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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The best Gore movie in quite a long time
First of all, let get clear, when you rent this movie you don't expect to see citizen Kane, if we keep that in mind, you would enjoy a really good movie that will keep your attention the whole 1:40 hours. We have a good story, characters that evolve, not a lot of insight on them, but thats OK, the movie centers in the life/death situation they are facing and the attempts they make to scape. The make up is excellent, and the camera work too, in the sum up is a decent flick for a Sunday afternoon, there is nothing like a little bit of gore to cheer you up I give it 7 out of 10. Enjoy the movie, but don't eat wile you are watching it
Amores perros (2000)
Fantastic movie
For a long time I thought that Mexican film industry was just about "Rancheras" and shallow movies like the ones with Timbiriche, Luis Miguel or Lucerito. But from the last couple of years, I´ve seen really good movies from this country, such as "Y tu mamá también", "El pecado del Padre Amaro" and of course "Amores Perros".
This three stories movie, is just the best movie I´ve seen this year. The narration of the movie flows just like "Pulp Fiction", with jumps from the present, to the past, and from one story to the other, in a really interesting and well developed web plot, you can see that the characters meet between them in several times.
Each of the three stories just reflects the different kinds of affections (love and hate) between the characters, and just reflects how primal and rude is love, and how easy love can became hate, and then hate became love and such.
The performance are well given, Gael Garcia is at his best, just like Emilio Echevarria. The only ones that I really disliked me were the actors that played the roles of Valeria and Daniel (the couple from the second story).
I give this movie 8 out of 10
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
One of the best Gore movies ever (there may be some spoilers ahead)
Before I´ve ever saw this movie I thought that all those critics about it being anti semite, where unfounded. When I saw the movie my thoughts where write, the movie has no anti semite motivation, and It´s true to the scripts, but also my fears where confirmed. In and effort to attract more viewers to the cinemas, Gibson have comited an abuse of blood and suffering in this movie.
That amount of blood, make people miss the main message, that is "he died for our sins" and delivers a complete different one "We are such bas... animals".
Technically speaking, the movie have a fine direction, the photography, directions and wardrobe are excellent, but the performances are poor, all the characters are undimentional, and the only thing we see for about one hour and a half of the movie are hits and leashes.
In my opinion, "The last temptation" is a far more better movie that this one, since the acting, and story are more complex and well delivered. The only good point about the Passion, is the new point of view of the passion, from Maria´s point of view as mother of Jesus (the man not the God) and her impotence and sorrow of her been unable to help his son, is really a shame that that new perspective only deserved about 10 minutes of the hole movie, it will be nice if someone pick up the challenge, and make a new movie about Maria, and her feelings for her kid.
As and overall, this is not a must to see movie, the history you all know it, so if you haven´t seen it, just wait until it airs on cable (unless you are a gore fan, and love to see blood in the big screen, if that is your kind of movie, well maybe you will give this movie 10 out of 10), I give this movie 6 and a half from 10, and this only for the technical aspects of the movie.
Fight Club (1999)
Mind Blowing Punches
Fight Club is one of those movies that starts kind of slow, but with each frame the speed goes in crecendo, so when half the movie is past, the narration got such amount of momentum, that you can´t stop watching it until it blows you at the end, getting you mind dumb for a couple of minutes thinking what just happened.
The story line is simple, a man that doesn´t like his life the way it is, starts searching for new kicks. In the middle of this search he meets a unique person, the Carpe Diem Carpe Noctem spirit, that makes him part of a club, the fight club. At this point is when the movie starts its rampage speed. In the Fight Club everyone is welcome, everyone that is not satisfied with his life or the status quo of society, but for there surprise they are not a minority, the rest you must see it for your self.
Brat Pit performance in this movie is just great, just as great as his characters in Seven, 12 Monkeys or Snatch (please erase from your memories his acting in the Mexican); Eduard Norton is also great; the both of them makes a great lead duo.
To fully understand and enjoy the movie, you must have an open mind and be aware of all the cultural references you would see in this movie, from beatnik expressions to the most consumpcionist neo yuppie ones.
To wrap this up, is one of the best movies I´ve ever seen it got a surprising ending (just like usual suspects), a lot of action and fights (like a High quality Bronson/Van Damme movie), and a great and original script (like American Beauty) for me this is a new Classical film, it gets 9 and a half stars from 10.
The Punisher (1989)
A good adaptation
I really liked this film, it´s true to the comic, and in some parts is better. For example in the comic Frank Castel has a truck full of weapons (most of them hi tech weapons) but were he gets the cash to pays for them. It´s a better adaptation than most flicks from those years (captain America for example) and it´s full with a lot of action and blood, its like a predecesor for Kill Bill. I give the movie a 7 out of 10.
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Five suspects and one puppet master
This is one of the best movies ever made, for me is Kevin Spacey at his best (second best is his perform of Lester Burnham in American Beauty). In this movie u´ve got, great cast, great perfom, and excelent script, and a remarkable direction. U will be surprised with the end.