Movies I own

War movies is not my kind of best film, Ben stiller's are not my best choice of comedy. But the film is good precisely because of that: it's a parody of war films and how male they are suppposed to be but at the end they are veery corny and silly. Ben Stiller is also mocking the movie bussiness and even himself. The cast is surprising and good. As usually, Robert Downey was the best.
Que buena película, digo, boba, vulgar, ñoña, pero es una muy buena critica del cine y sus lugares comunes: sus actores ególatras, sus productores megalómanos, sus claaasicas películas de guerra tan llenas de testosterona pero escenas de telenovela. Fue una buena sorpresa.

Although the music (which is the main hook) sometimes looses awfully the power of the original. Although the story is THE SAME we see in most of the young musicals (a young couple with a bunch of friends that struggle against the adversities) such as Moulin Roge, Hair, Rent... Although only a few actors from all the cast could really touch my heart with their cartoon performances. Although all that I liked the film. As happened with Frida (from the same director) the visual-sound trip you get into since the first credits of the film appear worth the expierience. There are some songs that fix perfectly with the story and are very well conceived but ther are other songs that could be removed. The story has nothing new to tell but it isn't boring at all.
Se notó que el motor de hacer la película era hacer algo con las canciones de los Beatles y ya de ahí salió la historia porque es de lo más predecible y equis del mundo, pero precisamente el saber qué canción viene y seguir con los personajes la letra (de hecho cuando la fui a ver no faltó quien se puso a cantar...) hace que uno se acerque más a la película. Visualmente tiene momentos muy fumados que también se agradece ver en el cine y no sólo en comerciales de frituras y refrescos.

The Best hommage to classic Disney movies!

I wanted to see it because I consider Sariñana the best mexican filmaker when we talk about light comedies. And yes, it entertains, but I think Niñas mal is his worst comedy. Sometimes I felt I was watching a disney tv movie. The characters are approached only by the surface, some gags are typicall and predictabel so as the end. But as I said, it's entertaining and has funny characters and situations. Higareda does the same she always does when she's on screen and I must say my surprise was Camila Sodi who is far from being magnificent but looks really good but phisycally and in talent regarding to the last time I saw her working.
La película no ofrece nada nuevo, a veces sentía que estaba viendo un capítulo de "lo que callamos las mujeres" pero qué más da si hay momentos en los que uno se conmueve y se ríe. Las actrices tienen efectos impares: Higareda hace su papel de siempre que enloquece a los adolescentes aunque en esta película le tira más al bufón, Camila Sodi me sorprendió pues ya no es tan mala (dije TAN) y se ve muuy bien, Ximena Sariñana sigue saliendo en las películas de su papi pero sin hacerlo quedar mal, y las otras dos actrices debutantes que hacen su trabajo bien. Los grandes actores del cine hacen papeles de reparto equis para no opacar a las chavas. Es una película más bien para chavas de secundaria, pero

There's not a single thing I didn't like from this film, but I was particularily surprised by the art direction, the "Alice in Wonderland esthetic, the look of Robert Downey Jr. and the strange images we witness since the first second of the film.

In my opinion this is one of those films the story is good but nothing surprising or special until the end starts to arrive. Is one of those films in which the good things come from the unexpected places: the unexpected characters, the unexpected ambiance of the EG, the unexpected comedy, drama and so on.
Mientras la veía me preguntaba qué era lo que le habían visto como para consderarla tan grandiosa y no me di cuenta realmente hasta que se acercó el final: fue cuando toda la película cobró un nuevo sentido. En cuanto a manufactura es impecable y la historia tiene un balance bueno entre temas políticos y de romance, suspenso y drama. Un muy buen acercamiento a la gente que vive siguiendo las vidas de otros.

