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Capitão Falcão (2015)
A lot of potential, great characters and funny lines, but underdelivers in general.
Despite being understood as a comedy and a satire of fascist Portugal during the Estado Novo era, "Capitão Falcão" falls short in some aspects, such as the pace of the story, visual production, and script, which at various moments makes everything somewhat monotonous and fateful.
However, the film nailed it in various particularities, which I believe are what gave it immense potential. For example, the development/creation of the characters. I've never seen a Portuguese film so well-done in that aspect. Every character, without exception, is intricately crafted and accurately represents many of the flaws of those who were the figures, representative or not, of the people of that time. I loved the character "Capitão Falcão" and "Puto Perdiz," which reminiscent of Batman and Robin from the 1960s. Other characters like the "comuninja" and the "Capitães de Abril" are also remarkable.
The overall performance of the actors was very good, with a special highlight for Gonçalo Waddington, of course.
In conclusion, this movie had great potential, but due to lack of pace and production investment (at least for me), underdelivers and falls a bit short. I believe there is still a long way to go for Portuguese productions in the global cinematic context. Investment is needed.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Not the best movie adaptation ever.
Not the best movie adaptation ever, but it did the job back then and it still does now. The special effects were really well made for a 2008 movie. The movie itself has a lot of "cliché" scenes, which was kind of expected. Since it is an action film, I think Brendan Fraser and Josh Hutcherson's 'stunts' should've been done better in some cases. Regardless all that, it's an enjoyable movie to watch on a sunday evening with the family.
Weird City (2019)
A junction of bad screenwriting and acting.
"Weird City" seems, a really unfortunate and incomprehensable attempt at making a (paid) web series. Apart from the first episode, "The One", with Dylan O'Brien and Ed O'Neill, every other episode felt confusing and sure transmitted some discomfort in whom watched it. Yet, nothing is lost. The concept of building to different realities inside the same world, is actually interesting, and there is a brim of evolution if they decide to produce a season two of it.