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The Iron Lady (2011)
Meryl Streep IS the movie. NO SPOILERS
Unfortunately, the movie never explores in depth Thatcher's political ideology and its consequences, nor does it really search and unveil the complexity of her personality. This is why the movie leaves you with a sense of emptiness, like something was missing. Meryl Streep on the other hand, is brilliant. This actress, is, in my opinion, not only the greatest actress alive in Hollywood, but she has a position among the greatest since Hollywood's beginnings. Most of the actors in such roles, ultimately cover the character that they should impersonate with their pompous performances that leave a sense of "trying too hard" to get the applause of the audience. Meryl Streep, on the other hand, vanishes inside her role. You forget about her and what you see is Margaret Thatcher throughout the movie. You do not see Streep impersonating Thatcher. What you see, IS Thatcher. Brilliant. This is the only thing that makes me give this movie a 6/10 and maintain it above average. If I should vote only for Meryl, I would give her a 12/10.
Laurel Canyon (2002)
Why this movie is a failure.
We don't see often scripts like this one on our screens. Even if I don't agree with its message, I loved the basic idea and the way it was written. BUT...
*Spoilers* ...this movie has failed. This is a perfect example of how long is the distance between a good script and a good movie. The war between emotions and logic seems to be eternal and we'll probably never stop writing or making movies about it. In this movie, the messages are strong and disturbing, specially the relationship of Sam's mother with her daughter in law. No culture can accept this thing as natural, and even if it had only a semantic function in the writer's mind, it should be presented in a very artistic way in order to make the whole thing work. Something that does not happen here. The movie is filmed like an ordinary family picture, with nothing innovative, and it's definitely poor in art. In order to make this picture work, I believe that they should either erase this sick relationship and keep their crew as it is, or keep the original script and call Polanski to film it or something. In brief, I believe that this is a lost opportunity. It could have been a great movie, but it has turned out to be just sick soft-core. Sorry, 3/10.
Lost in Translation (2003)
A shallow, boring film by Sofia Coppola.
The story is about two people who meet at Japan by chance. A bored rich movie star, Bob Harris (Murray), who goes to Japan to do some commercial ads and a girl, Charlotte (Johansson), who is there with her busy young husband who is also there on work. Both of them are bored and tired of their relationships for no apparent reason. The husband is always at work, trying to make a living, and Murray's woman is at home doing her best as a mother and a wife.
It seems clear to me that the plot and the story is written by someone that has not a deep life experience, but rather suits to a shallow personality who has led an easy life. It is clear how empty the plot is. There is too little dialogue in 1h and 40' of film. There is not a moment in this movie, that you can really identify with those shallow characters, which make no effort to recuperate their bonds with their partners, but they rather lie on the bed all the time, doing nothing but complaint about their lives.
The filming is quite good, and I would be a little suspicious about daddy Coppola giving a hand to the daughter. But it's quite pointless because the whole plot can not be saved by any good photography or montage tricks.
Another meaningless point is that the majority of the dialogues is in Japanese without any explanation or subtitles. Maybe because the dialogues between the two main characters are so shallow and empty that the rest of the movie should be filled with something. An easy way to do it, is fill it with Japanese that nobody understands.
This film is rated as Drama/Comedy/Romance. That needs a little commenting. Drama : There is not a single point in the movie where you can really feel the drama. What's so dramatic about two bored people who want to cheat on their partners? Unless they mean the drama of the protagonist's partners. They are the only people in the movie that do something useful and maybe the ones that you could feel sorry for. Comedy : There are attempts in the movie to make people laugh with low quality humor, like a Japanese guy in a funny suit, or a Japanese director who shouts. I mean, making fun of the Japanese is not what comedy is about I think. Not a single intelligent humorous line. Romance : Where? When? In the whole film they never have a really romantic moment. They are mostly separated, each one in his own room, doing nothing but laying on the bed getting bored and boring the viewers as well.
After one hour and forty minutes of a shallow, pointless, and boring story, comes the end. This is a significant point in the movie because here you can really see the weakness of the storyline and the emptiness of the plot. The film ends with Murray whispering something that the public can't hear in Charlotte's ear. She says ok, and the film ends with them separating but smiling. That means that you can end it! Sofia can't do it, so the public will. Everyone with his personal explanation so that we will have a chat about the movie afterwards. This ending could be genius in another movie, but in this one, it just is an easy trick, a `Deus Ex Machina' that would save the story.
In conclusion, I believe that this is a very shallow story about two bored and boring people who's lives are empty because they are empty. Excuse me for using these two words so much, but they can resume the movie quite well I think. Shallow and Boring.
Blood Crime (2002)
What I expected
It was exactly what I expected. Nothing more nothing less. A decent script turned into a decent movie. That's ok with me. I've had fun watching it. The storyline is good, with no exaggerations, and the atmosphere is quite tense. So, I think it is a movie that may not be remembered, but on the other hand it's a movie that delivers what it promises.
13 Dead Men (2003)
Oh my God!
Well, I've got no problem with the script, since it's a normal 'good guy in jail' script. But I didn't like something else. Everything! Directed and performed in the worst way it could ever be! The movie has a cheap-porno atmosphere in witch the actors (may God help them become that) perform in a totally unnatural way. Awful! Some actors can be saved though, especially if you think that they had to act in this thing. Resuming : Cheap porno-movie atmosphere, awful acting and directing, lots of violence and dirty talk, cheap chicks and guns. I loved it!