Car chases and fight scenes are mostly like the singing and dancing in musicals – they bring the story to irritating standstills, dilute atmosphere, and sometimes even confuse the viewer.
This sequel lacks the freshness of the first installment, and turns out to be a surprisingly tiresome and unbelievable cliché-fest. Not in my book.
Chronicling »the biggest story in the world!«, this is a look at the near-war situation, with Europe – and the U.S. – teetering nervously on the brink of disaster.
Irritating silliness aside, this one has plenty: charming wit, ridiculous chance events, brief moments of horror, unsubtle lashes against a peace movement secretly controlled by shady traitors, and a severely unconvincing premise about the importance of some exact phrasing of some clause in some secret treaty. Quite all right, but not in my book.
Repetition, variation, geometry, minimalism. The limited worldview makes for a slow and boring short, probably intentionally so given the title.
Not in my experimental book.
Too much tv will ruin your eyes – and make your fingers quarrel!?
I don’t get this weak, drawn out »joke« at all. Not in my book of bagatelles.
Rotund and jovial fisherman in very small boat. Will he catch something or not?
Cute and all that, but not in my book.
– It’s good to be (one of) the king(s)!
A pretty pointless political parable. Not in my book of survivors.
Expressive and entertaining visuals in some kind of violently innovative minimalism with shaky lines.
Short and (not very) sweet. Hardly in my book.
Mucho macho – everyone is a former military and/or prison inmate, the abundance of weapons, fast cars, tattoos, muscles etc is enough to make you laugh if it wasn’t so tiresome (or repulsive). But when one of the parodically tough guys breaks down and cries, it actually comes across in contrast to all the attitude and testosterone.
The bad guys are bad, the good guys equally so, and a poor half-bad driver gets stuck in an unpleasant between – how will »Fuckin’ Fräulein« cope? Not in my book of male posturing or twist endings.
Absurd, twisted, cynical, and grotesque on insecurity, envy, and manipulation – scrutinizing a societal and personal disease, the seemingly insatiable contemporary hunger for being the focus of everyone’s attention.
Goes too quickly from self delusion to self destruction. It’s satire of course, but placing itself so close to reality hurts the viewing experience given the many unbelievable ingredients. Not in my book of going too far.
An awful cheesy and righteous – almost fairytale-ish – piece where every character is more or less a caricature. Our Loving Family™ (and their not always as loving granny) is tested against man, nature, and disease – with their pride, determination, and hard work paying off (to the surprise of no one).
Despite all the hardships this largely plays like some kind of comedy. Not in my book of The American Dream.
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