Introduction

1001 movies you must see before you die. Must I? Let's see.

My name is Dagmar and I am from Czech Republic. I have a bachelor's degree in screenwriting. I study movies. I watch movies. I write about movies. I kind of mention movies a lot. I even cross stitch things I like in movies. My views on cinema could be described as peculiar. My views on the "1001 movies" list as complicated. It happens a lot that I get the feeling it wasn't that necessary to see some particular movies. Sometimes I'm really grateful I saw them. And there are also times when I don't watch any new movies for six months straight. And they keep adding new movies every damn year so I might have to never die to watch them all.

What's the score right now?
606/1245 - That's 639 left to see.
I started this experiment on July 3rd 2009 and the latest update was made on April 19th 2023.

You can find the full list here.

Monday, 20 January 2020

The Greatest Showman (2017)

USA
directed by: Michael Gracey
written by: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon
starring: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
seen on 20th January, 2020

I wonder if it's possible that I just hate fun. Or drama. Or happines. Or life. Jesus Christ, what a stupid empty film this is. The intensity of those musical numbers does not change from the beginning to the end, there is no way to escalate it or fool the viewer into thinking that there is some sort of a point to it or whatever so the whole thing is about... nothing in the end? For example, I can't think of a single reason for Rebecca Ferguson's character to be included other than that the creators wanted to have another shiny trinket in there. Biographical films are usually rubbish, but this one gives up on describing life sooner than is common.

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  1. Sun4 May 2020 at 10:06

    Jak si matně pamatuju, Rebecca Ferguson's character tam měla smysl v ději, nějak kvůli ní začal blbnout a chtěl se na vše vykašlat. A taky je to kočka

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