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Dune: Part Two (2024)
This movie actually exists
It's difficult to put into words all the feelings I felt while watching this movie. Technically brilliant, mesmerising score by Hans Zimmer as always and incredible performances from all the cast.
This is the kind of film that deserves more than one view in the cinema, it is a fantastic experience. It feels as much as an event as the Avengers movies felt but what we get in quality is much closer to what we got with the LOTR trilogy.
Denis Villeneuve along with Cristopher Nolan are truly the directors setting the bar of what the cinema experience should look and feel like. What an incredible story.
Oppenheimer (2023)
Nolan is the best filmaker alive
It took me long enough to write this review, by now I've seen Oppenheimer 2 times at the cinema and I've come to the conclusion that Nolan is simply the best. He seems to be one of the few directors in history that keeps experimenting and tries to do something new for each of his movies and still keeps some sort of style in which you can recognise at any given time that you're watching a Nolan film. Very few directors get to actually get all the actors they'd like to have for their movies and Nolan gets to do it every time.
This time for Oppenheimer he takes a bit from each of his previous movies to construct this one. After not having a developed protagonist for his previous 2 films, he goes all out for this one as Cillian Murphy really becomes Oppenheimer and you get to experience with him his rise, fall, guilt, sadness and so many other emotions as he goes through his journey of becoming the most important man in the world. The cast is amazing, filled with great performances with Downey Jr and Damon as standouts. The music is great and gives so much impact to the important moments and makes them fill somehow epic, it helps build up tension and releases you when not needed.
Overall It is one of the most complete movies ever done by Nolan and it resonates with the international tension in the world today between Russia and USA. It is definitely the best film of the year so far, one of the best in the last decade or so and one of the most important films in the century.
Secret Invasion: Home (2023)
So Underwhelming
The series started of quite good and the first 3 episodes were building up to a good story but then they started to drop off, this episode took a jump into an endless pit.
I don't know what is it with Marvel and 6 episode series but this is clearly not working. There isn't enough time to build up the story and give it a good finale. It seems that Marvel didn't know how to finish the story and that they hired some 10 year old to finish it like a kid would, banging all of their toys against each other.
I'm not sure what is next for MCU but the future clearly is not looking bright, specially with movies like the Marvels that seems to be a continuation of sorts for this series, surely it will bomb at the box office given the path marvel is taking. It was always going to go downhill after Endgame but I didn't want expect it'd be so steep.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
The promised Blockbuster
After having watched successive "blockbuster" failures during the summer, we finally have one that delivers in every category.
Mission Impossible is once again at the top of its game as it is packed with incredible action sequences never seen before, an intriguing story that leaves you on the edge of your seat, great cast and great CGI that has been lacklustre on so many recent big budget films.
Tom Cruise has done it again, raising the bar for all other action films as he risks his own life in favour of incredible sequences that no other actor in Hollywood dares to do. Though it may not surpass the best movie in the series, Fallout, it leaves audiences expectant for the second part.
The Flash (2023)
They never left the studio
For a 200M USD production, you'd expect to watch great CGI and show pieces like the ones shown in the trailer, but this movie only stands out by its terrible effects that take you out of the immersion.
The script is not very good either, filled with jokes every 5 min by the super annoying young Barry Allen. It feels like a montage of several reshoots that didn't quite fulfill a complete story. I was hoping to like this film, I was excited as I watched the trailer for the first time but it ultimately failed give a new beginning to the DCEU and it feels like it could have been so much better. I'm very disappointed.
Halloween Ends (2022)
Well, that was disappointing
I sometimes wonder how scripts like this get through every filter and get made into movies, I truly can't grasp my head around it.
This was supposed to be the end of the Halloween franchise, the story about Michael Myers the most mysterious and best known killer in the film industry. But it seems that the writers and producers forgot about it and chose to go for a romantic film about two people we couldn't care less about if we tried.
They chose to wait until the very end to actually show us the showdown we expected and were advertised, what waste a terrible way to send off these characters.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Sam Raimi all over
This is the first Marvel film that feels like an authentic product from a recognisable director. I get that obviously he must have been told to include certain things and what the endgame of the movie should be, but the road to get there feels very authentic.
I had never expected horror to be present in a Disney/Marvel product but here it is for the first time, it changes the dynamic of formula used in all Marvel films and it feels fresh, a bit restricted due to the PG-13 rating, but fresh nonetheless. Though this freedom given to Raimi may come with certain flaws, I hope more Marvel products and CBM movies in general go into this direction with fewer restrictions each time.
