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Cien veces no debo (1990)
GREAT! It is underrated!!!
Wow! I just saw this movie on T.V., I had no expectations at all. IT IS GREAT. The way that it makes it's way from comedy to drama in a reflexive way.
I believe that this movie uses a true and sincere cinematic language. Just remember the scene where "la nena" was grabbing the branch of a tree VERY similar to the "memories tree" her mommy and daddy built for her while shouting: "No daddy! I don't want to!". A clear regression to childhood...
Reign of Fire (2002)
This is too much! Boring, nonsensical, stupid.
There is only ONE reason for which I didn't fell asleep during this film: uncomfortable seats. Boy, this is boring! A movie with no plot at all, with horrible acting, cliched, etc. What a waste of time... Dragons appear for no reason at all and they destroy the whole world. And it's long long long long! I felt like it was four hours long, and I've seen four-hours-long movies which are a lot more entertaining to watch. The only line wich gave me a good laugh: "There's only one thing worse than dragons, americans"
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Highly overrated
This movie failed to create excitement, at least in me. The music was boring, things happened without any logic or reason, the plot it's too simple, there are more characters than the necessary and it's too long. I'm sure there are hardcore fans of the books and the world created by Tolkien, but this it's NOT A BOOK, this is a movie.
The formula of this movie it's very simple: there are the goods, and there are the bads. The goods have a mission, they go on the road, they find an enemy or obstacle, someone "unexpectedly" comes in the rescue, that "someone" joins them. They continue on the road, they find an enemy or obtacle... etc. Three hours for telling that it's simply too much, it went out of the movie not wanting to know anything of the lord of the rings anytime in my life. I don't know, I don't understand why so much expectation about this film...
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
The worst movie I've ever seen
I went to see this movie to the theater with my friends because they wanted to. I told them, "I'm warning you, this is gonna be worst that the first one". Guess what, I was right. This is the worst movie I've ever seen, it's so stupid, cheap, predictable, and vulgar that I think that the people who laughs at this sh*t must have that four characteristics... AVOID!! Unless you are stupid, cheap, predictable and vulgar.
We Were Soldiers (2002)
We were wasting our time
I've heard so many comments about this movie that I wanted to write my own. First of all, I didn't like the movie. I found myself waiting for the dying guy who reserves his last words to his parents or wife (which happens TWICE in this movie), and for several other scenes. Many people says: "Hey, that's war, that really happens", I know, I'm not saying it doesn't. And it has been shown in a hundred other movies, so, why make another one?
I found this movie to be a fairly average american war-movie (with the exception of two or three scenes which were really AWFUL) with lots of blood and deaths to shock the audience and lead them to say: "Gee, war is bad". It amazes me the high rating it has achieved in IMDB.
One comment made often is the one that says: "It's an american movie, that's why it only shows americans". Well, imagine that a movie comes out showing the vietnamese as heroes and the americans as a bunch of idiots whose deaths are given 1/10th of a second on-screen, would you be happy about it? Not only because it's an american movie, it has to forget the rest of the world.
Well, I guess this is only my opinion. And we don't have to worry about this movie a lot, time will tell if it's worth a look after another twenty years. I guess not...
Memento (2000)
Very innovative structure, but it gets tired soon (spoilers)
When the first scene of the film began, I knew I wasn't watching your average movie. After reading so many good reviews, and hearing here or there about this movie, I became really interested in it. I was expecting one of the greatest movies of the decade, it was pretty good, but it is highly overrated. The idea of starting backwards it very interesting, but it becomes predictable very soon. The characters are very two-dimensional, the cinematography it's very average. The only innovative aspect it's the script, wich has very big flaws...
For example, when Leonard says that the police doesn't believe him, how could he remember? And how does he remember that he writes down everything on photos and tatoos? And that he is seeking the murderer of his wife? He would have to read A LOT to know what he did since the murdering of his wife.
Overrall, it's an entertaining movie, if you consider that this is the best movie of all time, maybe that's because you haven't watched The Godfather or Citizen Kane. If you want something better from the same year (2000), try the mexican movie "Amores Perros" (wrongfully translated "Love's a bitch").
Independence Day (1996)
In this movie, the United States are the center of the world
There are several things about this movie that very few americans don't mention or even don't notice... Forget the horrible acting, the stupid plot, these are things that are at least enjoyable (from a certain point of view).
My point is that the united states of america it's a country located in a world. That world contains a lot more of countries, it might be fun for an american to see all their most important buildings blown up, and to see their president saving all the helpless rest of mankind, but for people not living there, it's a little (well, VERY) boring... It's a thing I wanted to take off my chest...
(If you want to debate my point, go ahead, i'm available...)
Ahí está el detalle (1940)
THIS is mexican comedy!
Here in Mexico, Cantinflas is praised as one of the best mexican comediants of all time. And with good reason! This is one of his first films and, in my humble opinion, his best. Maybe it turned out to be so good because in the time this movie was released he wasn't a big star yet.
I recommend this movie to everyone who speaks spanish. People from other countries may not get it because this is SO mexican, that even non-mexican spanish-speakers may have a hard time getting all the jokes.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Highly overrated
This movie failed to create excitement, at least in me. The music was boring, things happened without any logic or reason, the plot it's too simple, there are more characters than the necessary and it's too long. I'm sure there are hardcore fans of the books and the world created by Tolkien, but this it's NOT A BOOK, this is a movie.
The formula of this movie it's very simple: there are the goods, and there are the bads. The goods have a mission, they go on the road, they find an enemy or obstacle, someone "unexpectedly" comes in the rescue, that "someone" joins them. They continue on the road, they find an enemy or obtacle... etc. Three hours for telling that it's simply too much, it went out of the movie not wanting to know anything of the lord of the rings anytime in my life. I don't know, I don't understand why so much expectation about this film...
Le dernier chaperon rouge (1998)
GREAT! A must see french short-film production
Here is an extraordinary garden where the boletus mushrooms, the chanterelle mushrooms, the death-cup mushrooms, rabbits and brambles dance and sing to music coming from nowhere. But in this garden there is also a rocket underground in which a crooked-legged old dancer regains the grace she once had. The little red riding hoods are the unwitting providers of healthy legs. By the orders of a witch, they have all been made to disappear by a monster surgeon. All except one, the last little red riding hood, who is lusted after by the big bad wolf, who is definitely not going to have this desirable bit of loot stolen from him.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's the starting point in any animation movie
Many people underestimate the value of snow white. They say it's not so good measured in today's standarts. Well, it's true, but how where originated those standarts? From past movies. This is really the first animated motion picture to hit the big screen, Disney was moving in uncharted territory. It's admirable how the company managed to create such a beautiful work of art, with really great animation and really memorable music.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Highly overrated
This movie failed to create excitement, at least in me. The music was boring, things happened without any logic or reason, the plot it's too simple, there are more characters than the necessary and it's too long. I'm sure there are hardcore fans of the books and the world created by Tolkien, but this it's NOT A BOOK, this is a movie.
The formula of this movie it's very simple: there are the goods, and there are the bads. The goods have a mission, they go on the road, they find an enemy or obstacle, someone "unexpectedly" comes in the rescue, that "someone" joins them. They continue on the road, they find an enemy or obtacle... etc. Three hours for telling that it's simply too much, it went out of the movie not wanting to know anything of the lord of the rings anytime in my life. I don't know, I don't understand why so much expectation about this film...