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Lift (I) (2024)

Just Another

[3/10 · 17 January 2024]

In an attempt to bring the audience closer to the characters, the film sometimes uses very dull humor without inspired moments, forcing a union between the main group of the plot, and also between specific characters, which is tiring and makes the film very tiring.

The plot is completely without purpose or connection, it happens just to happen and it's all right because in the end there will be a far-fetched and forced explanation; and don't you dare think about it in the slightest, as you will notice a constant lack of meaning as the film progresses.

Maybe I was too strict, it's just another addition to the Netflix catalog, but it's very still bad.

Napoleon (2023)

Disappointment

[5/10 · 7 January 2024]

This version of the film that I saw in theaters was clearly a cut version to be shorter, and this greatly affected the film. Visually it's incredible, the battle scenes are great and all the production work is sensational, but it's completely incoherent.

It's a superficial film, nothing brings the viewer closer to anything on stage, this is because there is nothing interesting about the characters who are very poorly developed. The characters enter the scene and then leave, adding nothing new in the short time they had on screen. All the relationships and characters are poorly developed, not even the relationship between Josephine and Napoleon (which is on screen most of the time) is good. On the other hand, both are great in their roles, Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine, especially Vanessa.

But the final impression is that the film is beautiful, but it has nothing to offer beyond that because it has no content. Everything is very rushed and occurs without coherence and criteria, much of this because this is a cut to be shown in the cinema, and I hope to see Fincher's version on streaming soon, it has the potential to be a great film despite everything.

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

From 10 to 0

[1/10 · 13 October 2023]

The 1973 Exorcist is probably my favorite horror film, it's a film that I love and I always like to know or learn more about it, and even though I knew the sequel was bad, I didn't know it was SO bad. The existence of this film makes no sense, The Exorcist had already closed the story it presented to us, so I see this sequel as a clear attempt to build on the success of the first film.

About the film, as difficult as it was to reach the end, I resisted, and I can say that it is an atrocity on several levels and in different contexts, trying my best to give meaning to its existence with motivations and plots that are ridiculous from the start from them. There is no way to justify director John Boorman's decisions.

There are moments when you might laugh because they are so absurd and poorly produced that they are actually funny, like the scenes involving the hypnosis device (a horrible concept that gets even worse as the film progresses and becomes more and more pointless), but unfortunately they are moments, the film is not so bad that it becomes funny, they are just moments and laughable concepts, the rest is torture. The most interesting thing is to know that director John Boorman doesn't like the original, I mean, he doesn't like the original, which is a renowned film, but did he like this thing he did here?

The cast is very affected and they are not bad actors. Louise Fletcher had just won the Oscar for her excellent work in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and in this film she is as expressive as a door. Richard Burton, who is a great actor, is terrible as Father Lamont, it seemed like he didn't know what he was doing, what's more his character is terrible and seems more like a madman who talks about demons all the time, I don't judge the characters who don't take him seriously. But the biggest bad highlight of the cast is Linda Blayr, totally affected by the stardom that the first film gave her (she was incredible in the first film), she is as bad as everyone else and even worse. And her character can feel what Father Lamont feels and even heal mute people, 4 years have passed and Regan has gained superpowers, how incredible, right?

All the ''horror'' scenes in this film have the opposite effect, it was supposed to be something tense, but it is laughable and has one of the worst visual constructions in the horror genre, from the makeup that is much inferior to the first film (where it is clearly a double instead of Linda Blayr... and what a horrible stunt double), even those grasshoppers or isolated exorcism scenes without minimally acceptable contexts. The plot progresses as if it had several ideas brought together in some way without continuity and coherence. Concepts that were formed in the first film, such as the demon being persistent and difficult to defeat, are completely forgotten, and here the demon not only disappears in the blink of an eye but also introduces himself by saying his name.

For much of the film I was asking myself, what is happening? How did they get to that level? Because nothing has the slightest logical coherence and justification for happening, and when it does, it would be better not to have it. The editing of this film is terrible, there are transitions and overlapping images that are really amateurish, and if you isolate it scene by scene and stop little by little, you realize that it doesn't make sense.

To be fair to the film and to Ennio Morricone, the film's soundtrack is good, but even if it is good, it is very poorly used, and is affected because it doesn't match the badness of the scenes where it is inserted.

Exorcist II: The Heretic is everything the first film wasn't, even though it was an attempt to capitalize on the original, how did they reach this level in just 4 years? One of the worst sequels I've ever seen considering the quality of the first film and one of the worst films I've ever seen too. I couldn't express half the contempt I feel for this film in this review.

Air (I) (2023)

Simple and very well done.

[7/10 · 27 August 2023]

This movie could be a great Nike advertisement and have Michael B. Jordan as the main focus in a story about Nike, but it's not.

The film has such good development that it makes us care tremendously about these people during the 2 hours of duration, this is due to the very good writing that makes us get attached to the characters.

The film is drama, but it has its funny moments and dialogues. I like the soundtrack, it brings the atmosphere of the time the film takes place and the choices are great, merit also for the editing of the film, it makes it more dynamic, which improves the experience.

The cast is very good, Ben Affleck gets out of his comfort zone and directs a film where he is not the protagonist, and he does a good job both acting and directing the film. Matt Damon is fine being the film's lead. For me, the highlight of the supporting actors is Viola Davis, her character has a key role in the plot, and she does it well.

However, I think that somethings was very summarized, some points could be explored further, this becomes clearer in some passages where characters and subjects are introduced and, or are forgotten, misused or played in a random way.

It's a great movie, simple, very well done and with good writing decisions by Ben Affleck.

The Flash (I) (2023)

A fun movie full of fan-service.

[5/10 · 8 August 2023]

Ezra Miller is fine in the film, he maintains the leading role from the beginning to the film, being a fundamental piece in the comedy of the film that works very well, unfortunately I cannot say the same of the drama that has a bad development and is not the best thing about the film.

About the Batmans, none of them stands out more than Maicon Keaton's, perhaps the best thing about the film, certainly the one I liked the most among the fan-services and elevates the film in a certain way.

But the third act of the film leaves something to be desired, and all the concepts of alternate realities and universes have very limited development. There is a serious problem with the film which is the graphics and effects clearly not finished.

But overall, the fan-services that cause pleasant surprises (some unnecessary ones), the comedy, Ezra Miller's protagonism and Michael Keaton's Batman outweigh all the problems.