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Body of Lies
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Another Ridley Scott's "touche"... Quite good, well plotted and again actors in great shape (Dicaprio is magnificent! And "wonderful" Russel Crowe is great!)
8.3/10
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
PG-13
Great Woody Allen movie!! He still rocks with his great sense of explaining and "painting" human relations! :-)
Great actors (especially Javier Bardem)
8.5/10
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Life Is Beautiful (La Vita č bella)
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A masterpiece! Benigni is a genie!! Life is simple and yet wonderful!
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The Pianist
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The best of Polanski! The true nature of sacrifice and devotion to a nation and an art... I play the piano also, how can I ignore this "chef d'oeuvre"
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Saving Private Ryan
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The realism of Spielberg and the wondeful play of Tom Hanks and his fellow actors!
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Shine
PG-13
Geoffrey Rush is a delight and determination is the essence of hope and continuation in our life!
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The Shawshank Redemption
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Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are magnificent... Great movie about having hope in our daily lives!
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Home for the Holidays
by Kimmieposted 2 days ago -
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Iron Man (Ironman)
by Francois-LouisI really enjoy it and I love the final quote. Love this kind of hero, fuck it if your enemy will try to kill you at anytime, now everybody know that you are IRON MAN!
Hey, you should really see this!
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I recommend you see...How the hell did I get recommendations for that film ???
I hate that 7 of my friends have seen it ... IN THEATRE.
What the hell is wrong with you ?
Im not seeing this ... ever.
Yeah, you caught me on a wrong day.
So what ???posted 11 days ago -
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Burn After Reading
by MagaliI like it when I go to the cinema to see a comedy and there are only few of us laughing. In my opinion, that indicates that the humour is good. Otherwise people would laugh exaggeratedly and I hate that!
This movie was just the kind of comedy I like, a Coen's comedy; with that weird humour that comes from bizarre situations.
I never thought that there was a funny actor in Brad Pitt. His performance is great here! And just in case you're thinking about watching this film because you think he's cute... this will probably not work for you.
The cast is great and non of them fails to add that special thing to their character.
So, "what have we learned from all this?" Women always win! lolHey, you should really see this!
posted 21 days ago -
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Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One in)
by AdamI just recently heard about this little Swedish film within the past two weeks. I watched the trailer online, but did not see it anywhere else and thought it looked extremely interesting. After seeing the spectacular reviews it's been getting I had to head out to the theater and see it opening weekend. Hopefully it expands so everyone can see it as "Pan's Labyrinth" did two years ago because I believe this is the most original and interesting take on the Vampire film genre since it began.
The direction in this film is superb. The characters are handled expertly and they really are the best part of the film. The director manages to flesh out the characters very effectively in scenes with little to no dialogue, and by the end you deeply sympathize with the main character Oskar, and you feel sorry for his love, a little vampire by the name of Eli. Do not be mistaken, this is a little kids love story, but NOT by any means a children's film. Like "Pan's Labyrinth" it's violent, bloody and disturbing, and it would frighten most children not in their teen years. The violence is handled in an extremely unsettling straightforward fashion. This is a film with a very modern edge, however it's simplistic style gives it a sort of odd awkwardness that is not used by director's often enough. You get to actually see what happens, you don't just see a vampire jump, then a shot of teeth, then blood, and then a shot of a vampire walking away. That's what so many American filmmakers would have done with this film because they think it's cool to make a film that plays to the ADHD crowd. This film takes it's time, it's never overly gross, although at some points its quite out there, but it obviously is handled by a director who knows how to present these things in a way that is most effective and most understandable. Not to mention some of the dark humor that is injected into the film at different parts makes the extremely dark landscape of a Sweden in winter a bearable setting for this film. You'll walk out satisfied, but you'll likely want to go get a little sun for a while. Sweden in the winter time is clearly the perfect place for a vampire and the director implies this throughout all the seemingly sunless scenes of the film.
One of the other strengths that I attribute to both the writer and the director is the subtleties of the film. Many things are totally open to interpretation. After you watch the film, think about some of the characters, one great example being Eli's mysterious father figure, and then you might see what I'm talking about. This is a sweet film whit quite a bit of heart, but it might be a little less sweet then you'd originally imagined if you ponder the reason's for some of the characters actions. Think about the real meaning of the title and the answer to the purpose of the boy shall be revealed. Like "No Country for Old Men" it only gets more complex the more that you think about it, which to me is the mark of an amazing film.
