kobe schets

How does one even begin to write about *Goodbye, Dragon Inn*? It's basically a cinematic portrayal of cinema itself. It's brilliant, haunting, poetic, all at the same time.  With a grand total of plus minus 8 sentences being said throughout the entire movie, it relies heavily upon visuals and sound. But I have to say, it works perfectly. You can literally feel what **Tsai Ming-Liang **tried to make us experience. So few words, yet so rich in meaning.  I'm personally a huge fan of the neon-light Asian city vibe. It's one of the reasons I love Asian cinema so much, and here it was very prominently displayed. The cinematography was simply stunning.  Overall a brilliantly creative movie, filled with meaning about cinema and film itself. Simply amazing!

A decent horror (long) short film that got me on the tip of my toes a couple of times. While the narrative was clear, I did miss something. It felt so empty, maybe that was intentional, I don't know, but I still expected something more that eventually just didn't come.  *Chime *is actually my first **Kiyoshi Kurosawa **film, while I do like his eerie style and suspense building, I hope *Cure *is more compelling. The emptiness and simplicity itself didn't bother me as much but the fact that there wasn't much to it kinda made me feel confused. A chime that compels people to commit acts of violence; while surely a great idea, I felt the execution could've been better.  Overall still a solid very short film / a very long short film that will probably haunt me when I go to sleep.

Indubitably the worst in the franchise. I don't think I've ever said more times "what the fuck is happening here" in a movie than while watching this one. Nothing really made sense, nothing really happened either, and the plot was just so boring.  With the ending of the previous *Jurassic World, *there was so much potential here. Dinosaurs in between humans, endless possibilities for a creative and exciting narrative. Instead they chose bugs eating our food... I can't even express how dumb, predictable and just outright ridiculous this whole movie is.  The only redeeming factor here was nostalgia. I love the fact that every main character from all previous movies came together. That satisfied something in my brain, meanwhile it was still processing the insanely dumb plot twists and turns.  Either way it's okay to watch once but I'm definitely never going to watch this again.

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest *is one of the best portrayals of a mental institution I've ever seen. I love how the show *House MD *clearly took some inspiration from this film, making it very fun to look for parallels.  **Jack Nicholson **once again delivers a stellar performance, together with the amazing acting from the supporting cast and the great writing makes this a really good watch.  The ending shook me, while it's obvious after it happened, you still don't see it coming. I love how (spoiler warning!) the movie criticises the lobotomy procedure by implying patients are better off dead than braindead. This was a serious issue in those times and I'm glad it got addressed in cinema.  Overall an insanely good psychiatric drama that definitely deserves its high ranking in the world's top films!