BoyActors - Reviews/Ratings by diogenes

Welcome to BoyActors. Login.

Reviews by diogenes

Sort by: Title | Rating

350 reviews/ratings - 18 pages (20 reviews/ratings per page)

The Genesis Children (1972)

I'm surprised at the negative reviews of this movie. Some people have no aesthetic taste at all. The beautiful Italian countryside, gorgeous music, breathtaking cinematography, a portrait of life in Italy before the ravages of globalisation reduced everywhere to drab capitalist uniformity, and a philosophical storyline which ponders how man lost Eden... An absolutely unique film that could not have been made at any other time than the precise time it was produced. A total classic which repays multiple viewings.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

La Gloire de mon père (1990)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

The Golden Compass (2007)

I was bored to tears by this movie. I had to struggle to avoid falling into unconsciousness followed swiftly be coma and then rigor mortis. But then (full disclosure) I read the whole trilogy many years ago and afterwards felt that I had rather wasted my time. The elements of the story are so clumsily and almost thoughtlessly put together (daemons are supposed to be our souls, or something. Are they physical? Do they defecate?). I find it hard to believe that Pullman's novel would have been as celebrated as it was if it were not billed as some sort of atheist propaganda. Certainly the 'Magisterium' - an obvious stand-in for the Catholic Church - is presented in a sort of simplistic, historically-illiterate manner as the root of all evil. There is one point in the first book of the trilogy when the separation of a person from their daemon is presented as the equivalent to circumcision (another sort of cutting) - and at this point I thought 'maybe the novel is about to get interesting'. Except that the point is left hanging in the air and is undeveloped (and, in any case, Christianity, in contrast to the other Abrahamic faiths, abolished circumcision - another example of the author's overall clumsiness with his ideas). So there really isn't much to grab one's interest. The prevalence of CGI in this movie is, I suppose, inevitable, but I always find CGI annoying.

My Movie Rating:

4 / 10

The Golem (2018)

Perhaps could have benefited from being a little tighter and faster paced... but it's hard to be too critical of a movie with a monster that literally thrusts its hand inside people and rips their hearts out! Not to mention making people's heads explode!

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

Good Boy! (2003)

Oh God, it's awful! When, at the end, the mom says 'Start unpacking - we're home for good' I laughed my head off! It was so predictable. (Although it doesn't really make sense, since they could always take the dog with them when they move. So why the sudden change of mind???) I can't believe that the producers managed to rope Vanessa Redgrave into doing one of the voices! Still, the whole thing's so unpretentious, it makes it almost beyond criticism. As a movie for very young children (10 or below) it's fine. Liam Aiken is a moderately charming actor.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

The Good Son (1993)

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

Goodbye Sam (2017)

Probably my personal favourite of Theo Taplitz's short films - simple, sweet, and charming - though I also particularly like "Sorry to Say", "Crap You!" and "The Mosquito".

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Goreshto pladne (1965)

A classic. Unmissable.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Gostya iz budushchego (1985)

Gorgeous. It proceeds at an unhurried pace, but by episode 3 I was hooked. When it ended, I wished it could have gone on forever, and I was already missing it. Aleksei Fomkin was most likeable as the male lead, Kolya. The closing credits are also accompanied by the most wonderful theme tune of all time, which will make you wish you were back in the 1980s.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Gribiche (1926)

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Der Grüne Heinrich (1993)

I liked the portion in which Andreas Schmid starred, and I liked the whole movie. Visually rich and beautiful, the story is gently melancholic.

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Gummi-Tarzan (1981)

With its right-on message that every child can excel at something, it is not surprising that this movie won a Unicef Award; though perhaps the characters in this movie are just a little too simplistic and stereotyped to be entirely credible. What is fascinating about this film now is what it reveals about the cultural chasm separating 1981 from the present day. When Ivan's parents discover that their son's closest friend is a middle-aged man who operates cranes, and that he regularly visits this man out of school hours, they are merely bemused and a little surprised, but not hostile or suspicious, still less hysterical, as they would be now. The film thus stands as a sad testament to a more civilised and less febrile era. Alex Svanbjerg gives a highly creditable performance as Ivan.

My Movie Rating:

7 / 10

The Harvest (2016)

What a NASTY little film!

My Movie Rating:

2 / 10

Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche (1967)

Delightful, pastoral comedy. It makes me wish I lived in Kummerow in the first decade of the 20th century...

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Henry (2011)

Not bad. Anton Starkman carries off his role well.

My Movie Rating:

6 / 10

Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970-1971)

A co-production with 20th Century Fox Television, and very 'American' in style and content, for me this falls a little flat with its over-reliance on slapstick gags telegraphed well in advance, though some episodes are reasonable, and it is very nice to see Peter Firth as a remarkably handsome adolescent.

My Movie Rating:

5 / 10

Hideaway (2017)

My Movie Rating:

2 / 10

Historia kina w Popielawach (1998)

Extraordinarily beautiful. Probably among my top 20 favourite films ever.

My Movie Rating:

10 / 10

Hitlerjunge Quex (1933)

My Movie Rating:

9 / 10

Hjartasteinn (2016)

This film is unusual in dealing substantially with the non-homosexual youth who is the object of same-sex attraction, and for this it deserves credit as a realistic portrayal. It's a bit of a downer, because everyone seems to be constantly inflicting sexual shame on everyone else - the kids inflict shame on their mother, for example. If only everyone stopped heaping damned sexual shame on each other, everyone could live sane and happy lives...

My Movie Rating:

8 / 10

This site is non-commercial and is not an official or representative web presence for any of the actors or movies listed. All images and text are the property of their respective owners. Do not link directly to any of the images on this site - please upload them to your own webspace, on the understanding that yours is also a non-commercial site.

While every effort will be made to ensure that no offensive or illegal material is posted on the forums or linked to from the links database, BoyActors administrators accept no responsibility for any content posted or linked to by its members.

PHORM PROHIBITED

The contents of this site, and communications between this site and its users, are protected by database right, copyright, confidentiality and the right not to be intercepted conferred by section 1(3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. The use of those contents and communications by Internet Service Providers or others to profile or classify users of this site for advertising or other purposes is strictly forbidden.