different incidents are shown with great story-telling ability and the (compared with real historic events) dramatization of the situations. A fact we can witness when we compare the scene from the main incident ( in the oxygen tank) with the real audio footage of the astronauts report. And a situation also expressed by the real astronauts of the Apollo 13 flight. Amazingly we can hear on the historic audio tape that the astronauts were calm as hell, a fact that made my admiration for these men and the way they did their job even grow more. But that is more of a statement then a critic as I highly appreciated the excitement that is always on a peak but does not move the focus from other great parts of the film.

The integration of the scientific facts and explanation astonished me. First of all because it is not oversimplified for the film and almost all main problems and also little problems connected with the safety plan to return the astronauts were in a way present at the film.