2008

pretty darn good entertainment! thrilling till the bone. Statham was there once again, and despite his useless appearence on Death Race, i still find him a great action actor.

a cool film

this just didn't made that "click" on me. the film seemed kinda forced in some aspects, like dialogs that seemed fake, or the graphic overraction on the "diseased" blind people behavior. overall the film was ok, giving us a view on what could be the extreme reactions to such sudden unability. yet, since it was from the creator of City of God, and it was based on a novel by Saramago (a nobel prize winner, and most of all, a portuguese), i had put great expectations on it, so i may say i felt somewhat disapointed on the result. could've been worse though.

i still do not understand why i went to see this... its nothing more than another americanized action film (americans/CIA/FBI/etc as the good guys, always), like many more out there, so in fashion these days.
plus, Ridley Scott keeps disapointing me, but people keep telling he's a great director... yea, that might have happened in Gladiator, Blade Runner or Thelma&Louise, but now, he's boring, his films are boring, what saves him, are the special effects Hollywood supplies him with.

a very strange black comedy, like most of the Coen bros films, with several stories converging and connecting to each other, reaching a somewhat calm climax. there are some funny parts, and the characters were so damn stupid, in a good way. and although the storyline seemed a bit pointless, its a good film nevertheless.

very good, very good indeed. i loved the whole moral of it. somewhat long, but very enjoyable. the direction was beyond amazing, although not much of Fincher's previous style, he still proved he can be versatile. the effects/cinematography were pretty good also.

"Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss."

it surpassed my expectations. geez.. it even made me like Batman, when i really didn't, before...

really intense and cruel. great for those who enjoyed City of God or La Haine, where the rules of the street are, most of the time, the rules of the gun.
what is really shocking in this Gomorrah is to think that mobs like this, mobs this cruel and brutal, exist not only in those far away places we get to see on the news every now and then, such as the Rio's slums, to name an example, but also in the middle of this so-called Modern Europe.

Mr. Shyamalan, what happened? you did not disapointed me with Sixth Sense, The Village or Unbreakable. but you certainly did with this... piece of crap. bad choice on actors, Deschanel, though i find her way cute with her big blue eyes, has no profile for dramatics, definitly not. and Wahlberg? geez bad top acting... the movie seemed a bit nonsense, with lack of feelings, i mean, natural feelings that you should probably have after seeing a dead body.
and the wind was too ridiculous.
the idea was good though, maybe someday someone will pick up this story for a remake, wich will be better than this one for sure.

quite good film, if you're looking to watch really hot galls, great roaring bikes, and i'm-tough-and-i-love-america lines. ok, for real now, the acting was just plain stupid, and there was not a story, or at least an interesting one.

i was expecting another flop of the year, but in fact it was quite amusing. a really good dark comedy.

great special effects, top best in those hero movies "wave" thats goin' on around hollywood. appart from that the film was just ok. what made me watch this was mostly because i used to watch the comics on tv.

a nice movie about father-son relationships.

i've never been much interested in vampire movies, though there are a few that can pull up my attention, like the case of Interview with the Vampire. now i can add another vampiresc flick to those few, though Let the Right One In is not the convencional vampire film that people are used to see... gladly.

enjoyable. a dramatic portrait on the 50's marriage lifestyle. Winslet is marvelous, and Bates' character is one hell of an annoying woman. a nice film, but not too much.

"Barcelona es poderosa"

living in Barcelona, desired by three gorgeous woman, being a bohemian artist, and having success at it, geez this is my dream...
well, but this film isn't about this matters, this film is about a love triangle, or may i say, a love square. i won't go out on details around here, but i'll point the vicious effect this film produces on the viewers. the characters are beautiful, their performances were unique, the story is hilarious, in a subtle way, and the soundtrack is marvelous. i only regret the end, Woody Allen could've worked to more 30mins for the film and produce a better one... i give it 4 1/2 stars, it deserves them.

loved it... now, one of my favorite animation films, even though animation its not much my type at all.

animation taken to another level. absolutely speechless...

plain action with ridiculous tricks. has some nice twists but that doesn't save it. Angelina, hot as always though, hehe.

totally different style by Aronofsky, yet it doesn't lose any quality. i never liked wrestling, i mean, i hate wrestling, so i was somehow putting this film aside when it came out. but then i heard it was from Aronofsky and i got myself wondering if he was like a wrestling fan or did he gone crazy enough to make one of those typical boring american films you get to see on tv. well both options were wrong. Aronofsky made a film concerning wrestling alright, but he then foccus more on the life of a singular wrestler, and thats when Rourke enters, making a performance that will grant him an oscar for sure. the wrestler is about the fall, and not the rise, of a living in the 80's success wrestler, who loses everything through the course of his life.
the rest you gotta see it.

damn! what a ride! ellen page's performance was brilliant as always, the film in fragments concept was beyond amazing, never thought it could be that thrilling (i had the idea it would be alotta confusing), the story was, at first glance, weird but then you understand it all, and the score was "wow", thats the kind of sound i love.

quite good film actually, i was expecting it to be another of those crappy intringuing tales, but in fact, it was very thrilling to watch. i was allways eagger to see what would happen next. i still have to read the book though.

completely crappy film. Statham can be considered a good action character though, much like Schwarzenneger or Stallone. yet, they all have speaking disabilites haha (wtf?).
I had it, seen it, then garbage with it.

Think about our today's society, our financial system, our corrupt politicians, our beliefs, our use of resources, but mainly, think about we as humanity. this documentary is not suppose to brain wash people, its not suppose to create another religion, with a messiah or such, it is supposed to make you THINK!

amusing, but thats it.. not as fun or smart as Snatch or Lock Stock, and from all the ratings i see on here, it seems to be too overrated. Richie's style is still noticeable, and i loved all of his previous work, but this time i really got bored...guess he needs another Madonna for inspiration.

although i had some suspicion on this kung fu panda, in fact, i found it rather amusing and couldn't agree more on its message. it tries to be funny, and it is at times yes, but are the spectacular animated visual effects, its message, and all the martial art moves that makes it worthy to have a look.

eh... very disapointing. apart from all the sexy women involved, the film is pretty boring and plotless. plus, it tries to be another Sin City, and it also fails for that. lets wait now for Sin City 2.

something of a bore... nice performances by Harris and Mortensen, but the western itself, too romanticized, was just very plain and uninteresting.

i saw some girls' histery yesterday on tv when buying the dvd and i couldn't believe my eyes when they were jumping and screaming like kangaroos on speed. this is nothing but cheesy stuff for the teenage masses, and i got the confirmation after seeing the film. i loved the score though, maybe thats why i rated it half a star higher than i should.
and i find it bad that Hardwicke took this commercial project on her hands, i loved Lords of Dogtown and the dramatic Thirteen.

really good film with an astonishing cinematography. i think there must be some untrue facts, but despite that, it is still good.

boring and quite predictable.

if the first part of this Che focuses on the events that created a legend, with the Cuban Revolution, the second part centers on the events that killed Guevara and the ideals he was professing. on an overall view, concerning these two parts, its an excellent depiction of his achievements and conditions on which he fought under, against the social injustices.

a great bio, or should i say instead, partial bio (since this first part only depicts the guerilla fight against Batista, in the Cuban revolution) who captivates even the biggest anti-revolutionary soul. 'Che' Guevara, amazingly portraited here by Del Toro, is shown not only as a revolutionary, but also as a great thinker, and most of all, a just soul. all qualities he surely had. Soderbergh proves that there is a real and inspiring story behind all the merchandising created around an iconic image..