Underrated

Why the hate??? Ang Lee took a simple comic book and turned it into a greek tragedy with larger-than-life visual effects and unbelievable music score!! Connelly is flawless as always and Bana and Lucas deliver correctly. The creation of the movie Hulk was amazing, did you expected more?? It's a freakin GREEN GIANT GUY!! IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY MORE REAL THAN THIS!! Show some respect to filmmaking and enjoy this classic underrated film...

*After a ninth view... Full review coming soon*

Hands down, one of the best movies ever made. And without a single doubt in my mind, the strongest, most beautiful, most amazing and mindblowing performance by a male actor in Film History. Sam Rockwell is simply a great ACTOR.

It makes you smile.

I can't believe it took me so long to experience a Wes Anderon film but I'm glad it was this one. This is, by far, the best screenplay of 2007 and a great introduction to Anderson's body of work for anyone that wants to become a fan, just as I became one just a couple of minutes into the introductory short film, "Hotel Chevalier". The dialogues have so much flow that it's almost surreal. The words cut like knives and heal clumsily like drunken nurses. The eyes tell so many stories and there's so much dept in the characters that it's genius. Wes Anderson is a true filmmaker with such a unique vision and talent to tell wonderful, awkward stories. The three leads are simply marvelous. Adrien Brody is subtle and, by playing it slow and tender, it creates an even more-fucked-up character than using his usual gimmicks (not that there's a problem with his gimmicks) while Owen Wilson carries the whole film over his shoulders with cleverness. For a long time, I've thought that Jason Schwartzman is a little bit overrated. I mean, the boy has some nice talent but there are moments when he just keeps on recycling characters and he looks like an actor with no range at all. But I truly think that Wes Anderson is the right director for him: Schwartzman is incredible in this one and I suppose also in "Rushmore".

But the HUGE surprises come in the form of beautiful, gorgeous and talented women with almost no screen time at all. Amara Karan, playing "Rita", is simply fantastic; and Natalie Portman, in the introductory shortfilm gives such a mature performance is almost unbelievable. She shows an extraordinary range to play any characters she wants and the tomboy/rude/trashy ex-girlfriend-from-hell is one of the top moments of the film. But the thunder belongs to Anjelica Huston in the most extraordinary cameo of the year as the boys' mother. I knew she had to be somewhere in the film and she was simply flawless. The best character in the movie and the greatest performance.

It's a long, sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, sometimes a little bit too awkward journey that won't appeal to everyone but it's definitely one of the best movies of 2007 and by far one of the most underrated. Wes Anderson's style is mature, quirky and colorful and this movie is all that and even more. Anderson's fans will drool all over it and the newbies will fall in love with it but if for some reason you aren't sure if you will like it: take a chance, you won't regret it.

BTW, it's an excellent gift for your brothers and/or sisters. It's a family journey, after all.

One of the most brilliant, fresh, exciting, hilarious, thrilling and original action films ever created. Jason Statham was born to play this kind of roles and this movie definitely fits him like a glove. He's the kind of action-man the film industry needs: somebody cool.

Overall, the new and terrific techniques used in the film enhance the fact that this was made to blow everybody's minds... and everything, with a GREAT sense of humour.

Too bad (or too good?) that there's a sequel baking somewhere... it totally ruins the otherwise beautiful ending

OK, please, stop the hate: Salles is a wonderful director, Connelly is a larger-than-life-extraordinary-amazing actress, and the visual effects and art direction was terrific. So what if it's a remake? I liked "The Grudge" and I hated "The Ring" and "The Ring 2" and whatever... So what? This movie is a GOOD movie! It has excellent performances by the ENTIRE cast who came into the project because of Connelly/Salles... it has amazing direction and a good screenplay. The only flaw is being a remake... is that SO bad? Think about it...

If a sci-fi-hater loves this movie as much as I did (and as much as I hate sci-fi), then that's a good sign. Danny Boyle keeps on demonstrating why edgy tales of humans VS the universe are his best recipe to create a great film. Great visuals, amazing music and incredible performances by the "Hello, I'm underrated" cast (Evans, Murphy, Curtis, Yeoh!! and Byrne) complete an outstanding action film with great deep thoughts all over the place. A "2001:Space Odissey" for the new generation with thoughts and fears for the new generation. My comment is a little bit low for such a film like this but I still don't know what the hell happened in me while watching this... and I watched this about 4 months ago. You can fill in the blanks.

Top 10 of 2007, hands down.

*Review coming soon... but people hating this for being "long", "slow" or whatever are just stupid*

Haunting.
Nicole Kidman's performance may be flawless but the Opera scene specifically defines what ACTING is all about.
Say what you want about the film, one thing is for sure: it defines ELEGANCE. And finding an elegant film nowadays is almost impossible. That's my theory on why people hated it so much: audiences are not ready for the film equivalent of champagne.

Most solid mexican film in years. Nothing's over the top, overrated or pretentious, everything's in its right place. Outstanding visual design and excellent performances. Patricia Arriaga, the director, is a pure talent in storytelling and actors' direction. Excellent film. Top 10 of 2007.

I simply can't believe this was hated by such stupid audiences! It's not only supreme and marvelous in technical aspects with larger-than-God-himself costumes, SHOES!, art direction, locations and make up but also with yet another OUTSTANDING performance by Kirsten Dunst (the best Lead Actress of 2006, BY FAR) as the troubled, innocent, naive yet smart and bitchy queen of France. Sofia Coppola CAN'T miss!! She is absolutely the best female director ever!! She really digs sooo deep into women minds and creates such unique atmospheres along with extremely careful, elegant, touching direction. Her abilities behind the camera are so unique and flawless that you can ACTUALLY notice some direction!! In most of films, direction is merely a guy shouting "action!" for no reason at all... in GREAT masterpieces, actors, art direction, cinematography, music and everything else IS ACTUALLY GUIDED by somebody who knows what the hell he (SHE!) is doing!! This is one of those films. A truly underrated masterpiece with such a great style it really blows up the screen with color, tears, laughter and Kirsten Dunst...

Ok, kill me (with a chainsaw) but this is, by far, the most beautiful cinematography I've ever seen on film. Gorgeous from start to finish, along with a marvelous art direction/ set decoration and a wicked make up, it makes this otherwise "simple" movie become delicious to see. I know Jessica Biel is, well... Jessica Biel, but believe it or not she didn't annoy me at all. She isn't worse than she was in "The Illusionist"... or "I now pronounce you Chuck & Larry"... or... well, you get the idea. The movie isn't actually half bad, it's entertaining, exciting and filmed with flawless technique. So, why should I hate it? Because it's a remake and remakes are "always awful"? Because it has Jessica Biel in it? (That's a good point but no) Because it has teens being slaughtered? (So did the original) Because the original is a cult classic and everybody loves it to death? (I haven't seen it)

"Taste" is as random as a roulette and my taste, which I think it's kind of nice, tells me to go for it and simply LOVE this movie for what it is: a cool film with the best cinematography and production design ever. Marcus Nispel knows what the hell he is doing, and this is how we get to the point where "Alice" gets me more excited than before.

4 stars for the flawless tecnique.

It must be seen as a satire and a fun movie with some GREAT musical numbers and a great song by Rufus King ("Cliff's song")

classic chick flick that's actually waaaay more intelligent than it seems at first sight. Funny satire of prejudice against "beautiful people" that should be taken seriously...

Bullock doesn't get any better than this. A fabulous movie with hilarious moments that took the path of "Mean girls", "Legally Blonde" or "Enchanted" by taking one tricky subject and creating a really funny satire. Of course the sequel is pure crap but this one's great! And Michael Caine is simply outstanding.