by Felipe Rosa
Secretariat: it’s probably hard to generate excitement or suspense when telling the story of one of the top athletes of the century. But the movie feels very flat nevertheless. And, if for nothing else, the last race suggests the movie should be called “Secretariat’s Owner”. The big climatic event felt undershown, and honestly, that’s a big sin.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
It’s Kind of a Funny Story: well, it actually ain’t, not in a ha-ha sense anyway. But that’s fine, as the movie works in its intended level: as a lighthearted, fantasious reminder that it’s OK to cry for help every once in a while, that a gentle push can work and that generally it’s not really that bad. Cute.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama
by Felipe Rosa
‘Tamara Drewe’: curiously unpleasant movie. Again that movie-killing combination of unpleasant and uninteresting characters, and to top that a dull story.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy, drama, romance
by Felipe Rosa
Sherlock Holmes: It’s a fun start for the franchise. Robert Downey Jr. does a great job, as usual. They have a difficult job showing Holmes doing his thing without it seeming either so easy we could do it, but at the same time not so abstract and unlikely it seems planted.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure
by Felipe Rosa
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: that Oliver Stone is heavy-handed, everybody knows. He at least told some interesting and compelling stories in the past. This one is neither. The easy ending is quite a letdown, too.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
by Felipe Rosa
RocknRolla: It’s a bit fun and a bit cool, but the choice of playing it straight, unlike Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch subtracts from it. It then lacks a stronger, more charismatic center.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: crime
by Felipe Rosa
Easy A: back to the 80’s. It’s pretty harmless fun, and it wears its origins in its sleeves. It actually goes even further and, like the very personable and charismatic protagonist, sews it in its chest. (And how come it makes it so easy to hate the religious nuts?)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
by Felipe Rosa
The Social Network: I appreciated the movie more than liked it. I could dance to some of the dialogue, its structure and editing are incredible, the acting is generally very good to say the least. Still, I felt I could get more connected to the situation somehow. I won’t shy away from a second view, however.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: biopic / historic
by Felipe Rosa
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: gorgeously looking film (Even if they abuse a bit of slow-mo. The director being who he is, it’s no surprise.) The story could be better, and there is a musical interlude that could be avoided, but it’s fun enough. The visuals alone are worth it.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: adventure, animation, fantasy
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