Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Artivels Undescribable Perfection

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

temrok9 I wasn't expecting much, I must say;I watched this movie because it was a gift of a magazine I bought and thought of giving it a chance.But at the first frame, I jumped up with enthusiasm;John Carpenter's They live is acknowledged as a masterpiece. Zizek is a very clever man and his remarks are brilliant.Furthermore, as the film unfolds, it becomes obvious that through the different topics there's a theory that is elaborated here, and it is so perfectly illustrated that it is better watched than read.I must say that I have read Zizek in the past, and I used to read a lot of Lacan, so I am acquainted with the ideas expressed, but I found them here expressed with such clarity, that impressed me and even influenced me, all the more since they fit with my way of thinking and the way I stand against Ideology.I even understood better why I am a devoted fan of John Carpenter and why I dislike Titanic and Nolan's Batman.Overall, a superb movie that makes you really think and consider things(Zizek is a brilliant thinker, lending his pair of glasses to look through), that does not cease to bring joy.An even resurrecting experience also, for which I am grateful.

Vihren Mitev This guide is also highly rated in comparison with the film guide. Although abstracted in more to the theory and the world of ideas, than to the movies again it introduces us to the field of film art by already well known manner.I dare say that the selection of movies here is better. Some movies and directors that were missed in the previous guide were caught up and the final result is quite satisfactory. The opposition, which this time Zizek introduces to us is between free choice and hidden orders, which implicitly enshrined in its variants. Making a kind of circular proof, starting from one place and returning again to the starting position, the modern philosopher has moved us a step forward in iconic films concerning the relationship of the nondescript subject and revealing over him multiple authorities. In this mental shift The Castle of Kafka was moved to Brazil, The Taxi Driver dispensed justice, Titanic was named the edge of the abyss, which does not divide the love of the two lovers, but rather immortalises it, attempts to live another life were made, possibly away from a career in the army and so on, and so forth.Slovenian humor on an abstract level. Mitigating the impact of Freud to raise that of Marx and Lacan. Reveals us the opportunity for a new way to watch every film, being critical of the surrounding habitat and to remain fully authentic. Ladies and gentle man - Zizek!http://vihrenmitevmovies.blogspot.com/

Reinier De Vlaam The hyperactive Slovenian philosopher Zizek uses extracts for movies to show to us how the things we believe in (our ideology) are created by the external society. He goes in the sublime message of several scene's of famous movies. Once again the sound of music is his favorite. The only question that must be raised is the chicken and egg problem. Do these messages make society or do the desires of society make these messages. With advertisements it is of course clear that the message brings the ideology of the maker has to be pushed to us, but with movies we can have more doubt. This is not addressed in this movie. Furthermore I question if movie is the right medium to bring the message of Zizik. I thought in many moments that the images of the movies distracted from the story he was telling, my mind went into the movie, not into Zizek's story. For personal use I recorded the sound and listening to that I was much more able to think about the messages of Zizek.But all in all a worthwhile evening

henriettelafee In Marx Reloaded, Zizek's previous film, this hyperactive Slovenian philosopher was forced to share the screen with some of the world's most clued-up thinkers. It was a great thought-provoking spectacle, full of provocative statements (including his definition of communism as "a world where everyone is allowed to dwell in their own stupidity"). But for me Zizek works best in the company of others. Let him loose, as does Fiennes here, with the freedom to write a script which I felt at times she was struggling to follow, and the insights dry up pretty soon. I wasn't made to think here. And frankly the title was a bit lame - why not call it "A Pervert's Guide to Cinema 2"? Since the formula is exactly the same as the previous film Fiennes directed him in. The sketches in which Zizek appears in locations from famous movies (The Sound of Music was my favorite) are relentless, and at over 2 hours needed reigning in. I mostly enjoyed it, but only as a silly romp. I took nothing away from the cinema except a belly full of popcorn.