The Northman (2022)
Fascinating Viking Film
The story of this film is nothing new, it's a new iteration of Hamlet, but what makes it special is the execution, which is jaw dropping.
The brutality of the action is magnificent because it feels so raw, the rituals feel unnerving and a bit disturbing, just like the past Robert Edgers' films. The cinematography is breathtakingly beautiful, the scenery for every part of the story feels precise and real.
The acting by Alexander Skarsgård is tremendously savage when the scene demands it as well as thoughtful when needed, the rest of the cast is amazing as well Anya, Willem, Nicole etc. All of them do an incredible job.
The Northman feels like an epic film and an instant classic that should be taken into consideration when the award season rolls out.
The Batman (2022)
Fantastic take on the dark knight
After watching it twice on the cinema, I finally got to take in everything that the film has to offer and I must say it's glorious. The cinematography is incredible, the acting is fantastic, the script is amazing and the score by Michael Giacchino is great.
The detective side that we hadn't quite seen as fleshed out on other Batman films makes it feel fresh, the action feels pretty grounded on reality to the point it feels raw which is excellent.
The film might be a bit too long but the final product makes it worthwhile. It feels like a combination of Seven and The Dark Knight. I hope this franchise continues to expand this universe that isn't connected to the rest of the DCEU, it seems to be the only way we will get this kind of director driven stories that have so much potential.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
Sad attempt of a franchise revival
It tries to make a comeback just like so many other franchises have done lately, some have had success like Halloween (2018) or Ghostbusters, some others like this one failed miserably.
There's not a good enough setup for the massacre that's coming, it doesn't dwell on the past lore, Leatherface kind of just appears out of nowhere and starts killing people. The lead characters are incredibly stupid as well as the character homage whose name I can't even remember as she just appears for a few minutes before getting killed without doing anything.
The film has an incredibly weak script, the performances are ok but they're not enough to save this film from crashing into the abyss of forgetful entries in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
The Night House (2020)
Best Horror Film of 2021
The film just premiered today in Mexico, I had been expecting this one since I saw the first trailer in cinemas, i had high expectations of this one after watching the terrible Malignant, and it delivered.
Rebecca Hall is such an amazing actress, she shows true emotions throughout and is great during the whole film. The cinematography and sound are fantastic and create a creepy atmosphere. The pace is great and once it speeds up it doesn't let go.
I genuinely believe that this is the best horror film of 2021 and it made me stay on the edge of my seat for the whole film, it delivered very good jump scares and made me feel frightened. I recommend any horror fan to go watch it.
Malignant (2021)
The worst horror film of 2021
I went to the theatre with high expectations from watching the trailers and was expecting another horror masterpiece from James Wan. What I encountered was nothing like his previous work, filled with jokes, at one point I started wondering if I was in the correct screen, from modified "Where is my mind" from the Pixies score to the intro it felt so underwhelming.
The discovery of who Gabriel really was felt like stupid joke to justify how stupid the character of Maddison was, it reminded me of Elmer from the Fairy Godparents.
At the end of the film I felt relieved that I wouldn't have to watch another minute from that horrid flick again.
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)
Am I supposed to root for Snake Eyes?
The film is a very forgettable one, first of all the cinematography is terrible, the decision of using a shaky cam in the fight scenes is beyond me, as well as putting the camera so close to the fight which doesn't allow to appreciate the fighting sequences.
Second, the supernatural essence of a magical rock and supernatural anacondas shown in the movie, as well as the superpowers of jumping to the point of flying even just seem ridiculous and out completely out of context with the rest of the film.
And last but not least, the script. It amazes me that snake eyes, the least charismatic character on display is the main one and the one we supposedly have to root for, his redemption arc is disastrous and doesn't feel deserved at all. On the other hand, Storm Shadow, the character that becomes evil just feels stabbed in the back by the writers forcefully establishing him as a villain when he wasn't near of becoming one.
In the end it just feels as a hollow film that had potential and could've been much better but it just crashed and burned before establishing a reboot to the franchise.
Army of the Dead (2021)
Stupid Characters and Plotholes
I expected a lot more from this movie, since Dawn of the Dead was a great zombie flick,this one just doesn't live up to the hype.
Stupid characters flood the film with stupid decisions just to move the plot forward because the writers where not able to write a compelling story. And the plot holes in this movie go incredibly deep and are nonsensical.
It is an ok movie for a Sunday if you have nothing else to watch and if you just want to watch some zombies but it is definitely not a good movie if you're expecting a heist, action, funny or scary movie.