sadak7599 Reviews

The Snow Girl (2023–2024)

Another failed and cliched thriller.

[2/10 · 12 May 2024]

Spanish producers don't stop trying to produce low quality thrillers, and it seems they never learn. Or maybe the writers and directors are so overconfident they think they are great artists. The problem is that they don't be good.

The show is slow, boring and the acting is embarrassing. Overacting and a really poor script at service of a cliched thriller.

Seriously, what is the problem? The actors or the direction? Even Jose coronado, a great actor, look here lacking luster and credibility.

Another problem usual in Spanish productions is the poor depiction of police work. This show also fails in that. It seems that the writers do not took the effort of gather information about police work and procedures. The actors doing the police officers and inspectors parts are possibly the worst here, together with one of the main characters.

In conclusion: disappointing, boring and embarrassing. Avoid it.

Infiesto (2023)

Very bad, failed and pointless thriller

[2/10 · 21 April 2024]

Avoid this bad,boring and failed copro-duction. It is bad in every way: a outrageous acting, uninteresting and plain characters, uninteresting story, weak script and a formulaic and unoriginal story. Only success in creating a depressing atmosphere. They try to save the thing using the Luis Zahera card, but didn't work: his part is secondary and even him did not seem convinced and convincing. As usual in Spanish substandard productions, the depiction of police work is so inaccurate that is even offensive.

Does not worth a watch. If you are really lazy and bored, will find better options: just staring the wall, watching birds, or try to see the grass growth.

As a chemist, it cringed me when they talk about "tartric acid". It is tartaric, damnit.

Leave the World Behind (2023)

A great film, but you must watch it under the correct perspective

[8/10 · 1 April 2024]

I was surprised by the low rating and bad reviews I read about this movie. How is it possible that a film that is original, tense, very well played by all the actors involved (all are doing really well, but Julia Roberts nailed it), with a good storytelling and filming, even a nice music, original credits and so on, collected so many bad reviews?

I think that people, accustomed to the regular apocalyptic blockbusters, haven't watched it under the right perspective.

Folks, the ending is perfect, the plot holes are not holes, are just what should be, and the movie shows just what they want to show. After watching it, I felt myself kind of scared and with a bitter feeling, because it is showing exactly, and it is one of the points of the story, how fragile and dependent we are of the technology.

It is just the story of the end of the world as we know it from the perspective of a group of completely normal people: no information, confusion, tension, waiting, hope... and the realization that the world just changed irreversibly. I think it is a very smart movie, showing the beginning of the end of the society, but neither because extraterrestrial causes, nor it falls on the easy climate-environmental stuff. It shows how the world ended for a couple of families in a really scary and realistic way: by the beginning of a big scale war using the newest modern warfare, in the last place a common american family could imagine a war would begin. As one of the characters said "I cannot barely take a step without my cellphone and gps". Suddenly, all our daily gadgets are garbage, there are no state, security and law enforcement anymore, and we are totally alone.

Of course there are some weird things. I still do not understand the thing with animals, specially with the deers. That kind of supernatural thing, I do not know if it is conceived as a trick to deceive the viewers, who are just as confused and clueless as the main characters (and it is one of the points: you know exactly the same as the characters during all the movie).

Also, the scene with the tanker, although very impressive, it is quite unrealistic: a tanker of that size would have run aground way before to reach the beach.

Anyways, this movie worth a watch, definitely, and could spark an interesting conversation about what we would do in that situation and what would happen if suddenly all internet, cellphones and communications fell. It is really scary.

Road House (2024)

Way inferior to the classic in all aspects.

[3/10 · 24 March 2024]

This is a remake of the 80s classic, Patrick Swayze's Road House, but lower in all aspects, to the point I needed to watch the original movie to recover myself and not ruin the memory of that average eighties action movie, which became nowadays in a cherished classic.