The great metaphor that the author of the book who then adapted his work into a screenplay provides us with is the metaphor of the girl in the relationship being the one who's a million times less innocent than the dumbfounded, inexperienced boy. She's a vampire for christ's sake and you see his nerdy boyish cluelessness throughout the entirity of the film while she remains very mysterious and protective of the boy. She doesn't want him to see her become violent or blood thirsty, so she always try's to make sure he doesn't have to. She tries to hide him from her real self, but then really ends up accepting him as her guardian, and her as his, which he really seems to understand by the end of the film. However I don't think he knows the full extent of what that relationship will entail as he grows older.
The acting is nothing short of fantastic and it's one of the reasons the film is so amazingly effective. The director certainly had a lot of tools to utilize as he painted his vision onto the screen. The little boy, played by Kare Hedebrant, perfectly portrays a bullied and innocent kid who may go on to do something drastic if the bullying continues. The vampire, played by Lina Leandersson, does a great job of showing how much of a burden her "illness" really is, and probably would not wish it upon anyone else. All of the older adult characters in the film seem much less interesting, and are caught up with adult things too much to really intersect on an emotional level with the children. The bullies in the film do not have huge parts in terms of screen time, but effectively show how they could potentially drive Oskar into ruin if they continue their nonsense. Finally the older brother of one of the bullies who steps in after Oskar begins to fight back really does a good job of helping us empathize with the bullies as we can see that he probably was cruel to them because they are weaker than him, therfore they think its normal to be cruel to Oskar because he is weaker than them.
The film is not quick paced, but it should always hold your attention. Keeping things simple does not mean making them uninteresting. You get to see Eli's tactics of luring in or attacking her victims and the effects she has on the society that she is in. It really shows realistically what it would be like to have a vampire in any modern day society. And I certainly left the theater very satisfied by its conclusion. "Let the Right One In" explores the mythos of the vampire and manages to make your stomach turn and your heart warm all in a period of 2 hours. It's a likely candidate for Best Foreign Language Film at any award ceremony come this February, and thus far it is absolutely my favorite film of the year.
10/10With all the terrible films out right now and with Halloween just around the corner thank god Sweden stepped in with their Vampire film "Let the Right One In". If you see this playing at your local art house theater I beg you to give it a chance. It is my absolute favorite film this year.
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PLOT: Tom Ludlow (Reeves) is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.posted 30 days ago -
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Amistad
by MagaliEven that stupid McConaughey guy is good here.
I think this film is really worth watching. It's moving, it's sad, it's happy and it's even funny at some parts. The performances are all pretty good. And the story that is told is one that we should not ignore. The worst part is that it must have been even worse.Hey, you should really see this!
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The First Wives Club
by MagaliI think that when a movie is no masterpiece and no piece of shit, you can like it or dislike it depending on the context in which you watch it.
In my case, "The First Wives Club" appeared on TV one Saturday night when I was at home with some friends. We were trying to make one of us feel good after having a terrible argue with his boyfriend. And just when we were out of words, this modest and pretty silly film started.
It IS a chick flick. It succeds in making us girls feel good about ourselves without caring much about those stupid guys that hurt us and focusing in our girlfriends.
And, since that was exactly what we were needing at that time, I'm giving it 3 and a half stars. It was the right movie, at the right time, in the right place.Hey, you should really see this!
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Red Dragon
by MagaliI fell so much in love with "The Silence of the Lambs", and specially with Hannibal, that, after watching it, I felt a sudden urge to see the other films of the saga. So I thought: "Hey, why not watching "Red Dragon"?"....... big mistake!!!!
I don't know whether this film is not great or I was comparing it with the masterpiece of the story, but I didn't like it that much.
I think that Edward Norton and Ralph Fiennes are very good. And there are some really good scenes, specially one near the end. But there's also a nonsensical one - that is, for me, a very stupid mistake.
I also wanted to see more of Hannibal, but, as I've been told, he doesn't appear that much in the book either. So I guess that was ok.
I think it's worth seeing, but the key is not expecting too much. There's no other like "The Silence of the Lambs"Hey, you may wanna see it.
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