L'Atalante 1934 Wow, I feel cheated. This isn't the first time this has happened during this journey. I am not too pissed about James Cameron's plagiarism because Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio really made the scene their own. I am surprised, though, that no one ever told me about this. One of hipsters' favorite past times is to bag on Titanic.
A lot of critics call this the best film ever made. I really don't think it deserves that much praise. I did not hate it, but the best movie ever? I also have a grudge against Jean Vigo after Zero de Conduite.
This movie is about two lovers who live on a ship. They annoy everyone else because they are either making out or fighting. It is supposed to be an amazing love story, but honestly, the characters annoyed the hell out of me. The acting wasn't great either. Overall, it does not live up to the hype.
Zero de Conduite Zero for Conduct 1933 Sigh, another surrealist film. I need Woody Allen to explain these to me (I need Woody Allen for a lot of reasons). At least they are always short; this one clocks in at around 45 minutes.
In high school, I tried many times to rally my friends into a rebellion. I mean, if you think about it, really think about it, high school is basically a prison. All I proposed was optional attendence and trigonometry classes and people thought I was crazy. Oh, well.
The above paragraph, believe it or not, had a point. This film is about young boys rising up against the tyrannical teachers. It is extremely weird and something that has to be seen rather than explained. Now, I have fallen in love with many "artsy" films before, but surrealist movies have never fallen into that category. I tend to just find them rather pointless and boring. Maybe I am just not getting it at all and if anyone wanted to leave comments and it explain it to me, I would be delighted by your pretentiousness. Otherwise, I just thought it was stupid.
RATING: **---
Interesting Facts:
Aren't I a treat today?
This film was banned in France until after World War II.
