Heeiiddii
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| Movie: | *Garden State*House of Flying Daggers*L.A. Confidential*Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*Fight Club*Reservoir Dogs*Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*Pulp Fiction*Citizen Kane*Fargo* |
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| Actor: | *Johnny Depp*Audrey Hepburn*Ziyi Zhang*Steve Buscemi*Keira Knightley*Mel Gibson*Natalie Portman*Steve Carell*Kate Winslet*Zach Braff*Rosario Dawson*Michael Madsen* |
| Director: | *Tim Burton*Ang Lee*Alfred Hitchcock*Oliver Stone*Quentin Tarantino* |
| Quote: | *If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like* |
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*My name is Heidi and i'm 18.
*I collect anything and everything. *I like films, as does everyone, buy what I like can change any minute, it all depends on my mood. *My favourite actor is Johnny Depp, not because he is 'hot', but because I like the risks he takes in movies (which are normally pretty good). *People don't normally understand me, but I don't need them too, I like being the strange, unusual one. *I love my friends, but I don't like making new ones as I can be shy. *I like photography (but not pictures of myself). *I buy many movies without watching them first, hence the wide variety of random stuff in my collection. *I may sound weird, and I am. |
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Elisa Antes del Fin del Mundo (Elisa Before the End of the World)
by Félixposted 3 days ago -
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La Zona
by FélixIt's a little bit unrealistic and kind of stiff at some points but the plot was unrealistic enough to warn the audiences this wasn't a very serious movie with a very strong critic towards something.
But even if this isn't the masterpiece some of us expected, it's still a wonderful, exciting and extremely entertaining thriller with amazing cinematography (what can we expect from a mexican movie if it isn't beautiful cinematography?) and a fast-paced screenplay, along with a poweful ending.
It's nice to see a mexican movie that doesn't deal with crime and poverty in the same way most of the 90s mexican movies did. Instead of dividing the movie between "rich" and "poor" (because the characters do that themselves), the director divides everything between "right" and "wrong" and works with ethics and morality providing us with flawed characters that, when scared, are unable to control their instincts and lose their humanity.
The movie tells the story of three thieves that enter a prestigious "forbidden city" where the rich and privileged live surrounded by a wall (The Zone) and, when attempting to mug her, kill an old lady, starting a manhunt where two of them die. The remaining kid (Alan Chavez, in one of two extraordinary performances this year, double-nominated for an Ariel) hides in a boy's basement, where he develops a small relationship with him by realizing they're not different from each other. Unfortunately, the "Board" of neighbors will do ANYTHING to chase down the remaining boy and "make justice".
The best of the entire movie is definitely the ensamble cast that includes the elite of "good actors" in mexican cinema instead of just an "all star" cast of "hotties". From Daniel Gimenez Cacho (one of the best mexican actors ever) to classic old foxes like Blanca Guerra and newcomers like Daniel Tovar, Alan Chavez and Marina de Tavira, including underrated actors like Andres Montiel, Mario Zaragoza and Enrique Arreola, the cast is strong enough to portray a "mini-government", sort of Big-Brother-ish, that won't stop until "their security is total". The metaphor towards the ultimate "Zone" (USA) is subtle but acid.
Don't miss this for anything in the world. A little bit over-exaggerated but exciting enough to keep you on the edge of your seat.I don't know if I've already recommended it but since my good ol' friend Divinetrash "felt the love" I will celebrate that with my own review on one of the greatest thrillers of mexican cinema.
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Exciting to say the least.
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40 días
by FélixIf you think, by any means, that Sean Penn's masterpiece Into the Wild is, in fact, a pretentious, new-hippy, Generation X, artsy piece of bullshit... go see this junk.
I mean, of course I'm going to see it and I will probably like it a lot but it IS artsy.
A good thing? The cinematography is great but, ey, which mexican movie of the past 10 years hasn't had a great cinematography?
See the trailer here in Flixster.
We have a word for this kind of movies in spanish: MAMONA. And this is the Queen.The most pretentious trailer I've ever seen.
El trailer más pretencioso (y MAMÓN pero no sé como escribirlo en inglés) que he visto en mi vida.
Wo bu ai zhe ge dianying!!
