Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Blow (2001)

Genre: Biographical
Directed by: Ted Demme
Starring: Johnny Depp, Jordi Mollà, Pénélope Cruz
Running time: 124 minutes



Blow is a biopic about George Jung, who came out of humble beginnings in Massachusetts to become a cocaine smuggler. This 2001 film directed by Ted Demme covers the rise and fall of this man who ended serving massive jail time and who is still alive to this day.

Johnny Depp is very good (as usual) as George Jung. Depp manages to make a very flawed character so much more likeable than he really should be. There comes the biggest issue with Blow: It tries to paint George Jung as a poor victim, while he’s more of a fool who got himself into a terrible mess with his greed and lack of acumen. Depp is such a good actor that he makes the painting of that particular distorted portrait actually possible.

In spite of all my misgivings about the main character in this biographical film, the story itself is a very compelling one when we take it for what it is (entertainment). Even if the moviemakers worked a little too hard to make Jung a sympathetic victim, we can see through it and all that is left in the end is a pathetic man who lost it all. Overall, Blow is a very interesting story about a very uninteresting man.

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