immortal without youth

no. 10 Immortal
no. 11 Youth Without Youth

Two very stylistic and different stories dealing with life...and death.

Immortal really tried to bridge the gap between CGI and human, lots of CG sets. Weird movie, although really interesting. I think this is what happens when Italians drop acid with the French and decide to decipher in English. Gotta look into the graphic novels - I know the author, Enki Bilal, had a huge visual impact on films like Blade Runner.

Youth Without Youth would have been spectacular if it wasn't squished into 125 minutes. There was too much to work with, I guess when you are writer, director, producer...no one puts Coppola in the corner, ya know? Lots of great ideas that didn't have the time to be fleshed out - it was like the time travel aspects of LOST mixed with WWII secrecy and lots of weird languages, not to mention some interesting religion notes. He's given the gift of "life" in order to finish his life's work, if you will, and he gives up his dogged pursuit in order to give life to another. There are some smart superpowers thrown in here, too. Really, way too many details to iron out. I'm still not sure if I liked Tim Roth or not - after seeing him in Hulk, I just look at him in a different way.