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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
A battle between titans of terror
The film opposes Freddy Krueger vs Jason Voorhees as you could of guessed. Freddy needs to be feared again, if he wants to terrify the children of Elm Street. That is why he needs the help of serial killer Jason to do some damage in the neighborhood. But ones the job is done and Freddy has his strength back, Jason gets a bit to greedy in his slaughtering habits and spoils the fun for Freddy. So there is a battle in the air between those two icons of death. Let the mayhem begin.
Now I am a great fan of horror movies and especially of the three amigos Jason, Freddy and Michael Myers, but this film disappoints me a bit. It is not scary enough. The reason is that we are on TOO FAMILIAR TERRITORY. We practically know on every turn what is about to happen. We know the street, we know the people, we know the basement where Freddy found his death, hell, we know about the school vs police environment. Also the murders where a bit too easy. The first murder scene in the bedroom is so predicable that the makers just thought to do something neat with the bed. In general, the film got what he was intended to do. Score at the box-office and triple the budget in benefits. There was an interesting concept of fire against water, but it was not explored. And the opposition of the real world vs. the dream world was too trivial.
Le roi danse (2000)
Carte blanche to make crap
A story of the Sun King told through flashbacks from the mind of his choreographer and court musician Jean-Baptiste Lully. The director didn't want to make an accurate depiction from his life, which is his total right, but freely mixed historical fact with luscious, soap-opera fiction with static characters and overblown baroque settings. It is so boring and pointless you feel the need the vomit all over the rich costumes and make-up, in an uncontrolled reflex of nausea and a deliberate attempt to give all that lifeless material some soul. I am still waiting to see a story from Louis XVI, which is worth seeing.