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CITY
(Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez,
2005, USA)
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I
don’t like movies where they try too
hard to be cool (because coolness is effortless).
Nonetheless, Sin City achieves that adjective
becoming the best and most faithful comic
adaptation to cinema. Good noir stories along
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| TAKE
MY EYES
(Iciar Bollain, 2002, Spain)
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It
could have easily been a TV Movie of the Week,
but director Iciar Bollain improves it because
her characters are not simplistic and her
screenplay is very realistic. Take my
eyes is an appropriate, honest and thoughtful
film that’s not opportunist, manipulative
or melodramatic. |
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TOUCH OF SPICE
(Tassos Boulmetis, 2003, Greece)
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If
I criticized The Sea Inside and The
Chorus for being unoriginal and primitive,
then A Touch of Spice is even worse
because the direction is mediocre, the performances
are awful and even the few jokes the movie
has are not funny. |
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| WALLACE
& GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
(Steve Box, Nick Park, 2005, UK)
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Did
Wallace & Gromit need a movie? Absolutely!
As great as the other three shorts, their
first feature is a silly but fun adventure
with naïve but charming characters and
gags. This is a perfect film for the whole
family. And yes, I know, it is a little bit
dumb, but, when was the last time you heard
a rabbit claiming “I do like a bit of
Gorgonzola”? Hilarious. |
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| WAR
OF THE WORLDS
(Steven Spielberg, 2005, USA)
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The
scene where the train passes by says everything:
people (both audience and characters) watching
the disaster happening with awe and scare
and not being able to help or solve the problem.
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| WHISKY
(Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll,
2004, Uruguay)
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Oh,
how sad routine and loneliness can be. Or
that is what these two young directors showed
with their ultra melancholic movie. Thankfully,
the story is filled with some nice and fitting
gags to lift it up. |
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