Close_The_Door
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I used to watch the TV series a lot when I was a child, but I've never liked sequels such as Next Generation, etc.
So, it was actually my husband, a big Star Trek fan, who brought me to watch it yesterday, and I was enthusiast : it was REALLY well done and entertaining.
I was actually discouraged at the beginning, because of a certain tone of "cheesy melodrama" which made me fear of a science-fiction B-movie, and I guess the character of villain Nero could have been worked out better and deeper.
However, as it went long, the film displayed a very good script, it got rhythm and humor, the special effects were very good and didn't take all the place, since the characters were generally very well constructed, not only physically alike, but also psychologically consistent with their older counterparts of the TV series - if not worked even better than the originals.
I especially liked young Spock, Checov and Mc Coy: they were just ADORABLE here!
So, it was actually my husband, a big Star Trek fan, who brought me to watch it yesterday, and I was enthusiast : it was REALLY well done and entertaining.
I was actually discouraged at the beginning, because of a certain tone of "cheesy melodrama" which made me fear of a science-fiction B-movie, and I guess the character of villain Nero could have been worked out better and deeper.
However, as it went long, the film displayed a very good script, it got rhythm and humor, the special effects were very good and didn't take all the place, since the characters were generally very well constructed, not only physically alike, but also psychologically consistent with their older counterparts of the TV series - if not worked even better than the originals.
I especially liked young Spock, Checov and Mc Coy: they were just ADORABLE here!
"Processo per stupro" (Trial for rape) is a very difficult film to watch, in my opinion, especially for a woman. It is a documentary about a real trial for rape in Latina (Rome, Italy) in 1978. It played a major role in the debate about reforming the law on rape in Italy.
In the trial, nothing sensational happens. We assist to the hearing of the denouncer confronted with the four accused, and to the pleading of the lawyers. In the Italian system, there is no room for the "coups de theatre" of American law films.
What captures our attention then ?
The families of the accused, justifying the deed because "There is nothing bad for a man to have fun, whereas women are disgusting nowadays".
The slow, captivating, merciless attempt of the counsels for the defence to inquiring about sexual practices of the violence and the private life of the girl, tending to discredit and degrade her. Innuendo, winking, slips of the tongue turn the victim into the accused. A "bad girl", a whore who tempted the four virtuous husbands and fathers.
And the pleading of the woman lawyer representing the victim. A very famous woman lawyer in Italy, I admired so much her self-control, her utmost composure while vibrating with indignation.
Luckily for me, I have discovered very recently. I guess that if I had watched it when I was young, I would have had more difficulties with men. Luckily for me, one reads Italian people were shocked too in watching this in 1979, and one can watch fragments of this video on youtube, and read the comments of Italian male users, who are embarrassed and ashamed of what could happen in Italy only 30 years ago.
In the trial, nothing sensational happens. We assist to the hearing of the denouncer confronted with the four accused, and to the pleading of the lawyers. In the Italian system, there is no room for the "coups de theatre" of American law films.
What captures our attention then ?
The families of the accused, justifying the deed because "There is nothing bad for a man to have fun, whereas women are disgusting nowadays".
The slow, captivating, merciless attempt of the counsels for the defence to inquiring about sexual practices of the violence and the private life of the girl, tending to discredit and degrade her. Innuendo, winking, slips of the tongue turn the victim into the accused. A "bad girl", a whore who tempted the four virtuous husbands and fathers.
And the pleading of the woman lawyer representing the victim. A very famous woman lawyer in Italy, I admired so much her self-control, her utmost composure while vibrating with indignation.
Luckily for me, I have discovered very recently. I guess that if I had watched it when I was young, I would have had more difficulties with men. Luckily for me, one reads Italian people were shocked too in watching this in 1979, and one can watch fragments of this video on youtube, and read the comments of Italian male users, who are embarrassed and ashamed of what could happen in Italy only 30 years ago.
... but perhaps I was expecting too much after all that?
FOR The theme of the film was very interesting, and the editing was very good. Especially the beginning, I said, was extremely credible and I appreciated a lot the depiction of the complexity of real life in a police department and the difficulties ordinary policemen may face in their job. I truly valued the characters and the acting of Leonardo DiCaprio (Costigan), Matt Damon (Sullivan) Mark Wahlberg (Dignam) and Martin Sheen (Queenan).
AGAINST I consider Jack Nicholson (Costello) has become the parody of himself. Moreover, there was a confrontation between Leonardo DiCaprio/Billy Costigan and Jack Nicholson/Frank Costello which made me literally burst laughing out loud in the cinema. The lines were absurd!
And I'm afraid Europeans don't enjoy butcheries either, as at the end of the film everybody in the cinema was laughing.
Vote: 7/10
FOR The theme of the film was very interesting, and the editing was very good. Especially the beginning, I said, was extremely credible and I appreciated a lot the depiction of the complexity of real life in a police department and the difficulties ordinary policemen may face in their job. I truly valued the characters and the acting of Leonardo DiCaprio (Costigan), Matt Damon (Sullivan) Mark Wahlberg (Dignam) and Martin Sheen (Queenan).
AGAINST I consider Jack Nicholson (Costello) has become the parody of himself. Moreover, there was a confrontation between Leonardo DiCaprio/Billy Costigan and Jack Nicholson/Frank Costello which made me literally burst laughing out loud in the cinema. The lines were absurd!
And I'm afraid Europeans don't enjoy butcheries either, as at the end of the film everybody in the cinema was laughing.
Vote: 7/10