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| MELINDA
& MELINDA
(Woody Allen, 2004, USA)
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Woody’s back! After some mediocre movies,
everybody (including me) started to think
that Allen was losing his touch. But it seems
he’s back. Melinda is not as
near as some of his classics (and, admit it:
the premise of telling the same story twice
has been done before) but it’s certainly
an improvement of his latest films. It has
funnier jokes, it’s deeper and this
time it doesn’t start to get repetitive. |
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| OLDBOY
(Chan-wook Park, 2003, South Korea)
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Most entertaining movie of the year? Well,
2005 has just started but it’ll be really
hard to find a better replacement because
Oldboy never bores and there’s
a surprise after another. But, to be honest,
everything’s too exaggerated and, if
you analyze it, you’ll realize it doesn’t
make much sense. It’s just an entertainment,
a very good one, but don’t ask for anything
more. |
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| PARADISE
NOW
(Hany Abu-Assad, 2005, Palestine)
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Its delicate subject didn’t bother me
because it is always interesting to listen
what the other side has to say. But the main
problem is that the dialogs feel forced to
make a statement and end up being unnatural.
Besides, gags never work in this kind of films
and much less if they are not very funny and
overlong. |
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