Since the fist time I saw the poster I knew I was going to love this film, unfortunately it had to pass a year so I can finally watch this jewel. My dearest Carell and Collette together, the music, the way the family gets together for the dream of Olive, the way we connect with the characters... It's the typicall kind of independen pseudo intellectual film with the difference I found heart on this.
Pues sí, es la típica historia de una familia donde todos se odian y tienen que estar juntos durante un buen tiempo y durante ese viaje aprenden a tolerarse, quererse y pedirse perdón, pero la manera de contarla es fresca y aporta nuevas maneras de mostrar este tipo de dramas cómico-familiares. Cada uno de los personajes está hecho de manera que aunque nos pueda caer muy mal en algún otro momento nos hará adorarlo y claro, encontrar a nuestro favorito. También me gustó el final, que no es el típico final gringo.

Very good introduction to both countries/cultures, well design of characters, story simple but solid.

A film made to make Beyoncee shine in all her physical splendor. But I liked it because the story is entertaining and the 60's ambientation is quite cool: The music was ok but not that catchy in my opinion as in Chicago for instance.
No es de mis musicales favoritos pero visualmente es muy buena, y el que todo tiempo tenga música, para mi es un plus.

I loved the characters, the music, the dialogues and specially the crazy world of dreams-ideas shown on this film. This is the role I like the most from all Gael's films. Here he sings, plays the piano, the drums and speaks in three laguages. Michael Gondry disappointed me on his earlier films but with this one, he's the man again.

Since the credits I started to have spasms, great mix of contemporary music and detailed ambientation of the age, great cast, a very youthful way of showing an historical character. I don't know what else to say, it's the film I've enjoyed the most in many many time.
Wow, dónde podré ver tantas cosas y personas que me encantan juntas como lo he visto aquí? La historia no está nada lejana de la biografía de cualquier rockstar o socialité desmadrosa de nuestra época y por eso la música y demás elementos narrativos están alejados de las convencionalidades que hay siempre en el cine histórico y sobre todo de esa época, sin embargo sigue teniendo el rigor y la disciplina de éstas para que pueda seguir siendo una película interesante y entretenida. La vi anoche y ya la quiero volver a ver.

I've always wanted to know about a film in which sex were shown in a bare, real (wich means not fake) way without being pornography, this film is not precisely that one but it gets close to that idea. Of course the main topic is sex, but not by itself, it's the story of the characters and thier psychology the main focus and not the scenes. That was the thing I liked, you can get involved with the film even if we delete the porn parts, (but it's good they are not) so you don't get the idea that the story is just as a secondary part in order to make a film with lots of people "fornicatin'".
Realmente no me pareció la gran película pero me gustó que no es pretenciosa y su autor se limita contar historias de la manera que más le acomoda. Hedwig no me gustó porque no contaba nada, aquí a los personajes los noto estereotipados y equis, pero cumplen con su función de conectarte con lo que ellos sienten. Me encantó la parte en la que entra la banda a Shortbus.

I am a B. Jones fan so when I saw the similarities between both films I was very happy. This story is much more romantic and of course the manners and the beliefs of that age make the film very entertainig for those who are in love with those ages. Keira is great on this, but many of the support actors take over the scene many times.

The kind of stories about difficult topics and intense dramas but told as if it were a fairytale. I was captivated since the beggining, I never tought the Pink Floyd-Rolling Stones-David Bowie-Patsy Clyne-soundtrack would be as powerful as it is on this film (it's not the best thing of it but it's the only one I dare to talk about righ now).
¿Por qué estas películas pasan desapercibidas por los grandes públicos?
Es entretenida, está bien hecha, es intensa, original... porque auqnue es una historia que hemos visto muchas veces, la manera de contarla es lo que la hace grande.

This film has great moments such as when Zoe performs Side Effects or Chetes & Amaral do the same with Si tu no vuelves. But the good things on the film go to hell when we listen some "philosophical speeches" that seem to come from those silly and corny mails with Power Point illustrated with puppies and flowers. Anyway, I identified myself with the four main characters and loved the film.

