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It’s
far from being the masterpiece everyone’s
saying it is, but Wong Kar Wai knows how to
hypnotize you and 2046 is a clear example
of how attractive a movie can be. |
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| 3-IRON
(Kim Ki Duk, 2004, South Korea)
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Kim
Ki Duk may be a provocative director but his
unusual combination of zen philosophy with
ultra violence, modernism and a weird sense
of humor makes his works very interesting.
And 3-Iron could easily be his masterpiece.
There are no proper words that’d make
a fair description, but, just like the main
characters, there’s no need to use them.
The movie, the actions, the beautiful sequences
will speak for themselves. There may be some
dull moments in between and the abusive husband
is a failed character, but overall, the movie
is filled with uncountable memorable moments
that it’s easy to forgive some minuscule
flaws. |
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| THE
CHORUS
(Christophe Barratier, 2004, France)
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Just
like The Sea Inside, it’s really
hard to dislike this kind of movies because
they have all the ingredients to please the
audience. But, just like the Amenabar film,
The Chorus is primitive and it’s
a huge step backward on (foreign) cinema.
Haven’t we seen this movie before where
the teacher touches the soul of the students?
At least, School of Rock took everything
less seriously. |
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| DEAR
FRANKIE
(Shona Auerbach, 2004, UK)
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Thanks
to director Auerbach’s unpretentiousness,
you can forgive the story’s irresponsibility
and easy resolution, because Dear Frankie
is a modest and harmless movie that works
mainly thanks to its cast and the relationship
between its characters. |
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THE I
(Matthew Parkhill, 2003, UK)
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The
movie’s contradicting, you don’t
know if it’s making fun of cheesy movies
or if we are actually watching one, because
some scenes are actually very laughable. You
can feel that the movie has good intentions
but it never succeeds. |
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| DOWNFALL
(Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004, Germany)
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An
interesting documentary about the very last
days of Hitler, Downfall offers a different
point of view. And don’t worry paranoids,
because, even though they humanize Hitler
(in a respectful way), they still show him
as a crazy, megalomaniac and cruel person. |
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