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The Iceman (2012)
Powerful & Plausible
If a film ever benefited from a lack of subtitles, this is it. The actors have worked hard to recreate the life of humans 5300 years ago. The 'hero's journey' has never been more powerfully told with so few words. In watching, you become more than a viewer. This movie makes you judge and consider the human condition. If you're a lover, you'll find love. Do you want re-birth and new beginnings? Some choices here too. We live in a violent world, and we have only the alotted summers chance and misfortune bestow us. The screenplay exacts a heavy toll. When it's over, hug your loved ones and contemplate the summers you have left.
Canopy (2013)
A movie with the first 5 minutes a blank screen!
Using music, jungle sounds and the sounds of war does set the scene, dispenses with clunky dialogue, character introduction and other film necessities but completely misses the self evident need for pictures. From this point on the movie deteriorates into situations devoid of; a story, a journey, any surprise or any redeemable plot. Likely a very cheap film to make it feels like it was made to show film school undergraduates how NOT to make a movie. Two stars. One for the double meaning of the title. The second for the tear shed by the second actor towards the end. Truly a narrative free zone with a recommendation for anyone writing a screenplay to watch a movie to list it's faults, can you do better? By God, you can.