Following my Kubrick watching week, I watched "Barry Lyndon". The way in which the XVII century was portrayed was impeccable, and the way in which the editing is made transmits the whole slow pace of this society. I had a really hard time liking it. It was really nice, and I really wanted to like it, but I just didn't. I feel terrible, I can't believe I didn't like something made by Kubrick, but I just didn't. Was it really fantastically made? Yes, but it was slow and boring and at any point did it absorb me or intrigue me in any way. I have to confess an atrocity, i fast fowered some parts, well lots of them, they were just SO slow. I had to separate it in 3 viewing. I love slow stuff like sit and listen to Bach or Beethoven while padding my dog in a rainy day, but this was just boring. Maybe I'm Americanising , in that case well, I'll just rent Terminator 8 or transformers the revolution of Mac.
I just read this before posting it and my review is pretty crappy. Sorry guys!
See you soon.
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Un Prophete
On Thursday evening my mom told me that we were invited to the opening of the "European Cinema Week" here in Buenos Aires. Personally I enjoy going to those openings, seeing the directors and drinking almost good champagne while talking smart things and bragging about who I love French cinema, so I said sure, lets go!. My father opposed but he went with us just because he had nothing to do. After leaving home I checked IMDB on this "Un Prophete", and it had 8.1, and the Tags were "Mafia, Inmates, Prison" and the description "A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin", and that's what I told my mom when she asked what this movie was about, and she said "O, a French detective Noire film, good" and I said "No, its nothing like that its Mafia gang violent prison stuff" and she apparently achieved to misunderstand my words and said "o good, i like French detective films", so I said, Whatever.
When we got into the theatre, some Cannes big shot explained the whole thing and presented some European directors and actors who where in the theatre with us, everyone applauded and when he said "every year in Cannes the journalist expect something strong, so we wait until Saturday and show the strongest film we have, and this is it." That was when me mom said "mmm, I think we are leaving" and I opposed rotundly.
The film started, it was good, but then half an hour passed until something happened, and that something was this guy sticking a razor in his mouth and bleeding, then my mom left and so did lots of people. Five minutes later this guy was stabbing another one with this razor with his mouth and lots of Tarantino style blood spilling all around. The guy on my right was an american film critic and he was covering his face saying "Shit o shit shit", and I told him "Pretty fucked up huh?" and he said "Totally fucked up". As the movie continued it turned more and more unrealistic and French. This meaning that for 40 minutes nothing happened. The director sitting just in front of me had directed something important like, academy award wining or something like that. He fell asleep, so did the producer by his side. The Spanish directors and producers at his right just left, so did the Cannes big shot, who returned 1 minute before the screening ended. The movie was good, yes but it over 60% of the material was unnecessary which made it extremely long. I fell asleep for like 5 minutes and when I woke up I had no idea what was going on, but it was so late and I was so tiered that I didn't really mind. I didn't left just because my mom said I wouldn't like it and she was right, but I wouldn't let her know that.
I realised no one else was enjoying this when some granny's phone started ringing and no one cared, she even answered the fucking thing and no one cared.
In the last 30 minutes (of 155) I was so sick of this thing that I started looking around, in my row, only twos eats were still occupied, one of which, me.
Finally, it ended but I wouldn't just leave, I wanted to look intellectual in front of the directors and act like I was reading the credits, impossible thing as I had left my glasses at home, then I clapped and run away.
Was it good? Yes
Did I enjoy it? Not a bit.
See you soon guys, sorry this one was so long.
When we got into the theatre, some Cannes big shot explained the whole thing and presented some European directors and actors who where in the theatre with us, everyone applauded and when he said "every year in Cannes the journalist expect something strong, so we wait until Saturday and show the strongest film we have, and this is it." That was when me mom said "mmm, I think we are leaving" and I opposed rotundly.
The film started, it was good, but then half an hour passed until something happened, and that something was this guy sticking a razor in his mouth and bleeding, then my mom left and so did lots of people. Five minutes later this guy was stabbing another one with this razor with his mouth and lots of Tarantino style blood spilling all around. The guy on my right was an american film critic and he was covering his face saying "Shit o shit shit", and I told him "Pretty fucked up huh?" and he said "Totally fucked up". As the movie continued it turned more and more unrealistic and French. This meaning that for 40 minutes nothing happened. The director sitting just in front of me had directed something important like, academy award wining or something like that. He fell asleep, so did the producer by his side. The Spanish directors and producers at his right just left, so did the Cannes big shot, who returned 1 minute before the screening ended. The movie was good, yes but it over 60% of the material was unnecessary which made it extremely long. I fell asleep for like 5 minutes and when I woke up I had no idea what was going on, but it was so late and I was so tiered that I didn't really mind. I didn't left just because my mom said I wouldn't like it and she was right, but I wouldn't let her know that.
