Last Summer (2023)

Last Summer (2023). 1h 44m

“I like movies that get remade in a different country/language from the original. There is a different touch to it, and I like that change of freshness in addition to the film itself.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was looking forward for this movie recently after I heard it is a remake of 2019 Danish film u0026quot;Queen of Heartsu0026quot;. I love the original movie, it was beautiful, Intense, the characters were great and so were the actors portraying them. I watched it long time back and was curious how much of it I would remember while I watch this French remake. Surprisingly it was a lot since scenes from this movie just kept on poking me, they just felt incomplete.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie starts with a bad side actress, personally that stung me. I did not get involved with any characters, I didnu0026#39;t feel the motivation or any doings the characters do. The film just moves a pace than it should have. Things just happen and keep on happening, it just feels dead, I feel the audience doesnu0026#39;t get any chance understanding of how the characters are feeling or what they want next. It just felt like the film wants to move on to the next stage of story in each new scene, and that makes it dull, so eventually it gets unexciting minute by minute feeling tedious. And then a time comes you are just watching just to complete this movie till the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI feel like Léa Drucker did good, She did her part nicely all through her scenes but the way this movie is done, she canu0026#39;t do anything and I donu0026#39;t blame her. Others were ok. I know this movie is shorter than the original and I realize it is because this they trimmed down on simple scenes that they felt is not important. But those scenes do justice, A simple scene from the original where Trine Dyrholm checks out herself in the mirror in a follow up scene gives out so much to the audience about what she is feeling. Léa Drucker doesnu0026#39;t have any scenes like these, so the connection between the audience and the characters die slowly. The sex scene in the original was intense and showed purpose, this film butchers that as well, there is no real narrative to that scene. It just doesnu0026#39;t go well,.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI did a lot of comparison with the original but I would say none the less, the movie is a disappointment without the comparison. The screenplay, the pacing just doesnu0026#39;t feel organic. Will definitely recommend the original, Queen of Hearts(Dronningen) {2019}.”