This new version, with Gyllenhaal in the role of swayze, is a remake that follows the original story almost literally. The problems are: a dumb script. What happened with the IQ since 1980? It seems people became dumber, and the movie is plagued by really stupid and flat dialogues, absurd situations and plot holes; the main and the villain roles are way less charismatic and interesting; the bar is less interesting in every way; the music is really bad. I missed the blind guitarist from the original movie. And, finally, is boring! An 80s style action movie being boring because soulless action, dumb dialogues and uneven rhythm.

At least Connor McGregor seems to had a great time filming this low quality and unnecessary remake.

Conclusion: unnecessary and almost unwatchable.

Iron Reign (2024)

The best non-comedy Spanish show of the decade

[5/10 · 17 March 2024]

Do not get me wrong: it is still mediocre.

Just, compared with the usual low quality, and the terrible acting and scripting of Spanish thrillers, is probably the best show of latest years.

The show benefits from a high budget. Sceneries, the port, the ships, resources. All this contributes to a solid staging and a professional appaerance.

The action scenes are well done, specially comparing with other Spanish productions. Still quite amateurish, but I think not because the way they filmed it and the actors and extras done it; it is a planning problem: writers and directors have no idea how weapons work, how people behave in close range combat, and so on.

Eduard Fernández is an extraordinary actor and nailed it. His performance is largely the best in the show, and he single handedly saves the entire show. He is gritty, dark, complex. And, overall, the actor is very natural: the way he speaks, the way he moves, he is very credible in the role of the port kingpin.

We cannot say the same of the other parts. And it is a common problem in non-comedy Spanish shows: from plain bad acting to overacting, people not talking the way people talk in Spain, expelling from their mouths poor or ridiculous dialogues.

Another problem is the lack of attention to detail. It is not fault of actors or production, but writers. It is like that scene which begins with a cargo ship navigating and a caption that says "Pacific Ocean". Suddenly, a speed boat with somali pirates or alike appears from nowhere. In the Pacific ocean. Quite a leap for somali pirates. The subsequent action in the attacked ship could have been really good, as they had the resources to do it. What they lack is attention to detail, knowledge of stuff necessary to giving it a little credibility and the classic overconfidence of writers in their own knowledge.

The lack of professionalism in the depiction of police work, how drug dealers and sicarios work, how weapons should be used, and even the incorrect geography, takes the shine off what could have been a great show.

The show is plagued with all these things; together with the bad acting (aside of the extraordinary work of Eduard Fernandez and a few small parts) and very poor dialogues, makes watching it a bit tiresome and difficult to suspend disbelief.

Spaceman (I) (2024)

Warning: this is not sci-fi!. A dull, boring drama about psychological issues.

[4/10 · 11 March 2024]

To be honest, I cannot comment the movie as a whole, because I fell aesleep during the second half of the movie and I do not want to keep watching it.

So, and advice: if you have imsomnia, maybe this extremely boring movie could help you a little bit; just try to watch it and stay awake.

A warning: this is not a space sci-fi story. It is a psychological drama.

I have no problems with the work of Adam Sandler. Furthermore, I think that here he performed a solid interpretation and he did it very well, specially after realizing what actually the movie was about.

I was attracted by its premise: an astronaut is kind of alone in the space during an exploration mission to a misterious cloud that appeared around Jupiter. I realized then that this was not a sci-fi movie when the astronaut gave kind of a live press conference, and responded questions from some kids...instantaneously. After that, he was in constant contact with the mission control, and he simply called his wife on the phone, like if he were on his office; If he were in Jupiter, a message would take between 30 and 50 minutes to be delivered on Earth, and, of course, you do not have any mobile phone provider or internet in your spaceship. Furthermore, how it comes that someone would think it is a good idea to send a one-man mission to Jupiter, selecting for said nearly-suicidal mission a married man with evident mental issues, and whose wife is expecting?