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posted 18 days ago -
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Oldboy
by xGaryDaesu Oh is a drunk and a philanderer, but otherwise a fairly typical husband and father. That is until one day he is kidnapped and imprisoned in a cell for 15 years with only a TV set for company and no word of explanation. One day he wakes up on the outside with only a wallet and a phone, and he sets out on a single-minded quest to find out why he was imprisoned and extract bloody vengeance on those responsible. The second part of the Vengeance Trilogy by Chan-wook Park, Oldboy is a bizarre and brilliant film. It constantly wrong foots you and messes with your perceptions, and contains the kind of revelation that makes the kind of so-called plot "twists" of most films look gimmicky and inane. This is the kind of film that blows you away and makes you realise you've been watching the WHOLE THING from the wrong standpoint. As for Min-sik Choi's performance, astonishing is the only word for it...the way such intense emotions and motivations are constantly shifting without ever feeling contrived or forced is just spellbinding. It combines art and extreme violence in a way that reminded me of A Clockwork Orange, but BETTER. It's also stylistically on the same level as Fight Club and is absolutely riveting from beginning to end. A totally flawless modern masterpiece.
Stop...hammer time!
posted 22 days ago -
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Ópera
by FélixMarina: [Complaining in the car] "This is the most boring trip of my life!!"
Indeed.
I usually LOVE slow paced movies (Glue) and, specially, mexican slow paced independent movies (Two embraces, Turtle family, A thousand clouds of peace, Silent light) but this was just too much. The movie lacks charm, compelling characters (the leading girl was just annoying) and it feels like a Reygadas' rip-off all the way, including cameos by two of Reygadas' muses: Anapola Mushkadiz from Battle in Heaven and Magdalena Flores, the old lady in Japón. Carlos Reygadas has inspired many mexican filmmakers since his first film and the third one made him one of the most important and respected directors ever but, unlike Rubén Ímaz (Turtle family) or even Ernesto Contreras (Blue eyelids), Juan Patricio Riveroll is not capable of filtering his influences and, instead of paying homage to his master he creates a parody.
If there was a mexican version of Scary Movie, it would be called Not Another Reygadas Movie and it would be a lot like this.
Avoid like a Tijuana whore!
Picture this: I love slow movies to death... but this one bored me! Can you imagine that? It looks beautiful but that's it. Good cinematography in a mexican movie doesn't surprise us anymore.
And for a character to say this is the most boring trip she has ever had, it really must be a boring movie, huh?You all know how much I ADOOOORE slow paced movies, specially if they're mexican and low-budget. I love the poetry of a sunset, a car on the highway, walking through the subway feeling all alone.
So, when I say this is a BOOOORING movie, trust me, you must avoid this like a Tijuana whore carrying your unborn child!!
If Carlos Reygadas inspires so many mexican directors nowadays, this isn't a homage, this is a parody.posted 23 days ago -
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Righteous Kill
by StarThis was well...a dissapointment for sure. Wait for the DVD. Barely a 3 star and maybe I'm even being nice with that rating. If De Niro and Pacino weren't in it I'd probably give it a 2 and a half at best. The writing is bad, the directing is suspect, the film lacks any sort of suspense and badly could have used some, the dialogue is funny at times and yet totally ridiculous at other times. Don't say I didn't warn you.
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY SEEING THIS AT THE THEATRE!!
posted 23 days ago -
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The Bubble (Ha Buah)
by Félix"Hubi, my love....Let's fly away. Maybe beyond the smoke and the fighting, there's a better place. Maybe there really is a paradise where we can just love each other. I don't know.
I wonder if we ever really had a chance. If, even for a moment we had a chance.... Lulu and Yali will probably give the papers a photo of the two of us. Maybe the one from the rave where we look all high and happy.
Maybe people will see how beautiful we look, and understand how stupid these wars are. No, they probably never will."
Heartbreaking and absolutely beautiful.
It gives all the shallow, self-centered gay movies a kick in the balls by dealing with a touchy, universal subject without losing its essence or alienating straight audiences.
Gorgeous!
*Review coming soon*
(By far, one of the greatest soundtracks I've ever listen)Not your average LGBT film, trust me.
Gay or straight, you MUST see this!posted 27 days ago -
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WALL-E
by MikePixar never ceases to amaze me. Just when you think the quality level of their animation couldn't possibly get any better, they go above and beyond and raise the bar once again. Most of the scenes here were simply visually breath-taking, and even artful in some ways. In fact, it was so well-done at times that I could almost swear I was watching the real thing. The story itself was also highly entertaining, and the character of Wall-E is certainly one of the best and most memorable that Pixar has ever come up with. This is bound to become a beloved classic, that people will still watch and enjoy 20 years from now. So without further adue, it's my pleasure to entitle this as the best animated movie of the year!
