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The Kid (1921)

Lately I have watched quite a lot of Charlie Chaplin movies (and I have to admit that I didn’t get around to writing reviews about them yet). After watching The Great Dictator, which I thought was a masterpiece, I was looking forward to his other movies.

Movies like Modern Times and The Gold Rush I really didn’t like as much. Despite a couple of funny situations these movies felt so fabricated. Some jokes you could already see coming from miles. Because of this they just didn’t grab my attention.
Since there are a lot of Chaplin movies in the IMDB top 250 I decided to give The Kid a chance and it is something I didn’t regret. Continue reading →

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Mad Max (1979)

Through the years I’ve seen a lot Mad Max trilogy related pictures, but never watched the movies themselves. I knew nothing very little about them, except that Mel Gibson was starring in it. When I watched it it became clear (very quickly) that this movie wasn’t made on a big budget. Despite the small budget the end result is worth watching.
The movie is set in the future where the Australian roads are being terrorised by motorcycle gangs and it’s up to the police to catch them. That’s enough reason to film a lot of car chases. Continue reading →