When I was a child, I saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and I didn't like it. It had to come beloved Tim Burton to make me love the story, but specially the wonderful world their characters always live in. In this case I was delighted with the grandparents and the Oompa-Loompas, who sang a silly and happy song after a very cruel or kinda perverse moment... Wow.
Todos dicen que Willy Wonka se parece a Michael Jackson y no están nada equivocados, los dos viven aislados en un mundo de fantasía que ellos mismos se crearon, están traumados por tener un padre ojete y a los dos se les ocurre meter a niños en su casa para despues sacarlos todos adoloridos y deshechos. Nada más que Wonka es la neta y Jackson no (al menos YA no).

At the beggining I found it like a Hallmark movie (and I don't like them) and maybe I stil believe it, but Wilde's pen has such a great witt and heart that the film is great because of that. I don't care if it's greatly settled on the beautiful Italy of the early 30's, each dialogue and the whole story makethe movie worthy (specially if you like comedy perfectly mixed with romance and drama).
Vi la película por Scarlett Johansson y Helen Hunt y debo decir que me llevé una sorpresa con el resto del elenco (claro, con sus excepciones) Es de las pocas películas que sí hacen que tenga ganas de leer el libro. Otra película que desgraciadamente no vi en cartelera, aunque seguro la pasarán por Hallmark pues es cursi con personajes estereotipados pues el director no tiene la capacidad de darles la vida que Wilde seguramente si les dió.

The fiction part is awful. I mean, it is the so called story of a pure, innocent, smart girl that has to get into the "disgusting" bussiness of sex. On the other hand we have the true heart of the film: the inteviews; people involved on the prostituition talk about it. There we have many points of view, many discussions and the director desn't want us to have a lesson or something. That's what I liked: there's only the facts and the opinions without make an apologize neither a condemn of prostitution. By showing the facts, good or bad we can form a personal opinion. The edition makes the interviews more dynamical and less boring and the the directors follows a logic order.
La parte de ficción es bastante mediocre y trillada pero ayuda a seguir con más facilidad la verdadera parte importante de la película: la de las entrevistas. La directora nos lleva a un viaje interesante en el que los entrevistados, personas involucradas en la prostitución. Anque a veces es un poco gratuito la profusión de mujeres desnudándose y escenas de sexo, si mantiene una postura objetiva. Las entrevistas están editadas de manera muy interesante y al final no se nos exige tomar una postura a favor o en contra.

The second part is not better than the first one, but looking at it well, is not worse either, the problem is that it was inecesarry, but it has the same "wit" of Bridget, the same good soundtrack the same reunions with her friends, the same funny situations and the same fight on a public place between the two guys. La Bridget ya no tiene que preocuparse por encontrar galán, sino con cuál se queda, eso le resta mucho al personaje pues me encantaba que fuera una solterona urgida, pero sigue igual de ocurrente y con sus mismas metidas de pata, no me pareció mala en lo absoulto.

I love Japan. I really connected with the main characters. It's a story that has that elegant way of showing the world and being fresh and new at the same time. The couple isn't perfect, both are married with someone else in the first place. But their relationship altough never "consumed", at least in the Hollyood way, is full of tenderness and melancholy. Melancolía o como se diga en inglés, es lo que me transmitió esta película cuando la vi por primera vez, y unas ganas grades de conocer Japón, aunque sienta la misma soledad que sienten los protagonistas en la primera parte de la película.

It's ok, but a little disappointing. It's director is the creator of Sex, Shame and Tears, and this film is far from have the same "heart", it is also far from being as good as the book is based in. It's entertaining anyway and it's a journey through self-knowledge that can be useful for some people in some specific time in their lifes.
Es una película X. Me gustó por la frescura y la calidad en cuanto a producción que tiene sobre todo como cinta hecha en México. Dicen que Rosa Monero, autora del libro en el que se basa, quedó satisfecha; no sé de qué, si le quitaron lo mejor: la narrativa.

Musicals usually are exessively corny, lacking of witt and the characters are the always-good vs. always-bad stereotype, this film avoids that, is smart, has very good songs, choreography, actors... I love it!

