Friends with Benefits
by Felipe Rosa
Friends with Benefits: the romantic comedy genre is so formulaic nowadays that what it really boils down to make it easier to swallow is the cast, and the chemistry. While this one follows the blueprints quite closely, at least the principals worked well together, and the supporting roles are well filled.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: romantic comedy
The Shop Around the Corner
by Felipe Rosa
The Shop Around the Corner: a nice little story, delicately told by the master of filmic delicacy. There’s an obvious reason why this story was told many times after this. The cast here, as was to be expected, works perfectly.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: romantic comedy
Captain America: The First Avenger
by Felipe Rosa
Captain America: The First Avenger: the end of the (minor) superhero summer comes with some relief. But, a bigger relief was the fact that this one actually seems more sincere, which is a good (and usually missing) virtue. The effects are good, the acting decent enough. Disappointing is the fact that of all them, this is the one that deserves the most a direct sequel (which is not happening. Apparently I was wrong about this.)
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: action, super hero
Adam’s Rib
by Felipe Rosa
Adam’s Rib: quite a nice romantic comedy, by and with the best. What pops out the most (in addition to the obvious with the talent that was involved) is how intelligent this actually is. I cannot but long for the days when rom-coms were made by (and for) intelligent adults, instead of neurotic adulteenagers.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: romantic comedy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
by Felipe Rosa
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: as a standalone, it’s rather weak, since it’s just a mix of action scenes and awkward exposition, despite the appropriately gloomy athmosphere. So the solution to enjoy this more is to just see it as part of something bigger. But the whole series is sort of underwhelming as well. Read also: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: fantasy
Horrible Bosses
by Felipe Rosa
Horrible Bosses: it has the quite dubious distinction of being the best of the R-rated comedies of the recent batch, and also of being somewhat better than I expected. Faint praise. The fact that it’s not a hard R helps, as it seems that the art of comedy has degenerated into risque images, not for the sake of being funny, just to be risque. The best moments of the movie happen when Jamie Foxx is in the frame.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: comedy
Days of Heaven
by Felipe Rosa
Days of Heaven: a pure movie, in the sense that the story is told with minimal use of anything but images. And what beautiful images they are, Nestor Almendros did in fact a great job. The simple, focused story serves (or is served by) well Terrence Malick’s style. But the film is a bit emotionally dettached, makes it hard to connect to fully.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: drama
Larry Crowne
by Felipe Rosa
Larry Crowne: as a comedy, not that funny; as a romance, not that interesting; as a social commentary, not that deep. It has a bit of charm in the cast, even thought Julia Roberts is stuck in a mostly charmless, thankless role.
Categories: Film reviews • Tags: romantic comedy
Fifth about The Seventh 