rdugrandbois

Please take my warning - this movie is a total waste of your time and money.

1. The plot is absurd - if such a thing were to happen Benjamin would have been a world wide celebrity with a completely different life.

2. Other than the basic plot telling how he grows younger, the story of Benjamin's life is absolute humdrum stuff - yawn yawn yawn. Nothing unusual happens him - one might as well be a fly on the wall in Joe Average home.

3. The articulation of the actors is Terrible. The link character, Daisy as an old woman, is so slurred in speech that only 1 word in ten is comprehensible.

4. Brad Pitt was totally flat and boring. If he wins an Oscar for that drivel the whole institution will stink.

5. The punch line of the film, 'Whatever age you are everyone can always achieve their dreams' is even greater rubbish than the film itself. It is a typical Hollywood piece of schmulch that makes any intelligent person puke.

I had to fight sleep all the way through this garbage - when really good films like Edenlake are ignored in the Oscars and this drivel picks up 13 nominations it proves that the whole show is rigged.

This is a truly outstanding film. Sharp but sensitive directing, fabulous photography and first rate acting propels Napola into main stream class. It's not really about the Hitler Youth, even though the makers have chosen to use the setting, but more about the essence of innate pacifism that seems to pervade some individuals more than others. And it delves into the logical power of that spirit to influence others and steer them away from the madness of brutality.

The unspoken love between the two central characters is beautifully interwoven with the central idea and we are left with a profound sense of sadness that our human race could ever allow the agony of war to occur.

This is a film you really must see - and followers of handsome young men will not be disappointed with the actors portraying our two heroes, Albrecht and Friederich.

The seedy world of Czech gay prostitution and porn is given an uncompromising pasting in this chilling account of a provincial school boy's experiences when drawn to the big city. Yes, it is completely over the top. Virtually every character he meets is either violent, nasty, selfish or simply insane. A pimp terrorizes his boys like a 20th. century Fagin sending them out to service clients whilst keeping every dollar for himself and beating up any dissenters. A porn film maker expects his models to ejaculate to order in ten seconds whilst directly overlooked by his brood of pre-teenage daughters carrying mugs of coffee. Clients brutalize their boys with savage sadism and unspeakable perversion. These things may happen in isolated incidents but the broad mass of prostitution and porn is not quite as black as the film makes out. It is a cartoon image of filth that shocks the viewer into serious thought and conflicting emotions. It is absolutely brilliant.