I don't care if I see it until learn the whoe script, good actors, good dialogues (specially the inner thoughts) and it makes me laught (which is hard to do lately). Tal vez la historia no es lo que me hace darle todas las estrellas, sino la gran narración interna de sus protagonistas. Me gustó porque, a diferencia de la mayoría de las comedias gringas, ésta (inglesa) no trata al espectador como un idiota y tiene una buena dosis de ese sentido del humor inglés y quién mejor para encarnarlo que Mr. Hug Grant, además aparece la chidísima Toni Collette en un personaje de pena ajena pero enternecedor, como muchos de sus papeles.

Typical American Romantic Comedy, but I adore it! The mixture among C. Diaz, Roberts, Everett & Bacharach make this film entertaining, funny and eternaly corny but specially out of the heap.

At the beggining it might seem too naive, but at the end we found that it's a very entertaining movie (at least to all Almodovar's lovers) with very good actresses (my favourite is Blanca Portillo and, as usually, Carmen Maura). When I saw it i cried and laughed.

Nunsexdrogsrock I Love nuns films, they can be as camp as "The Sound of Music" or as horrid as "Alucarda", this film is a mix of them. Before growing old and being mature ("Talk to Her") Almodovar made films in wich scandal themes were always an ingredient often treated like if there were the most common and natural thing. And of course, my favourite part is when Yolanda Bell sings "Salí porque salí".

The best bunch of French actresses on a film, a great use of each thing shown on the film (wardrobe, ambientation, dialogues, objects...), g reat french pop songs. A great thriller and very interesting charactes, I just never get tired of this film.

Preciousist photography, excellent use of the music (marvellous soundtrack) many of my favourite actors brought toghether and a maybe not too realistic approach to glam era but a very funny and stunning world created from the imaginary Bowie-Pop relationship.
Ya la había visto y no me había gustado tanto, pero siempre sentí esa urgencia de volverla a ver. Ahora es de mis consentidas, es como si cada una de las cosas que aparecen fueran extraídas de mi cerebro y creadas para mi deleite exclusivo.

There are many films of threesomes and bank robbers, this is a blend of Jules & Jim and Bonnie and Clyde, but these one has Cate Blanchett, a cool soundrtrack and a clever sense of humor. Only one defect: the unreal ending.

A very good beginning, a very good cast, a very good way of looking at the song "LIke a Virgin". The story is simple and yet it passed to me quickly and entertainly

A story of surprises. The fist part of the film is a falsehood, and some others are the ones that make this film famous. But surprises aren't the things that make this film great. The vision of a good man. That's what I think about when the Crying Game comes to my mind.
Cuando la vi me sorprendío. No pensé que una historia de terroristas fuera tan tierna y emocional. Yo era muy joven y ahora que la vuelvo a ver me sigue llegando como en aquél entonces.

I'm still in shock, it's one of those cases the film is a total world i dive in. I hope I will do a better critic about this film.

I've already mentioned how annoying are to me war movies. In this case, The almost 3 hour drama The Deer Hunter was again a happy exception. Although it deals with the horror of the war and its secuels, the story dives much more into the life before and after the war instad of the fool glory and heroic dimensions of fighting against other human beings. The Characters are great as much as the way Cimino envolves us into their world just by putting us in the middle of the places they live in, the things they eat and drink, the songs they sing et al. OH, but yes, the last song I really don't find it appropiate (and I know which one is).
El mundo tal cual es me pareció lo que màs me gustó de esta película. Si bien llega a caer en el sentimentalismo y el gastado triángulo amoroso con la novia del mejor amigo, son los detalles los que hacen a sus personajes tan empatibles y la película tan conmovedora... aunque sea de guerra. Eso sí, la escena final no me gustó o no le entendí.