I realised no one else was enjoying this when some granny's phone started ringing and no one cared, she even answered the fucking thing and no one cared.
In the last 30 minutes (of 155) I was so sick of this thing that I started looking around, in my row, only twos eats were still occupied, one of which, me.
Finally, it ended but I wouldn't just leave, I wanted to look intellectual in front of the directors and act like I was reading the credits, impossible thing as I had left my glasses at home, then I clapped and run away.
Was it good? Yes
Did I enjoy it? Not a bit.
See you soon guys, sorry this one was so long.
Inglorious Tarantino
I was really exited by the idea of watching "Inglorious Bastards or Bustards or whatever", and yesterday morning my father told me the video store had send it and he had already watch it twice because it was so great. Generally I don't share tastes in films with my father, but he does has some hits, this wasn't one of the. The acting is overacting. The plot does not exist. The story is completely unbelievable. This is fiction with over-fictional elements brought in a semi-serious setting. A farmer hiding Jews in the basement, being "interrogated" friendly by a Nazi, while the guards wait outside, they come in later and shoot them all and let one escape that is the only good part of the movie and actually, It is stupid. The stupidity does not end. This was not a funny movie, this was not satire, this was not entertainment, this was a long long list of stupid scenes, one unbelievable plot hole after another. An insult to history, an insult to every intelligent movie-lover. I was mad after seeing this. I really do not understand why people give compliments to this movie. Really.
As you might now or not, I love whatever Tarantino directs, writes or spits on, because his style is my style. But this, this was just bad, bad and stupid, stupid and american. If this was directed by any other director I would just say, "bah, its bad, but entertaining", but when you expect Tarantino, you don't expect entertaining, you expect Jackie Brown or Pulp Fiction or Crazy Grindhouse, but never entertaining. This is really bad. Just Bad. I watched it with my brother, and he hated it too, my mother hated it too, but my dad loved it. I don't know, but I think that this is just crap. And Pitt, someone who's acting I find generally fantastic fails in every single way. Mr. Waltz does saves the film, as his acting is superb. But as a whole, its just bad, really bad.
As you might now or not, I love whatever Tarantino directs, writes or spits on, because his style is my style. But this, this was just bad, bad and stupid, stupid and american. If this was directed by any other director I would just say, "bah, its bad, but entertaining", but when you expect Tarantino, you don't expect entertaining, you expect Jackie Brown or Pulp Fiction or Crazy Grindhouse, but never entertaining. This is really bad. Just Bad. I watched it with my brother, and he hated it too, my mother hated it too, but my dad loved it. I don't know, but I think that this is just crap. And Pitt, someone who's acting I find generally fantastic fails in every single way. Mr. Waltz does saves the film, as his acting is superb. But as a whole, its just bad, really bad.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
IB stuff
Books to read:
Sites to visit:
Essays to read:
DVD with director’s commentaries:
People to interview:
Other: (youtube interviews, makings of…)
To be Completed
Sites to visit:
Essays to read:
DVD with director’s commentaries:
People to interview:
Other: (youtube interviews, makings of…)
To be Completed
Gi-I-Joe
The people at the video store insisted for weeks for me to wathch this movie, as I kept insisnting that I wanted to see something new, but I had watched everything else. So, I finally said Ok, the hell with it, send me Gi-I-Joe.
I got the movie, and as soon as it started I said, wait, this is bad, but not that bad. Then It all becamed stupid ridiculous and childish. The script is the worst thing sience, well, the worst thing.
Just, the story is so, stupid. It`s like well, don`t expect anything good from this movie. The acting is terrible too.
Generally I would continue distroying this "film" but its just so borring that I will stop.
DO NOT SPEND MONEY OR TIME IN THIS THING!
I got the movie, and as soon as it started I said, wait, this is bad, but not that bad. Then It all becamed stupid ridiculous and childish. The script is the worst thing sience, well, the worst thing.
Just, the story is so, stupid. It`s like well, don`t expect anything good from this movie. The acting is terrible too.
Generally I would continue distroying this "film" but its just so borring that I will stop.
DO NOT SPEND MONEY OR TIME IN THIS THING!