Given that it is impossible that writers didn't think about that, I realized that all the movie is just a fantasy, or symbolism or something artsy like that, very "clever", of course. And the space is just a metaphor of the isolation of a broken man. Or even an hallucination of the main character, who, actually, is in some mental institution or something. Later, I realized that, indeed, he was trying to call his wife from the phone of some mental institution where he was inmated, and that the "mission control" and conferences were actually his doctors and caretakers. There is a specific moment in which, during the conversation with the guy at "mission control", that was revealed more clearly.

So, the movie quickly shows its true nature as a drama about a man isolated by his mental issues and dealing with the guilt, confusion and his broken marriage.

This impression was confirmed by the "alien", obviously an hallucination created by the protagonist to cope with his reality. An imaginary friend with whom the protagonist talks endless conversations apparently deep, but insubstantial in reality.

So, this is again a tricky story, in which the drama is hidden under a superficial layer of space science fiction that is not such, but an imaginary context. I say again, because it happened something similar with 'Ad Astra'. In this case, a key difference with "Ad Astra" is that, I think, everything in the movie is an hallucination.

I do not think the idea is bad. The problem is that, overall, this movie is extremely boring.

Red Queen (2024)

Poor imitation of Millenium

[4/10 · 2 March 2024]

Here we go, with another try of Spanish producers to compose a credible noir/thriller. This time, using as starting material a novel of the same title, which has a moderately good success.

I haven't read the novel, so I cannot say if the show is accurate or reproduces well the written story.

What I watched is a good try, given the usual poor quality of Spanish productions. This time, the production looks more worked and serious and less amateurish than in other cases.

Anyway, since the first episode and ridiculous introduction of the female main character, the story is boring, the characters are weak and the acting questionable, with one exception: Hovik Keuchkerian, who nailed it and it is the soul of the entire show.

The portrait of V. Luengo of the other main character is, on the contrary, plain and weak. It is like a mock-up without substance and appeal of Lisbeth Salander.

Supposedly is extremely smart, Holmes-like. The problem is that a character cannot be smarter than the writers. And the overall writing is poor. They say she is smart, but she did not transmit that at all. I think the writers confuse intelligent with impertinent.

The other parts of the show are formulaic, a bit of cliché. Another typical problem in Spanish shows: people in Spain does not talk like that. To me is very difficult to keep inside the story with people talking with that affectation and even overacting.

Another cliché, as usual in Spanish productions, is the police work. Police in Spain is not like that, the police stations are not like that and so on. Again, it is another try to imitate american detective series.

Overall, is predictable, formulaic, boring and, albeit one of the main characters is really good, interesting and well played, the other is plain, lacking substance and the actress didn't do a good job.

It is one of the best Spanish shows of the latest years, yes, but not that good. And I fell aesleep in all episodes...

Dune: Part Two (2024)

Too much hype for this overrated sequel

[5/10 · 2 March 2024]

I tried not to feel conditioned by the hype around this movie, but I was quite dissapointed after watching it.

After a superb part one, which was a magical exhibition of cinema and an aesthetic pleasure, this second part is quite pretentious. Looks like the style exercise of an artist in love with himself, and seems that the story is a secondary factor here.

It is like, "ok, did you like the scenes of the thumper calling the sandworm?, here you have like twenty scenes of a thumper calling sandworms, and even a scene with twenty thumpers calling sandworms at the same time; did you like the beautiful faces of Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson in the desert, with great Hans Zimmer music?, ok, here you have fifty seven shots of the beautiful faces in dramatic moments of all the extremely pretty actresses we have been able to recruit for this". The problem is that quantity does not compensate for the loss of the surprise effect.

In fact, the story is just an excuse for an interminable exhibition of close-ups of the incredibly beautiful faces of the female cast, no less beautiful desert sceneries, and an interminable succession of sand worm ridings.

Flat and hollow aesthetics, with a really poor storytelling. The story is confusing, with a first act focused in the Fremen, but with no real advance of the story, just Fremen in the desert, Fremen worshiping the mesiah, Fremen riding worms, worshiping again, Chani frowning at the inmensity of the desert with deep music, and so on (actually, Chani spent all movie frowning). Actually, the first act was terribly boring.

