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.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Wes Anderson
Starring: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Robert Musgrave
Running time: 92 minutes



As Anthony (Luke Wilson) gets out of a psychiatric hospital for what he refers to as exhaustion, his friend Dignan (Owen Wilson) waits for him to embark on an adventure. Their plan is to do several heists so they can impress and get hired by Mr. Henry, a former boss of Dignan.

After seeing a few of Wes Anderson’s films, I decided that I liked those enough to review his whole filmography for this blog. So, after The Royal Tenenbaums, I decided to go back to the start with the director’s directorial debut. Anderson also cowrote the movie with Owen Wilson.

Anderson has worked many times with the Wilson brothers over the years, and the chemistry already seemed to be there in Bottle Rocket. The actors seemed to be at ease with the material and in a good place to carry it out.

From the beginning, Bottle Rocket has a low budget feel to it, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The story itself is a bit weak, but it is cute. It showed a lot of promise for what Wes Anderson was capable of doing. The use of music was already a big thing for him, and a pleasant one for me. All things considered, Bottle Rocket is a good start to a director’s career.

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