Monday, January 24, 2011

27. The 11th Hour.

27. The 11th Hour. Nadia Conners.
A movie about climate change. I didn't had anything different to my old perspectives. It only kept my awareness of the problem turned on. Right now I cant do much, buy I hope with time and the right decisions I will be able to help more.




26. An education.

26. An education. Lone Scherfig.
A strong movie brought forward by the leading cast. The story is a little awkward and hard to believe but is well constructed. The thing I liked the most is the duality (That I also have in my life) of the difference in happiness that you can achieve by having a relaxed life and full of pleasures enjoying life, and the satisfaction of studying and working hard. My conclusion is that I wish to study and work and come to a elite of investigation in medicine, while enjoying the life and the academics.

25. Never Let Me Go

25. Never Let Me Go. Mark Romanek.
A very interesting movie that deepens in the human soul. The intro scene is very good, the kids say that they cannot go beyond the grounds of the school, and the theacher asks why and they say that they have been told that it is dangerous. This is a great example of indoctrination in little children just as religion.

23, 24. Iron Man, Iron Man 2.

23, 24. Iron Man, Iron Man 2. Jon Favreau.
Marvel as Disney is another company that has taken the way to modify and enhance its characters. They have been choosing so well their actors for the superheros, The Iron man is not the exception. I liked the movie because its entertaining and is very likable. It is not a great production, it has cliches made in Hollywood but the characters and the movie needs them. The creation of the suit is very good and the introduction of war machine is also good.


22. Tangled.

22. Tangled. Nathan Greno, Byron Howard.
As I have stated many times before, I believe that you can make a good movie out of any topic. Disney is a company that has been able to cope up with the changes of times, and recreate themselves modifying the kids stories to more mature and serious stories, without losing its essence and its appeal for kids. This creativity plus the money available to buy the technology make excellent movies with graphics that soon will be as good as real ones.
I liked the animals, Pascal the chameleon, and Maximus the horse. The movie is funny and well paced.
The only thing is that being a kids movie lets many things unexplained and just left there so the movie can work. But in general is ok.





Sunday, January 16, 2011

17. La elegancia del erizo.

17. La elegancia del erizo. Muriel Barbery.
Un libro que casi no le doy la oportunidad, y cuando iba en la tercera pagina no lo podía soltar. Es de un tema que en realidad no se porque no me atrae mucho Francia.
Pero la autora (una filosofa) tiene una manera de narrar y de filosofar al mismo tiempo que me sorprendió. Este libro es uno de los favorito que me he leído este año y me lo leere nuevamente en el futuro.







Sunday, December 19, 2010

16. La historia del loco.

16. La historia del loco. John Katzenbach. 497 paginas. Diciembre 2010.
Es un libro con un fondo bueno y una idea que llama la atención las primeras cien paginas. Pero después cae 300 paginas en un circulo sin nada emocionante y un final decepcionante para un libro tan largo.
Los diagnósticos médicos son mas o menos acertados y las descripciones de las personalidades son muy buenas, en especial la del Francis el protagonista y su esquizofrenia. Hay aspectos buenos, como las conversaciones tensionantes, pero al final todo es resuelto de una manera facilista. No tan bueno como los demas libros, El Psicoanalista sigue siendo el mejor.

"A varios de los que conoci durante lo que me gusta considerar mis años de verdadera locura les fue peor que a mi. Sus voces les gritaban ordenes -Muevete- -Haz esto- -Haz lo otro- o peor -suicidate- o peor aun -mata a alguien-. Las voces que chillaban a esos tipos procedían de Dios, de Jesús, de Mahoma, del perro del vecino, de su tío abuelo fallecido, de extraterrestres, de un coro de arcángeles o de un coro de demonios. Esas voces eran insistentes, imperativas e intransigentes.


21. Zombieland.

21. Zombieland. Ruben Fleischer.
Another proof that an excellent movie can be made about any topic (zombies) and in any way (comedy) . It has an excellent intro with great images, music and explanations by the main character (Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus). He has a good speech in a very personal and relaxed way.
The setting up of the rules, and the later recurrence are very good.
Despite being a comedy the movie creates a lot of suspense and very good scenes filled with emotions. This along with a great cast and strong characters make and excellent movie.
"Rule 33: Enjoy the little things" "Some rules are made to be broken" "Is tough growing up"
"Wherever this girl was thats were I wanted to be"

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

20. Dangerous Liaisons.

20. Dangerous Liaisons.
A very exciting movie. The symmetrical scenes, the music, the clothes, the landscapes, the houses get together to make exceptional settings that are filled with a great cast that make great performances. Glenn Close and John Malkovich make very powerful characters. They get the story going by performing all the plotting and the cheating and the treachery. I liked the parallel stories with continuous developments that at some point get together very well.
"listen and observe, practice detachment and deceive"
"I certainly believe one should constantly try to improve thyself"
"Never opens his mouth without calculating"




Monday, November 29, 2010

19. Going the Distance.

19. Going the Distance.
Not as good as 500 days of summer but not as bad as the ugly truth. I falls in some of the bad and repetitive things of romantic comedies like sex jokes, bad language, fast loving, fast meeting, fast leaving, fast sex. I has interesting points of view about the difficulties of keeping together a relationship, about figuring it out, going halfway to make deals, the big differences about the direct communication of men and the less verbal language of women, and the significance of about what things really mean.
With this movie I ReRealized two things: that the best relations are the unnamed and not standard relationships, and the high role of smile and laughter in creating confidence and love.