Then, the abuse of ellipsis makes the story rush forward, to the point of losing sense sometimes. It is really difficult to follow it without any previous knowledge of what happened in the original novel.

This rush lead to weird situations, as when suddenly Chani shows up out from nowhere in a ornithopter, and you ask yourself why and how she ended flying that thing.

The rush to close the story causes the last act to be resolved hastily and sloppily. The expected final battle is resolved very quick and lacking epic and glory. The supposedly powerful and fearsome Sardaukar appears in the last battle as a few random guys without any combat abilities. The formerly powerful emperor and Harkonnen, are now weak and do not stand a chance against the new dark mesiah and their fundamentalist troops.

Overall, the movie lost all the magic and mistery of the first part, and it is just an exhibition of style from a director that seems to be more in love with himself than with the story he is telling.

About acting, all the cast are doing a great job. Special mention to the superb Javier Bardem, who, together with Zendaya, support all the movie on their shoulders. All the Harkonnen are doing a great job and are the most interesting characters, both in acting and aesthetically. To me, Paul Atreides is the worst part, plain and lacking substance and the you could expect from the leader of a holy war against a galactic empire.

In summary, a pretentious sequel larguely inferior to the first part in all aspects.

Prey (I) (2022)

Overrated prequel.

[5/10 · 28 February 2024]

This recent installment of the Predator franchise has its merits: a good atmosphere and not bad storytelling. The CGI wild animals are maybe too much obvious. The return to the basics that made the original film a classic is a good strategy.

Unfortunatelly, we know too much about the creature and the movie lacks suspense, is totally predictable, no surprises, and that does not add up to the Predator mithology.

Furthermore, while the first act of the movie is fine, gradually it is impossible to keep with the suspension of disbelief, when the main character, a young girl, begins to develop somehow incredible superhuman powers, making her able to bare hand fight a way bigger, stronger to the point of kill a grizzly with a single punch, smart creature with advanced technology.

The alien is inconsistent: at a given moment can barehand kill a bear in just seconds, and at the next moment a few guys can fight against it, and even injure it. At least they lost...

It smells too much to the nowadays zeitgeist: female, preferably non-white (of course, white guys in the movie are bad guys), empowered main character, outsmarting any men or alien around, and able to fight like a mix of Hawkeye and Wolverine, with minimal training and no resources. To me, the character of Naru is to this franchise as Rey is to Star Wars, or even more unbelieveable.

The movie could have been better if they hadn't put all the weight on the protagonist and more in the collective effort against their otherworld enemy.

Anyway, the movie is entertaining enough for a watch.

Something Is About to Happen (2023)

Terribly boring and disgusting cinema verite

[2/10 · 16 February 2024]

The original title for this is "let no one sleep". It is ironic, because the movie is a true boredom fest all its first half. In fact, it was very hard not to fell aesleep.

It is kind of a Spanish take on cinema verite, but less artsy and more dull, extremely slow and boring. Overall, it is something like a documentary, with regular to ugly people just talking and doing their everyday stuff.

The performance of the main character is remarkable, largely the best of the movie. She is very natural and credible and the only good point of this horrible movie.

Sure, some 'artists' could consider this movie some kind of 'art' and feel excited by the 'reality', the slow pace and so on. I do not see the point of exploring a movie style the French explored already decades ago. All in this movie feels outdated: the style, the credits, the story... To me, this is not art; instead, it is just a hard to watch movie due to the uninspired dialogues, uber-boring story, uninteresting characters and disgusting moments.

Only recommended if you have insomnia. It is a plain BAD movie.

Silo (2023– )

Good sci-fi soap opera, but too long for the story

[6/10 · 31 January 2024]

Good ambientation, good visuals, cast are doing a good job, and an intriguing and engaging story.

Do not expect a lot of action, this is not that kind of sci-fi. No pew-pew.

Overall is entertaining, but there are too many episodes for that simple story, which is quite predictable as well.