District 9
I wasnt very sure what to expect form this movie. Was it a freak movie about aliens? Was it a really bad "thing" about stuff. Well, it wasn`t. It was fantastic, great connotations of reality and fantastic special effects. The whole story narrated by this guy who looks as a basic banker, no crazy Schauarezenegereneaseagen acting, just emotions and a documentary, very much like Cloverfield (which I really enjoyed).
So, really great sci-fi movie, with some great acting, and realistioc special effects. The way in which is made transmits how posible it is for this aliens to live with us, I mean there is no point in the whole movie in which I said "Wait a minute, that makes no sense".
Seriously a great Sci Fi
So, really great sci-fi movie, with some great acting, and realistioc special effects. The way in which is made transmits how posible it is for this aliens to live with us, I mean there is no point in the whole movie in which I said "Wait a minute, that makes no sense".
Seriously a great Sci Fi
Bellamy
I really liked this movie, I felt diferent while watching it, its just diferent. The story is just basic french couple with no children wiuth the great performance of Gérard Depardieu and as the story evolves, the audience has to rely on facts of their own asumption as the film has many holes which are just suggested but never clear. As this parisian investigator starts a independant investigation while on holidays, all the characters get involved in a tragedy, linking peoples drinking problems and childhood.
Weired? Yes
Diferent? Yes
Great? Yes
Really recomendable
Weired? Yes
Diferent? Yes
Great? Yes
Really recomendable
Crank 2 + Transporter 3
AWSOME
No, seriosuly, really great, it was just what I expected and nothing more or less.
In transporter 3 you have hour and a half of high speed persuits and riduculous high jumps with audis and beemers. What can be better than that? Script is absoultely un realistical and characters unbelievable, but its just.. FUN.
Well, then is Crank 2, i`ve been waiting for it for months, and it was actually much funnier that what I expected, an army of prostitutes shooting up pimps and drug carteles. Just amazing, extremely fun and entretaining.
Seriously, if you are looking for a basic pop corn eating block buster, this is fantastin. Seriously fantastic.
See you soon.
No, seriosuly, really great, it was just what I expected and nothing more or less.
In transporter 3 you have hour and a half of high speed persuits and riduculous high jumps with audis and beemers. What can be better than that? Script is absoultely un realistical and characters unbelievable, but its just.. FUN.
Well, then is Crank 2, i`ve been waiting for it for months, and it was actually much funnier that what I expected, an army of prostitutes shooting up pimps and drug carteles. Just amazing, extremely fun and entretaining.
Seriously, if you are looking for a basic pop corn eating block buster, this is fantastin. Seriously fantastic.
See you soon.
Full Metal Jacket
Well, yes, its been quite a long time since I wrote my last review, but well, it was a harsh year.
So, lets starta again!
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Kubrik is one of my favorite directors, but I don´t know why every time I go the the Video Rental, I forget to rent his movies. In this ocation, I remembered and took "Nacido para Matar" (Born to Kill) wich was Full Metal Jacket.
I was surprised to find the actor from, I think is Law an Order Criminal Intent or something like it, a really great actor with a whole retard face wich transmites tension and paranoya.
With the guy who plays the little boy`s father in Transporter 2, as a protagonist, this was an exelent film, I was really surprised how much opf the movie is dedicated to the training, and just the second half is about Vietam.
The feelings this movie transmits are utterly shoking, and comunication between characters builds up the real `Nam experience.
Really a great movie, totally recomendable.
See you nex time!
So, lets starta again!
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Kubrik is one of my favorite directors, but I don´t know why every time I go the the Video Rental, I forget to rent his movies. In this ocation, I remembered and took "Nacido para Matar" (Born to Kill) wich was Full Metal Jacket.
I was surprised to find the actor from, I think is Law an Order Criminal Intent or something like it, a really great actor with a whole retard face wich transmites tension and paranoya.
With the guy who plays the little boy`s father in Transporter 2, as a protagonist, this was an exelent film, I was really surprised how much opf the movie is dedicated to the training, and just the second half is about Vietam.
The feelings this movie transmits are utterly shoking, and comunication between characters builds up the real `Nam experience.
Really a great movie, totally recomendable.
See you nex time!
Rationale for research Proyect.
Information will be posted about the research proyect in the near future.
I will be investigating how Car chases have evolved comparing Bulliy (Steve McQueen 1968) and Ronin (1998)
I will be investigating how Car chases have evolved comparing Bulliy (Steve McQueen 1968) and Ronin (1998)
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