The City of Lost Children [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The City of Lost Children [VHS]
Movie Review: Sort of Popeye meets Oliver in French Sci Fi
Summary: 4 Stars
The technology here is all pre-World War II: an analog tale of orphans, kidnapped children and captured dreams.
It reminded me of the Lemony SnicketLemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Widescreen Edition) movie, but better done and in French. A gang of children are a theft ring run by a conjoined twin monster of two women. The kidnapping of children is being done by a strange cyclops religious sect for and off shore island group of clones.
For their dreams the very young children have their brain-waves captured and transfered to a very evil clone Krank.
The ex-sailor circus strong man saves the day while rescuing his brother
with the help of a very resourceful orphan girl.
It is a wonderful movie that most people wouldn't take their children to?
Movie Review: Some Classics are Niche Products
Summary: 1 Stars
City of Lost Children / B00000K3TS
*Spoilers*
I didn't know anything about this movie going in, except that it is a classic that "everyone should see" and I figured that included me. After viewing this movie, I have to say that...some "classics" are niche products and probably aren't recommended for general viewing.
City of Lost Children is incredibly surreal. There's some interesting visual effects here, if that is what you've come for, and I'm certain they were very cutting-edge at the time, but - coming to it late in the game, as I was - there was nothing here that I haven't seen elsewhere. (Although the "aging scene" was remarkably well-done, I admit.)
However, if you came for the horrific dystopia, as I did, you'll get something of a mixed bag. The plot seems to randomly skip from scene to scene and the movie lacks any sense of cohesion. Perhaps this was intentional, as a sort of commentary on the dystopia nature of the world, but it left me feeling disoriented and disconnected from the movie. The result being that, half the time, I could not fathom why the characters were acting the way they were, what motivates them, nor how the scientific (or was it magical?) effects were accomplished within the physical confines of the movie universe.
Unfortunately for me, the surreal plot and seemingly random events rendered the characters unsympathetic and boring, something akin to a Dickens' novel, with fancy special effects, but no substance underneath. When I paused the movie at one point to take a phone call, it took me 20 minutes after the phone call had ended to remember that I had been watching a movie at all - that's how uninvolved I felt at that point.
My humble take on this famous movie is that viewers should go into the movie with a summary of the plot beforehand, in order to follow the circuitous story effectively and enjoy the artistic effects completely. I myself will not be watching this movie again, but that is just my own personal taste - obviously I'm not the niche this movie is designed to satisfy. I didn't want to write this review to rag on the movie, just to warn others like me that this movie may be a classic, but that doesn't mean they will appreciate spending their money on it.
This version provides a closed caption option for the hard of hearing. I do not own this movie - I rented this through my Blockbuster Online account.
Movie Review: Sir Adam's Micro Review: City of Lost Children
Summary: 4 Stars
City of Lost children is an original, zany, beautiful masterwork that captured my imagination with every frame. The cover design on the American release is bland and deceiving. Even in its darkness is remains uplifting and extremely funny at moments. The film makers were flat-out gutsy to make it, and I am grateful. Rewatch Factor: 4 and 1/2 StarsMovie Review: Incredible Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
its just one of those movies that will entertain your brain.
and youll end up showing all your friends.
Movie Review: Very strange movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't know what to think of this movie. The idea sounded interesting, a man who cannot dream taking children from the city so he can dream, but I spent the first 45 minutes of the movie trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Even after watching it, I still have no clue.heh.
All I can say is this movie is messed up.LOL. There were a lot of parts of the movie I didn't understand, what was up with the women twins (were they running a thieving ring made up of children?). Then there is the scene portraying a church and its congregation in some metallic looking warehouse all wearing eye pieces (they are referred to in the movie as Cyclops, but what were they?). The odd man stealing all the children and his weird family (composed of a few clones, an odd-looking woman, and a brain encased in a box filled with liquid and a megaphone so it can "speak").
This movie was a mix of plots all jumbled together and here's the movie for you! There was no coherent plot-line that I could easily follow and that added to my confusion and not understanding what was going on. I suppose it's appropriate to portray in a strange, surreal dream-like quality in keeping with the story in the movie, that of a man who can't dream.
Oh well, it is crazy, confusing, disturbing, vivid, and just what you'd imagine your dream or nightmare would look like if put to film. IMO, I didn't think the movie was that great, I thought it a little weird, but if you're still curious just rent it.