The problem is that they need to fill up the chapters, so they do it telling characters details and story, flashbacks, predictable twists, and side stories, which do not add too much to the overall plot. In that sense, the show is quite boring abd slow from chapter 4-5 to chapter 9.

In chapter 10, the story recovers its pulse and the season end is, together with chapter 1 and 2, the best of the season, ending in a big cliffhanger. This could be a problem for ones and good for others, but you have the feeling after chapter 10 that they did not clarify anything and you know almost the same you already knew at chapter 2.

If do not have time, you can jump from the episode 5 straight to 10, and you will perfectly follow the story.

Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)

Dull, boring, total lack of originality

[2/10 · 28 December 2023]

What happens when you make a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy? Same with this pathetic production. It's a lousy imitation of Denzel Washington's "The Magnificent Seven," which, in itself, was a copy of Yul Brynner's "The Magnificent Seven," which, in turn, was a copy of "Seven Samurai."

Throw in some half-baked Star Wars elements, let AI half-heartedly piece together the script, and concoct embarrassingly awful fight choreography, abusing slow motion to the point of nausea. The fights are reminiscent of those cringe-worthy 80s kicks-and-punches, karate action movies.

Top it off with uninteresting characters, forced, ridiculous and inconsistent situations, even the overall idea: An habitable Earth-sized moon, orbiting close to a giant gas planet it is impossible, but ok, I accept it because it creates beautiful images. But, the planet is inhabited just by a small village of peasants. Ok.

And what about the abysmal acting?.

The overall look is cringeworthy and painfully campy. Totally lacks emotion, suspense or any interest. Every scene, situation, and idea is painfully unoriginal, leaving viewers with the sensation of having endured déjà vu ad nauseam.

The highlight: Anthony Hopkins' voice and the poor spider-woman, clearly the better characters in this show.

The low point: Everything else.

Avoid it. You will find better sci-fi in the 50s movies.

Memento Mori (2023)

Good try, but not good

[3/10 · 28 October 2023]

Classic in Spanish productions that are not comedies: bad acting, poor scripts, extremely unrealistic depiction of police work and behavior, how university professors work, and so on.

The show pretends to be a formulaic thriller with the classic maverick detective against a mysterious serial killer (one of the few good points is to show the killer from the beginning).

The story is classic, but not really bad (in fact it is based on a novel) but the execution, in spite of the investment of resources, unusual for Spanish productions, is poor, because the terribly bad actors (the detective is the only that could be saved in this mess), the horrible script, poor action scenes and the plot holes.

Do not worth the time. Spanish producers should give up trying to emulate American noir or thriller productions, and, instead, to spent their effort in the comedy, the only genre in which they are proficient.

Sisu (2022)

Good try. But not good.

[4/10 · 28 August 2023]

It's nice to see Finnish cinema pulling off a film with such international impact in the action genre, which isn't easy and demands a lot of resources.

So, considering its origin, it's a decent attempt. But honestly, the movie is plainly bad.

It's like a Tarantino-esque mashup of John Wick, original Rambo, and Mad Max, but it lacks the finesse of the former. The result is kind of lackluster and even silly, making the movie boring despite the easy, gory, cartoon-style action scenes.

Maybe by Finnish standards, it's an hilarious comedy, but it's not funny enough to be engaging. The clichéd/stupid Nazis, the half-baked subplot involving the girls, and the absence of a strong storyline and compelling dialogues don't do it any favors.

The best: the main character. He's inspired by those unbeatable, no-name characters from old Westerns, along with his 'lines'.

The worst: pretty much everything else. Certain detail threw me off the movie: the gold... oh boy, gold doesn't appear and look like that, and gold panning isn't done that way (and the pan, is it an adamantium pan or something?).

And then there's the tank; the bad guys are rocking a T-55, a Russian tank from the 1950s. Quite a leap for the 1944 German SS. These might be seen as minor things in a cartoony action flick, but they highlight the lack of attention to detail in the production.

