Brilliant.

Isabelle Adjani.

Well, I understand she lost her looks getting old but come on, she has always been a kind of a caricature of a good actress. Even in La Reine Margot, she’s just able to give listless looks, to scream or to pout nicely.

And I won’t talk about nowadays, she just ridiculous. And badly face-lifted.

Dangerous Liaisons (Stephen Frears).

Because. Because Glenn Close as the Marquise de Merteuil is foutument classy and delightfully Machiavellian.

Challenger : Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Malcolm MacDowell, amazing.

Love Actually (Richard Curtis).

• Viewable here.

It’s not so much the kiss itself as the story about… the approach is so moving, done with the right words and the guy keeps a perfect attitude. Of course I was crying. And of course I would have done the same as Keira Knightley’s character.

But… gniiii that’s crazy how I’d like to answer Gone with the wind at any category ! And I’d like to talk about Ennis and Jack’s reunion kiss in Brokeback Moutain : I’m not sure to have ever seen a more passionate one.

Citizen Kane (Orson Welles).

I know, it’s a shame. I know, Citizen Kane is considered as the best movie of all time. But I stopped watching it not so long after the beginning.

Well, I was young so I guess I should try again…

• Old Actors : Gene Tierney and Paul Newman / Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable (as the lovers), Lee Van Cleef / Marlon Brando (as the great villain), Natalie Wood, Viven Leigh, Errol Flynn, James Dean, Charles Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart (secondary cast).

• Actual Actors : Kelly Reilly and Louis Garrel / Kirsten Dunst and Michael Pitt (as the lovers), Dustin Hoffman / Leonardo DiCaprio (as the great villain), Anne Hathaway, Eva Green, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood (secondary cast).

Lord of War (Andrew Niccol).

• Viewable here [HD].

I have to comfess I never really thought about title sequences before. OK, when they are nicely made it’s pleasant to start a movie that way, but generally I forget them during the movie.

But thinking of today’s category, the first one to come to my mind was the Lord of War’s one : the Life of a Bullet. It was the best way to introduce the movie’s plot, and it’s very well done. And by the way, it’s an excellent film.

(my Gosh, I still can’t believe I like a movie with Nicolas Cage…)