mariosundar
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| Movie: | Godfather I & II, Seven Samurai, Carnage, Amores Perros, Thin Red Line, Red Beard, Yojimbo, Saving Private Ryan, Sleepy Hollow, Finding Neverland, Fight Club, Se7en, Man on Fire, Abre los ojos, Requiem for a Dream, Traffic, Syriana, About a Boy, Signs, In Good Company |
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| Actor: | Johnny Depp, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Robert Downey Jr., Toshiro Mifune, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Will Smith |
| Director: | Akira Kurosawa and Charlie Chaplin...then come the rest Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, Steven Soderbergh, Craig Brewer, Fernando Meirelles, Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, George Roy Hill, Guillermo Del Toro and maybe a lil Fellini |
| Quote: | “With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. The script must be something that has the power to do this” - Akira Kurosawa |
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Mario's Recent Reviews
Doubt
PG-13
Solely rests on the shoulders of 4 capable actors - Hoffman, Streep, Adams and Viola Davis. Two scenes between - Hoffman / Streep and Streep / David in particular are outstanding.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
PG-13
The only movie that literally put me to sleep. A VERY BORING VERSION of Forrest Gump that escapes the accusation of plagiarism since it's helmed by the same same script-writer.
Mario's Favorite Movies
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The Godfather
R
Watching the film for the 8th time, I realize that this movie is the closest approximation of Kurosawa's lessons as a master filmmaker. Coppola mimics Kurosawa's brilliant composition, framing, story arcs, penchant for telephoto... I could go on. Starting with the lines "I believe in America"! this movie totally deserves being voted the 2nd greatest American movie of all time.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
PG
Where do I start. Awesome storyline, great characters, impeccable cinematography, the best actors in the biz, comedic in parts, musical in others. It's finally topped off with brilliant portrayals by Newman and Redford this is just unbelievable fare. The battle sequences, esp. the bloodbath scene is so Kurosawa, and the final scene is probably my all-time favorite.
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Into the Wild
R
A film of staggering emotional complexity and immense cinematographic beauty. A movie that reignites my hope in American cinema after the junk-food that it churns out summer after summer (not that there's anything wrong with that). Unorthodox yet brilliant direction by Sean Penn and an intensely reckless portrayal by Emile Hirsch, which is then topped off by the best motion picture soundtrack I've ever heard, unexpected cameos by Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and her beatific smile. Please do yourself a favor and watch this movie, esp. if you love American cinema.
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Cidade de Deus, (City of God)
R
Watching it again, the movie still mesmerizes with its ability to startle, thrill and remind us of the history of violence. Fernando Meirelles is brilliant with a script that is so nuanced and the acting so freakin natural. It's like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (in this case Kids :) in all its gory detail. The movie is such a classic it'll be taught in film schools, in the years to come... and don't even get me started on the photography and editing! If only I could give the movie 6 stars out of 5.
