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SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
(Guy Maddin, 2003, Canada) |
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I
like going to the movies to watch new worlds,
and Guy Maddin creates them perfectly. His
style is very unique even though he imitates
older movies. |
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| THE
SEA INSIDE
(Alejandro Amenabar, 2004, Spain) |
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The
main wrong thing about this movie was using
such a polemic and serious theme as Oscar
bait. Emotionally manipulative, The Sea Inside
is a film that may bother because it tries
too hard to move the audience. In fact, Amenabar
cares so much about it; he fails to give a
coherent message. Still, The Sea Inside may
not be clear about such a delicate subject
but, at least, it’s helping to, at least,
discuss the subject. |
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| SHAUN
OF THE DEAD
(Edgar Wright, 2004, UK) |
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I’m
more demanding with some movies, and more
benevolent with some others. I don’t
care if some comedies or horror features are
shallow or stupid if they actually achieve
their main purpose: be funny or scary. Shaun
of the Dead is a stupidly fun horror
comedy that works mainly because of Simon
Pegg’s character and because of its
particular British sense of humor. |
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| SHREK
2
(Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad
Vernon, 2004, USA) |
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Shrek
has the worst things of a sequel: the jokes
are less funny and the themes are repeated
again. But what really annoyed me was that
it makes fun of the (good) Disney films when
this one is not that different from the others,
because it also has musical moments and sappy
dialogues. And I also think that talking and
worrying the whole time about your aspect
is being shallow too. |
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| SIDEWAYS
(Alexander Payne, 2004, USA) |
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I
can understand some people saying that this
movie is just like American Pie but
for adults. And they may be right, because
it is. But, Sideways is superior
just because it has much better taste and
its jokes are not as vulgar as any other teen
film. And also, because those films had never
shown such passion, emotion and humanity like
Payne did with his characters. |
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| SILVER
CITY
(John Sayles, 2004, USA) |
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It’s
not necessarily bad because a social criticism
like the movie makes is always welcome, but
John Sayles has made a film completely dull
and unappealing and, therefore, fails to give
a proper message. |
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| SPIDER
MAN 2
(Sam Raimi, 2004, USA) |
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Better
than the first one, since Spider Man has become
a more sympathetic and charismatic character
but the movie faces the same character struggles,
has more sappy, unnerving and embarrassing
dialogues, and there's lots of screams from
the ladies. (I didn't dislike this film, it
was the bad things of it that really annoyed
me and didn't let me enjoy the good parts) |
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| SPRING,
SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING
(Kim Ki Duk, 2003, South Korea)
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TAKING
LIVES
(DJ Caruso, 2004, USA)
Thrillers are
not what they used to be. Not only they come more
predictable but they also are more stupid.
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TIME
OF THE WOLF (Michael Haneke,
2003, France, Austria)
I still like movies about the
apocalypse and Haneke still doesn't know how to
conclude his films. |
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TOUCHING
THE VOID (Kevin McDonald,
2003, UK)
A very electrifying documentary
film that gets a little bit dull at the end. |
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| UNDERTOW
(David Gordon Green, 2004, USA) |
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VALENTIN
(Alejandro Agresti, 2003, Argentina)
Kids talking like philosophers
can be really annoying, sometimes. A really good
performance from the young boy, though. |
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| VERA
DRAKE
(Mike Leigh, 2004, UK) |
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| A
VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
(Jean Pierre Jeunet, 2004, France) |
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It’s a little disappointing that we
couldn’t enjoy Jeunet’s universe
and imagination as much as his previous films
(you can see they still wanted that stolen
Oscar), because this time he’s limited
adapting a book. Still, Jeunet visuals and
winks are present to elevate a charming movie
that’s more about an investigation than
a war love story. |
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| THE
VILLAGE
(M. Night Shymalan, 2004, USA) |
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The movie has its flaws, but the twist is
not as insulting as everybody’s saying.
In fact, I think the twist elevated the film
to a better level. The sappy and surreal dialogues
are truly the worst thing about The Village. |
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| THE
WOODSMAN
(Nicole Kassell, 2004, USA) |
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The movie could have been a really offensive
movie considering its delicate subject. But
director Nicole Kassell gives an objective
and fair point of view exploring both sides
of the matter. |
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| WILBUR
WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF
(Lone Scherfig, 2002, Denmark, Ireland) |
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A movie too depressing and melancholic to
consider it a comedy. The problem with Wilbur
is that the movie is not actually about Wilbur
but it's not about his ill brother either.
The main problem here is that the film lacks
some character development. |
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| YOUNG
ADAM
(David MacKenzie, 2003, UK)
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