Overall: a waste of time.

Fireflies in the Garden (2008)

Boring dysfunctional family melodrama

[5/10 · 29 July 2023]

This is not a bad movie. Well done, effective storytelling and actors are doing their parts very nicely. The main problem I've seen in the realization is that Emily Watson and Hayden Pannettiere are very different, and it is quite confusing at first in the uneven dance of flashbacks.

Aside, the movie is boring; the story is so uninteresting and the characters are so unlikable, that I even feel bored writing about the movie.

Slow and boring movie, with boring, sad and disagreeably, dead inside, main characters, specially the Michael Taylor and his abusive father, portrayed respectively by a Ryan Reynolds very far from the fun characters he accustomed us to watch, and by an extraordinary Willem Dafoe.

If you want to feel bored, sleepy, but with a bitter taste, this is your movie.

Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

Telling the life of a scientist (almost) without science

[7/10 · 23 July 2023]

This is a good movie. With the typical non-linear narration of its director Nolan, and despite certain self-indulgence, also classic in its creator, the film never bores at any moment, although I believe it is a challenging watch and it's not for everyone.

It's a bit disappointing in the scientific aspect. To tell the life of a scientist and the scientific and technological epic of the Manhattan Project without touching upon science is odd. The movie focuses on the humane and, above all, political aspects, completely leaving science aside, perhaps in line with the current times.

The problem with such a superficial approach is that it fails to convey the magnitude of the events: watching the movie, one gets the impression that a group of scientists set up a holiday resort, spent four meetings scribbling on a chalkboard to solve the problem of fission, and the rest of the time, they partied, talk politics, be weird, and had children. The moment of the Trinity test doesn't show how that explosion must have been, it looks like quite small and it seems more like any action movie explosion with Dwayne Johnson badassesly walking in front of it.

Once forgotten the epic of the scientific quest (and setting aside the fact that it portrays physicists as weird beings, and Physics is reduced to some kind of hallucination), the movie uses courtroom drama and political intrigue to build tension and emotion in a story that would have been rather lackluster otherwise - just the intimate view of its protagonist.

Although the scientific part is superficial, the details are quite well taken care of, like the Fermi stack, the Gadget, Lawrence's cyclotron, all shown without explaining anything, which means nothing to viewers unfamiliar with the subject matter.

Anyone who watches the movie without knowing anything about the history of the Manhattan Project will likely get lost in the rapid succession of events and characters. Many famous physicists pass fleetingly, remaining as secondary characters with barely any development, except for a few exceptions. Even Oppenheimer's wife, Kitty, appears overly simplified; the focus is on her role as a non-vocational mother, dealing with her alcohol addiction and suffering from Oppenheimer, overlooking her role as a biologist and her work analyzing blood to monitor the possible negative effects of radioactivity.

Therefore, I would recommend either reading the book on which the movie is based (The American Prometheus) or consulting any of the many internet sources before watching the movie.

For those with some knowledge, there are many easter eggs and references: Richard Feynman's bongos, Kurt Gödel's paranoia, the 100-ton test (which in the movie gives the impression of being kids playing with big firecrackers) and some more. The most curious one is that digital countdown clock, which is a Soviet model from the 70s-80s and didn't exist during that time; perhaps given the movie's attention to detail, it might be a strange paradoxical message, as if they wanted to include a Soviet timer for some reason.

The movie also takes many liberties: the apple story was not as the movie tells it, or the involvement of physicist David Hill wasn't as depicted, for example.

All the actors are incredible, though. Even Gary Oldman, who appears for 2 minutes playing Truman, but it's enough; he's impressive. All of them are fantastic. It smells to Oscar for Murphy and maybe others. Murphy and Emily Blunt deserves it for sure.

Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (I) (2023)

Not the typical war movie. Excellent story of men that do what they have to do

[9/10 · 18 June 2023]

Another extraordinary work of Guy Ritchie, this time quite contained in his characteristic stylistic touches, but maintaining his essence; still, it is easy to recognize his style in some scenes, in the way he shows the personality of the characters, even secondary ones, the quirky dialogues, rhythm and action scenes, being those the less important (and sometimes quite weak, showing maybe budget limitations) in a story focused in the ordeal and relationship of their main characters.

Are precisely the characters the strength of this long, two-movie-in-one story, which begins as the usual, even topical, war movie, quickly turning to a impressive, moving and epic story of survival, commitment and redemption, without exaggerations, facile sensationalism, wokism or jingoism.

The two main characters are absolutely glorious. Gyllenhaal gives a great performance, as expected. But Dar Salim's portrait of a hard-boiled tough, serious guy on the surface, but with a deep inner story, able to do something few people would do just because is the right thing, steals the entire movie. Both shows incredible chemistry and make an epic pair.

The secondary characters are also remarkable, and overall all of them do a great work. I would have liked that Antony Starr and Alexander Ludwig had bigger roles, but both are very good in their parts.

It is better to watch the movie without too much information, so I would recommend not to read much about the plot. Simply enjoy the different acts and let you surprise by this entertaining, almost flawless film from one of the greatest and unique filmmakers we have right now.

Bliss (I) (2021)

Don't understand low ratings. It is not SCIFI. Worth watching under correct perspective.

[7/10 · 6 June 2023]

If you watch this expecting a science fiction movie, you will feel confused and maybe utterly disappointed, because from this perspective is a horrible movie. Of course it is: because it is NOT a science fiction movie.

It is a solid and original drama about addictions, mental illness and homelessness, from the perspective of his main role, an Owen Wilson, who did an extraordinary work here.

They are successful showing the viewer the suffering and confusion of the people in this condition, without forced sentimentalism, unnecessary violence or easy tricks to appeal the feelings or compassion of the viewer. Just show how the protagonist see life and situations, and it is effective translating his confusion.

The other main character, Isabel, portrayed by a great Salma Hayek, who also was very credible as a crackhead homeless, a condition clearly revealed at some point, during her interaction with street sex workers in a key scene of the movie, in which finally all reality is revealed and the situation precipitates to its ends, but, this time, and end full of hope for the protagonist.

A movie worth watching. Of course, it will not be a classic, but a good film for a one-time view. Again, Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek, who both perfectly understood what they were doing, did a nice work. Owen Wilson should have more dramatic roles, I think. He is good.

A side note: great cameos here.

Undone (2019–2022)

Beautiful but boring and uninteresting

[5/10 · 3 June 2023]

Nice original animation, good actors, good dialogues, superb Bob Odenkirk, who supports the entire show with his great acting.

But boring. A complex, quantum tunneling of boredom, because the characters and situations are uninteresting (aside of Bob Odenkirk, the more interesting in the show), to the point that simply one does not care with the protagonist; but, the worst is the lazy and awful ending that ruin the entire show. After the fourth episode I lost interest, but I kept going just to know what happens at the end.

So, seriously you ended like that? All that was a dream?.

Other flaw is the constant virtue signaling. We reached the point in which ti is eye rolling.

Serenity (I) (2019)

I don't understand bad reviews

[7/10 · 22 January 2023]

I found this film great, thought provoking and very well done. The cast is perfect; the paradisiac locations, the magical atmosphere, and the plot twists are great.

Overall, we show here to Matthew McConaughey on the type of role to which we are accustomed. I would not say too much about the plot, or the evident holes or problems that the movie also have.

It is way better if you watch it with the minimum information possible; so, if you read this, watch the movie before read anything else and pay attention to the detail. There are some scenes in which the realizator masterfully and subtly introduced details that are very revealing (including blinks to gamers in several key scenes, The Old Man and the Sea, and other stuff).

If you liked Black Mirror, Inception and Interstellar, you probably will enjoy this little gem. Believe me: it is not a bad movie at all.

