Marigold

In the first film, the heroes fought for their lives, and the good rule of the second film is that twice as much must be placed on the bet. Cameron fulfilled his commitment, and so the marvelous trio of warriors are fighting not only for existence, but now above all for the future. The script cleverly developed Kyle's words about fate, and Judgment Day is such a dramatic struggle for the right to change what was determined the first time. While machines act as exotic oddities in the first film (in accordance with the times), the second film does not deny the onset of the silicon age. Computers are a common part of human existence, and Cameron rightly points to the threat of diluting human intelligence with a virtual one. But since T2 is massively leaning on the power of silicon as the first film in history, the message goes the other way: even a machine can think like a human. Arnold has a top performance as the humanized Terminator. If there hadn't been such a strong disregard for the genre among academics, it would have been at least nominated for an Oscar that year. One tends to believe in the machine with the learning module. To this day, I'm not convinced that the Governor doesn't have a metal chassis under his skin. If James Cameron based T1 on excellent action, T2 is brilliant professorship. No one (and I stand by that) has been able to elevate the "fallen" genre to the level of art without alienating himself by low means. The lightness with which Cameron juggles emotions and pumps adrenaline, the genius of the action scenes (again, still unbeatable) and the overall apocalyptic touch are among the film's crowning displays of power. That's not the opinion of an intellectual, but of a man who grew up on T2 and, after years and hundreds of films, watched it again, found Cameron's pet to be at least as powerful. Like the time I woke up in the morning and dreamed on the way to elementary school that the door would open and Arnie would join me with a slightly crooked smile.

A high-quality adaptation of Verne's sensitive interpretation of 19th-century society (as you can see, it is also great for 20th-century events). Ráža's film has especially excellent actors and a very good artistic aspect, which gives it a very suggestive touch. Some of the shots are very depressing and literally exude the steely cold of Janus's city...

In Chytilová’s film, a new wave resonates in the faces shaky dialogues and a very loose composition of scenes, which eventually gets a metaphorical and impressive finish in the form of a train buried by an avalanche. It is the motif of calamity that echoes from all episodes, the impenetrability of human relationships, misunderstanding, passing in a blizzard of feelings and insensitivity. Polívka's portrayal of a young man who is between different women is not particularly riveting, but especially excellent dialogues and apt cynicism, which gradates excellently, makes this miniature of normalizing rot a great film. Chytilová avoided many ailments of the "social-critical comedy" of the 1980s, especially the palpable undertone that, while everything sucks, we still live in the best possible setting. Calamity remains on the intimate plane and does not comment on anything "higher". That's why it's still alive.

Magnificent in all its naivety. I love submarine films and this one has everything important: drama, atmosphere, a charismatic captain (two, actually) with a cutely non-Russian pronunciation... It also has a heap of pathos that is applied to the inhabitants of the USSR, comradeship and the party acquires a whole new (a bit of a sarcastic) dimension, and somehow confirms that in order for the Western creator to understand the Eastern mentality, he has to completely adapt it to his own. But for me, this is just another positive side of a pleasant spectacle that has all the attributes of a quality underwater spectacle. To comrades!

"Long live Comrade President" - "But it's not true." - "He knows that, but what can that mean? ... Long live Comrade President!" Communist morality in a nutshell and with insight that isn’t awkward. Not too many of these actually came into existence.