Now this is real genius to make horror films. Totally sensorial, the force of this film lies not as much as in the plot or the actors as in the sound and vision. Argento forgets the way we usually see the light and dive us into a claustrophobic world of bright colors and nightmare's sounds. The characters are drawn as if they were part of a fairytale (is a witche's story) but instead of making the story too unreal or childish, the "who's the murderer" line helps to avoid that unrealistic view (but only a little).
Fue un verdadero placer ver como puede haber creatividad al momento de hacer una película de terror. Los que se fusilan cintas de horror japonesas o se les ocurre hacer cosas "Sè lo que hicieron el verano pasado" deberían de saber lo que es realmente preparar una escena de terror pensando en algo más que gritos y cuchilladas a lo bestia.

Since the first time I had an encounter with Allen's work I remember it didn't like me. Later, as I was finding out who was who in the movie's world, I was exceptical about the genius it was said (and it is still said) he was: I wactched some of his films such as Bananas and the trailer of some of others and I didn't liked it at all. That and the fact of Soon Yi (Mia Farrow IT liked me) kept me away from watching his work. It was with Matchpoint that I completely changed my opinion so now I blindly bought Annie Hall.
So in this case I felt I saw an egocentric but egocritic film about love in New York. Really I didn't see the things that many critics all around the world have praised but I really enjoyed the narrative: the story is told as a cyinical narration of his main character and this freedom of the speech really makes you feel closer to the story. A tender, cruel, now nostalgic and comic story that now I see why Woody Allen is Woody Allen.
Por fin develé el misterio y vi Annie Hall, y la tipa ¡me cayò gorda! Al menos la Annie primera que dice que va al sur con tal de trepar a Alvy a su carro. Pero la pelìcula me gustó por la visión obsesiva de su protagonista. Obsesiva pero a veces romántica y nostálgica. No me fascinó ni la veo como la gran obra que dicen, pero me dió gusto haberla disfrutado.

All it's songs, the whole castle are praised by me. The only think I dislike it's the final part, the strory starts to vanish and we just see a sweet transvestite playing the fool with other 5 weirdos in baby doll. Cuando la vi tuve una especie de "revelación" jajajaja. Nunca creí que el cine musical podría ser tan anti-cursi e irreverente.

A very good mixture of comedy and thriller. maybe a little bit absurd specially at the end.

It isn't a realistic movie at all, it's all about fantasy and revolution. The 60's French sense of humor is shown on this film and the sexiness that we aren't used to see on western films can be enjoyed here with the beauty of Bardot and Moreau. I like it for de songs, the black humor and the personality of the girls.
La historia se desarrolla en México y claro que tienen una visión estereotipada de nosotros pero me pareció mucho mejor que la de los westerns gringos, y también hay cosas de la cultura mexicana que se nota que no tienen ni la menor idea, pero bueno, no podía ser perfecta la película.

Curious how innocent sounds the idea this film caused an scandal at the time of its debut, but I can assure it can amaze people from nowadays; the film is timless. I felt Hoffman for a time :,P
Una de las películas de mi vida.

Tan buena que no me importó que no pasara nada, que todo fuera confuso, que el protagonista sea un mascalzone, que fuera larga... el mundo y los personajes de Fellini siempre tendrá ese encanto y gracia que me apasionarán.

OH! The film lasts almost three hours and it hasn't a real story, it's just like a situation, but I was just amazed of this world Fellini puts us on. These great pictures we see, the outrageous people that appears at the parties, the restaurants, the castles. I definetly regret not to have an equivalent of a film like this nowadays.
La había comprado desde hace un buen pero no me animaba a verla. Sabía que tenía que hacerlo y ahora lo confirmo. Ahora me gustaría estar en una de esas fiestas decadentes con esos seres de cuento que Fellini nos regaló.

Practically the story takes place in a house, mostly in a bedroom, with six characters and in one afternoon. Too simple? It's great, each dialogue each performance and the ravishing beauty of Taylor and Newman... I can watch it hundred times.
Tiiiipico drama familiar donde las mentiras, los secretos y los intereses terminan por destrozar familias que por fuera parecen ser perfectas. Perfecta para los amantes del drama.