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Frankenweenie
Frankenweenie (2012)
7/10
A Look inside Tim Burtons Mind
21 December 2012
If "Tim Burton" were an adjective, it would be the perfect word to describe this movie. Frankenweenie is the most Tim-Burton movie I ever saw.

It's like every stylistic decision Burton ever made collected in one single movie. I won't go into details, plot and characters can be found in Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, etc.

If you ever recognized a Burton movie within seconds just because of the visuals or the sound, you will enjoy this. It's like a journey into the mans mind. It is the clearest way I ever saw an artist express himself and his ideas on film. Of course the movie has it's flaws. That what makes it (and in extension, the director) human.
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The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life (2011)
3/10
Not really a movie per se...
3 September 2011
...more like some sort of homework, made by some very sincere art-student who wants to impress his professor, yet doesn't know the difference between a painting and a movie.

The direction is disconnected, the (constant!) narration as pretentious as you can get and the music was annoying after a while. Whispering poetic sounding BS while choirs drown out ambient noise, that isn't Art (yes. capital A).

Cinematography was nice, though. Also, making the creation of the universe look boring is not an easy task, yet Malick succeeded. Kudos for that.

This has nothing to do with entertainment, not even in the David-Lynch-way. It's boring, everything is a symbol in the most surreal way and there is no plot. If you think that makes a movie great or is the main criteria for Art, you will probably like it.
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The Holy Mountain
The Holy Mountain (1973)
7/10
Hurz
18 April 2008
It must have been some kind of perverted fascination, that kept me watching this work. I won't say movie, because The Holy Mountain defies this definition. It is like Fantasia on a very bad trip, without the beautiful music but with tons of creative imagery.

It goes from simply strange to disturbingly revolting back to bizarrely funny and hypnotizingly symbolic. And after that, it does all those things at once. You need a VERY open mind or you won't even begin to feel anything remotely positive towards Jodorowskis piece of art. And art it is.

There once was this German comedian who performed in front of some art critics. He sang a very simplistic song about a wolf and a lamb. Than he screamed the word Hurz. And continued singing. That's not art in its common understanding. Hurz doesn't mean anything. It implies a deeper meaning where there is no meaning at all. It distracts from the real intention of the artist.

What is the real intention? To fool the audience.

This movie is 109 minutes of Hurz. You can over-interpret the symbolism and search for a meaning until your brain hurts. But you will never know the directors intention, because there is no way to tell what is earnest commentary on society, religion or similar important matter and what's just complete and utter nonsense.

You think, you found the meaning? You were fooled! You think, there is no meaning? You were fooled!

Hurz!
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2:37
2:37 (2006)
8/10
The message lies beneath the surface
6 January 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Yes, 2:37 is in some ways a rip off from Gus van Sants Elephant. It's about some students who are dealing with their problems leading to the suicide of one of them. Yes, it's full of clichés, but that's life. You just can't deny that creepy nerds, disabled persons or popular students who, despite their popularity, do have problems are existing in the real world.

But that's not, what this film is all about. It's not about life in Highschool. It's not about the misery of life itself.

If you look beneath the surface, beneath the soap-like social relationships that are shown, you will find some gripping, thought-provoking criticism of our society.

Why are people committing suicide? Do we really understand their motives? Or are we just trying to understand, after its already too late? And why is it always someone, you would never have expected it to be?

This movie doesn't answer this question, but it raises it. And it does so in a very intense way. All the way it keeps you guessing, whose blood it might be, that you see at the very beginning. You are following the paths of some students, all of them having a more or less good reason to end their lives, just to be forced to watch the gruesome act in the finale.

Did you know who it would be? Or were you caught by surprise, like in real life?

The message is verbalized by one of the surviving kids in the end. We are always so fixed on our own problems, we forget to see those of others. There might be someone, a colleague, a friend, who does not want to live anymore. But, if you don't open your eyes, you'll never know until its too late.

This movie delivers well. It might have some flaws, but they don't matter anymore, when its over. Either you see a reflection of society, or you are blind for reality.
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