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Mondo cane (1962)
Dated
I would probably have enjoyed this movie in the sixties - had I lived then - or if I had been asleep for 40 years. But for an adult with some knowledge of the world we live in, I'm sorry to say this is a waste of time.
There's one minute of footage that I really enjoyed, it might even make the rest of the movie worth watching, but other than that it's just boring. I expected more, a lot more. Compared to another movie that some people may find disturbing, Cannibal Holocaust, I feel that Mondo Cane may have been equally interesting at the time of it's release, but the lack of any value except sensationalism currently makes it a waste of time. Watch it for it's historic value, but don't expect to learn any shocking facts about the world we live in.
Pearl Harbor (2001)
We have seen it before
Rubbish. I can't tell you how sick I am of movies trying to glorify America's part in a conflict or a war. For forty minutes (it felt like more) we see the bombs fall over Pearl Harbor -- sometimes even in slow motion -- and how much time is spent on the bomb that ended the war? The bomb that probably killed and injured more people than any *bombing* in history. Well, I actually can't tell you -- as any other human being, I have to blink every now and then.
Please, script writers and moviemakers in the USA, do not try to glorify you own country if another country gets discredited in the process. In American movies, the bad guys are always from Russia, Germany or Japan. I have seen quite a lot of movies from these countries, especially Japan, and they plots are always deep and stimulating. The Hollywood recipe for a good movie includes action and nudity, and a story that a five-year-old would understand.