I'm still thinking about the multiple interpretations of this movie (the script purposely does not clarify all, even giving the false impression that everything have been explained, leaving the viewer to discuss some possible options). Here, again, Matthew McConaughey, like in Interstellar, tells us about a father's love and redemption beyond the limits of space and time. Anne Hathaway, Djimon Hounsou and Diane Lane are here simply fantastic.

Lost & Found (2022)

Failed classic noir

[3/10 · 22 January 2023]

This is a good try, given the usual low quality of Spanish productions. But, it is still a really bad movie. A thriller with elements of classic noir, the story is plagued by the bad acting of main cast, and a dense and false drama, presumptuous and full of clichés. The worst is the complete lack of consistency, absurdities and unbelievable situations and behaviors of the main parts, which constantly break the suspension of disbelief. As usual in Spanish movies, the depiction of police work is ludicrous and unrealistic.

The best part, the Chinese guys in the very first minutes. The other actors are, simply, not good, plain and without life, lacking chemistry among them, character development, or ability to create empathy with the viewer. Maybe the problem is that they tried to present people, situations and dialogues that are culturally so far from Spanish culture. Perhaps, on the script in paper, it works; but, when filmed, just doesn't work. I guess that a Hollywood remake, solving the holes and inconsistencies, would work as a routinary, but nice thriller.

Overall, a bad, boring, slow, and stupid movie. To avoid.

The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978 TV Movie)

It is not that bad

[2/10 · 9 January 2023]

Just kidding. It is.

Thanks God some trekkie philanthrope made this fully available on Youtube. Nobody dares to make a copyright claim. Now it is World Heritage. The nightmare of Lucas: from trying to destroy all copies, to the shameful perpetual airing and infinite visionate loop by generations after generations, thanks to Internet.

So, I watched it last Christmas Season. It hurts. Too cringey and embarrassing. And they knew it while filming it. So, why they did it?. Probably for the enjoyment of future generations.

To be honest, there are a couple of flashes of mediocrity within this awful mess. One is the cartoon with Boba Fett, which is somewhere between bad and mediocre.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

Not Ritchie's best work, but fun and ejoyable

[6/10 · 4 January 2023]

This time, Mr. Ritchie brought us a more conventional action comedy, of the genre of ' team of unconventional agents/thieves, endowed with unique and valuable skills, in a tough operation", in the line of F&F: comedy, action, expensive car chases, guns, fights, sunny days, luxurious settings and stuff, and nice looking people.

Obviously, with some sarcasm (the obsession of the J. Statham character for luxury and very expensive stuff is one of many examples that show us the story does not take itself seriously).

The result is an enjoyable film, fun, fast and easy to follow, for a more general public than his, for example, extraordinary "The Gentlemen".

All the actors involved are doing great and participating of the fun. However, a special mention should be made to Aubrey Plaza and Hugh Grant. They are carrying the weight of the movie and did a very nice job.

One thing that broke my suspension of disbelief was the outrageously poor and unprofessional setting of the Madrid (Spain) episode. The fictional "aeropuerto de Madrid", ridiculous uniforms, car plates, and so on took me out of the movie. Thankfully, Hugh Grant brought me back to it.

Overall: not a great movie, but one to have a good time.

The Last Circus (2010)

Crazy, messy and a really bad movie

[3/10 · 30 April 2022]

Bad movie, cheap, messy and confusing, surreal, absurd, violent, ridiculous. Some sparks of good acting.

The best: watching Carolina Bang. She is an art masterpiece by mother nature. Not really good actress thou, but she tries.

The worse: everything else.

Van Helsing (2004)

Utterly bad

[1/10 · 26 February 2022]

In spite of the long years passed, I just watched this movie and I was still shocked: this is one of the worst movies of the century.

Bad, bad to the bone. Spherically bad: it is bad in any direction or perspective. The biggest piece of crap I've seen lately.

Brainless, stupid, noisy, hollow and not even fun, although they tried it so hard. Bram Stocker would feel sick after seeing what they did with his characters.