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De vlaschaard (1983)
Quite good for a Belgian film
I'm not a fan of Belgian cinema. I find Belgian films mostly uninteresting, not very creative in the cinematography and editing, and overly reliable on sexual or shocking events. I expected this film to be more of the same, but I was wrong. There's some really pretty shots and montages in this film, which set the tone perfectly and often tell more of the story than the characters themselves. There's also very little nudity and no sexual violence, which considering the erotic nature of the source material definitely is surprising. The acting could have been a little better, especially with the forced television-variant of Flemish Dutch some of the characters seem to use.
Overall, I was happily surprised by this movie and honestly a little impressed! A must-watch for lovers of the book.
Cars 3 (2017)
Cars 3 is good, but not great
Cars 3 starts promising but then loses that promise about halfway through the movie. The first part was great. The montage of the races was entertaining and shows what Lightning has become. Then, everything changes with the crash, which was excellently pulled of. Lightning experiences a bit of a depression, but then decides to make a great comeback. It's at this point the movie lost my interest. The rest of the movie is almost entirely about training to be the best race car ever and this training went on for way too long. Sure, this part had some amusing scenes in it, like the demolition derby, and also some scenes dedicated to character development. Eventually Lightning and Cruz decide to go to Hudson's old trainer and from here on out, the movie was saved. The rest of the picture is great with some tear-jerking moments for the true cars fans. I think this movie saved the franchise after Cars 2 and is a great finale for the trilogy. It deserves love, but it is still one of the weakest Pixar films.