by Felipe Rosa
The King’s Speech: while quite a pleasurable experience (it is a joy to watch), it’s grounded on three wonderful, wonderful performances (Helena Bonham Carter is not getting enough press), some rather peculiar visual choices and not much else. Of course, that’s more than enough to make it quite a good movie, but not a great one. At the end, I don’t think there’s enough meat in that story.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
127 Hours: might well be the best (live action) movie of 2010 so far. It certainly packs an emotional punch telling its story quite effectively. Camera work is a bit on the showy side, but it certainly suits the mood of the movie. James Franco is a pleasant surprise. And the vistas! I should book a travel to Utah tonight.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
Fair Game: quite a pleasant movie. Both the main actors were great on it, and it’s an “important” story but also quite well told. Most importantly, the focus on the domestic issued between them brings in a nice and somewhat refreshing perspective to this story, which could have been way more mundane if done otherwise.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
Love & Other Drugs: the parts add up to something lesser than it could have been. The romance is run-of-the-mill enough; it seems to me that a more interesting movie could have been done if it touched the pharmaceutical companies way of doing things more. As it does not, what remains is pleasurable but not more.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: romantic comedy
by Felipe Rosa
Four Lions: it’s easy to make one laugh at somebody’s stupidity. It’s harder to be smart about it, and say something worth saying, too. On top of it, about a subject that is almost a taboo. Extra points for being democratic and equalitarian in its stupidity attribution. It probably has the most hilarious and absurd line of the year.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
by Felipe Rosa
Biutiful: extremely hard movie to watch, and to be completely honest, I don’t know how I feel about it. The last 30 minutes are certainly very strong. Camera work and sound design add to the uneasiness. Nevertheless, Javier Bardem is brilliant.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
Unstoppable: a small-scale disaster movie, and that’s smallness is that makes it more enjoyable compared to the usual Earth-destroying metheor or volcano crap. Well, that and a better than average cast. It made me wonder, however: the final solution is so obvious, why not try it before? I was thinking that the whole time, which subtracted from the movie.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action
by Felipe Rosa
Morning Glory: yet another case where you know exactly what you’re getting (which is something cute but common) and is neither surprised nor disappointed in the process.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
by Felipe Rosa
The Next Three Days: the movie is certainly less urgent than both the title and the trailer would suggest. By the other hand, not much is gained by that increased ponderousness. So, what’s the point? I should not be surprised by being left cold by a movie directed by Paul Haggis, anyway.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: thriller
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