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"Elle est trop belle" is a romantic drama overflowing with a refined yet vulgar sensuality that is common in French films. Sexuality, lust, infidelity are the main themes of the film, and are lusciously exhibited on screen. Choice of music was excellent, with Schubert in the background providing beauty and consolation in midst of heightened drama. You have fancy dinners, spacious mansions and country homes. Certainly men of culture will appreciate this film.

Acting in scenes was mostly naturalistic and plain, though not completely without emotion. Overall tempo of the movie was slow and relaxed, taking plenty of time to establish scenes and characters. Sometimes even bordering on boredom. Focus was not purely based on intense emotions of infatuation and cliched notions of romanticism, but the human relationships between the characters.

The unoriginality of the subject matter and the lack of subversiveness in the message, however, dims the glow of its achievements. The sudden middle-life crisis and the marital unhappiness of a well-to-do middle class couple has been well documented in the history of film, and there have been better portrayals of it. The movie is heavy-handed with its message of internal and external beauty.

There might have been some critique of the boredom of the perfect bourgeoisie life, but it is soo brief, indirect and inconsequential you could easily miss it. It seems the down-to-earth nature and vividness of Colette is contrasted with the icy and cold demeanor of the proper Florence, and the white spacious family home with the small run-down motel.

In the end, the story felt quite simple and predictable, even cliched. While watching it for the first time was a pleasant experience, there is probably little one can gain from rewatching the film. Overall, it is a decent film, doing its job well, but nothing out of the ordinary. Though I do admire the movie in other respects, the script just doesn't make it.

The first title of the AC series is in many ways prophetic. Already here one can see the hallmarks of the AC series: endless repetition, copy-pasted quests, assets and locations etc. Even in a game as short as 20 hours, you will be climbing towers, pickpocketing, listening to convos, assassinating etc. Multiple times, and it gets the more boring the more you do it. What little actual story is hidden between is mostly in cutscenes and scripted sequences here and there, which is sad, since it actually somewhat interesting.

Most of the time, you will be running around in the open game world that is cluttered with quest markers and side activities. Unfortunately, clunky controls and movement hinder the amusement from it, as well as the ever-present enemies that constantly decide to attack you in groups and which you have to fend off in tedious fights. Speaking of it, combat mechanics are the most simple and unsophisticated possibel, which certainly does not help. Still, it was fun to run around the cities and the roof-tops from time to time, but nowhere near as intuitive as in later titles.

In relation to the length of the game, the modern day storyline was more expanded and had multiple sections that advanced the plot, something which has sadly since been abandoned. In this game, the balance works and keeps you interested in continuing the storyline.

Shaun the Sheep is a comedy series suitable for the whole family. In a small farm in the countryside, a dog is watching over the sheep, and must keep track of what they are doing and report it back to the owner. Sometimes they work against each other, sometimes they all have a common interest in keeping some things secret from their owner. Whatever the case, something wacky and unexpected always happens.

Humour in the series is clever, requiring no words to understand and in fact having no dialogue, so it is highly suitable for international audiences. It is not just childish, it can make even serious-minded adults laugh easily. In a way, it reminds me of early silent-era slap-stick films, like Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. It has the characteristic Aardman style, so if you like Wallace & Gromit films or Chicken Run, you are certainly going to like this show too, and vice versa.