Hey, you should really see this!
posted 33 days ago -
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Hey, you should really see this!
posted 36 days ago -
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My Darling Clementine
by xGaryJohn Ford's My Darling Clementine is one of the earlier treatments of the Wyatt Earp story and it's still one of the best. Henry Fonda is as rock solid as always as the reluctant law man but it is the supporting cast that adds the necessary spice to the story, particularly Walter Brennan who shows there was far more to him than the grizzled old caricature that became his trademark as the callous and black hearted patriarch of the Clanton clan. Victor Mature's limited thespian talents actually work here as his Doc Holliday is as stone-faced as he is self destructive and Linda Darnell is sex on a stick as the extremely noirish and fiery tart with a heart. There is also some great night time photography adding to its noirish feel and the final showdown is realistically atmospheric. It may lack the grit and spectacle of post-Leone westerns but for those who enjoy a traditional tale of the old west, this is an enduring classic.
Its historical accuracy is dubious at best, but hey. It's a movie, not a documentary!
posted 37 days ago -
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Hey, you should really see this!
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (The X Files 2)
by MikeBy the look of the unimpressive trailer, I feared I was in for a disappointment when seeing this. I mean, with as much as nine seasons and the previous movie on his credit, I seriously doubted that this was anything more than a way for Chris Carter to milk his creation for more money. To my great relief, however, that wasn't really the case here.
The story, altough scarcely spectacular, was actually quite intriguing, with some great chemistry between David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson to keep it in good balance. All in all, it may not be up to par with the greatness of the series, but it's still a solid and exciting mystery thriller, with enough scares and action to keep you sufficiently entertained. In other words, worth a watch.Hey, you should really see this!
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Wong gok hak yau
by xGaryWhen street violence spirals out of control, a police unit attempts to cope with the situation and track down a hired killer who proves rather more resourceful than the double-crossing contractor who sells him out had counted on. One Night In Mongkok centres around the criminal underbelly of a district in one of the most densely populated areas of Hong Kong. It involves a dash of social commentary in its portrayal of how rural Chinese flock to the bright lights of Hong Kong to escape poverty only to become treated as a disposable commodity by the ruthless criminals who rule there. Its approach will be familiar to any who have seen the likes of Infernal Affairs or City Of God, falling somewhere between the two in plot and execution. The direction is just the right combination of gritty realism and style and the cast are all strong. The usual combination of brutal violence and grey morality all round won't win any awards for originality, but to anyone who enjoys this type of film, it's a fine example.
Imagine Infernal Affairs centred around street gangs instead of organized crime and you won't be far off the mark.
posted 44 days ago -
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Frankenweenie
by FélixShot in a gorgeous b/w, this is by far the cutest, most compelling, most beautiful Tim Burton film ever.
Everything in it is simply unforgetable and lovely and the way Burton manages to pay homage to everything he loves (from old horror movies to dead dogs) is extraordinary. "Frankenweenie" has a soul more than most Burton films that only have charm and dexterity without the spark (no pun intended) this one shows through its wonderful 29 minutes.
I loved every single scene inspired by the original Frankestein plot, from the deliciously annoying angry mob to the last five minutes: a full charge homage to the original movie we all know, even if we haven't seen it. The angry mob carries flashlights instead of torches and Sparky (the Creature) runs into a windmill... inside a miniature golf! How wonderful adaptation! I appreciated that the whole Frankestein family's universe was so perfectly created that you are able to believe a dog comes back from the dead. Another delightful Burtonian suburb.
I was kind of sad when seeing it because I found out about Barrett Oliver's retirement from movies and I was disappointed because he did a tremendous job here. Every single casting choice is pitch-perfect-Burton and I have no idea why Daniel Stern is not a Burton-boy like Depp, Christopher Lee or Jeffrey Jones, as he is simply Burton-esque. Both him and Shelley Duvall are hilarious, specially in their 2 minute in-bed conversation, one of the best moments of the film.
Overall, the film is simply beautiful and I hope intelligent kids everywhere are able to see it because they will be rewarded with an awesome memory for a lifetime.I know most of you have seen this but I wanted you to know how much I loved this!!
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I truly think Burton's first works ("Vincent" and "Frankenweenie") are in his top 5 movies.
For those of you with the "NON INTERESTED" tag on this one, feel free to give it a try: you won't regret spending 29 minutes of your life in Burton's most beautiful film.
I am excited for the remake because he is doing it himself but I hope he stays true to the main element that makes "Frankenweenie" so awesome: the homage to Frankestein.posted 45 days ago
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